10-letter words containing y, s
- humorously — characterized by humor; funny; comical: a humorous anecdote.
- hurtlessly — harmlessly
- hush money — a bribe to keep someone silent about something, especially to keep the receiver from exposing a scandal.
- hush puppy — a small, unsweetened cake or ball of cornmeal dough fried in deep fat.
- hyacinthus — a youth loved but accidentally killed by Apollo: from the youth's blood sprang the hyacinth.
- hyalinised — to become hyaline.
- hyaloplasm — ground substance.
- hybridised — Simple past tense and past participle of hybridise.
- hybridizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hybridize.
- hybridomas — Plural form of hybridoma.
- hydathodes — Plural form of hydathode.
- hydrangeas — Plural form of hydrangea.
- hydrastine — an alkaloid, C 21 H 21 NO 6 , that is extracted from the roots of goldenseal and forms prismatic crystals: used as an astringent and to inhibit uterine bleeding.
- hydraulics — the science that deals with the laws governing water or other liquids in motion and their applications in engineering; practical or applied hydrodynamics.
- hydrazides — Plural form of hydrazide.
- hydroceles — Plural form of hydrocele.
- hydrofoils — Plural form of hydrofoil.
- hydrolases — Plural form of hydrolase.
- hydrolysed — Simple past tense and past participle of hydrolyse.
- hydrolyses — chemical decomposition in which a compound is split into other compounds by reacting with water.
- hydrolysis — chemical decomposition in which a compound is split into other compounds by reacting with water.
- hydrolytes — a substance subjected to hydrolysis.
- hydrolyzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrolyze.
- hydroscope — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydroseres — Plural form of hydrosere.
- hydrosolic — of or relating to a hydrosol
- hydrosomal — of or relating to a hydrosome
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hydrostats — Plural form of hydrostat.
- hydrotaxis — oriented movement toward or away from water.
- hydroxides — Plural form of hydroxide.
- hydrozoans — Plural form of hydrozoan.
- hygienists — Plural form of hygienist.
- hygrochasy — the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hygroscope — an instrument that indicates the approximate humidity of the air.
- hygroscopy — The ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment.
- hylotheism — any philosophical doctrine identifying a god or gods with matter.
- hylotheist — an adherent of hylotheism
- hylotomous — (of insects) wood-cutting or wood-boring
- hymn sheet — a sheet of paper with the words of hymns printed on it
- hymnodists — Plural form of hymnodist.
- hyoplastra — the second foremost pair of plastral bones in a turtle
- hyoscyamus — the dried leaves, with or without the tops, of the henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, containing the alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, used in medicine.
- hypabyssal — (of an igneous rock) intermediate in texture between coarse-grained intrusive rocks and fine-grained extrusive rocks.
- hypalgesia — decreased sensitivity to pain (opposed to hyperalgesia).
- hyperbolas — Plural form of hyperbola.
- hyperboles — Plural form of hyperbole.
- hyperchaos — (mathematics) A form of chaotic behaviour with at least two positive Lyapunov exponents.
- hypercubes — Plural form of hypercube.
- hyperdense — (medicine) Extremely dense.