10-letter words containing y, s
- jabotinsky — Vladimir, 1880–1940, Russian Zionist leader in Palestine.
- jackassery — The foolish or obnoxious behaviour of a jackass.
- james espy — James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- jaywalkers — Plural form of jaywalker.
- jellybeans — Plural form of jellybean.
- jellyrolls — Plural form of jellyroll.
- jervis bay — an inlet of the Pacific in SE Australia, in Jervis Bay Territory on the coast of S New South Wales: regarded for some purposes as part of the Australian Capital Territory: site of the Royal Australian Naval College
- jockeyship — the art or skill of a jockey
- joey glass — a small tumbler of the 17th century; dram glass.
- jollyboats — Plural form of jollyboat.
- jouysaunce — joy
- jovysaunce — joy
- joyfulness — full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
- joyousness — The state of being joyous.
- justiciary — of or relating to the administration of justice.
- justifying — Present participle of justify.
- kabalevsky — Dmitri [duh-mee-tree;; Russian dmyee-tryee] /dəˈmi tri;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi/ (Show IPA), 1904–1987, Russian composer.
- karyograms — Plural form of karyogram.
- karyolysis — the dissolution of a cell nucleus.
- karyoplasm — nucleoplasm.
- karyosomes — Plural form of karyosome.
- karyotypes — Plural form of karyotype.
- kerseymere — a heavily fulled woolen cloth constructed in twill weave and finished with a fine nap.
- key escrow — (security) A controversial arrangement where the keys needed to decrypt encrypted data must be held in escrow by a third party so that government agencies can obtain them to decrypt messages which they suspect to be relevant to national security.
- keypunches — Plural form of keypunch.
- keyserling — Hermann Alexander [her-mahn ah-le-ksahn-duh r] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˌɑ lɛˈksɑn dər/ (Show IPA), Count, 1880–1946, German philosopher and writer.
- keystrokes — Plural form of keystroke.
- kissy-face — affectionate kissing; necking: playing kissy-face.
- kitakyushu — a seaport on N Kyushu, in S Japan: formed in 1963 by the merger of five cities (Kokura, Moji, Tobata, Wakamatsu, and Yawata)
- klendusity — (in plants) the ability to resist disease
- kok-saghyz — a central Asian dandelion, Taraxacum kok-saghyz, of the composite family, having fleshy roots that yield a rubberlike latex.
- kovalevsky — Sonia [sohn-yuh] /ˈsoʊn yə/ (Show IPA), (Sofia Vasilievna Kovalevskaya) 1850–91, Russian mathematician.
- kshatriyas — Plural form of kshatriya.
- kymographs — Plural form of kymograph.
- kyrgyzstan — official name of Kirghizia.
- labyrinths — Plural form of labyrinth.
- lachrymals — Plural form of lachrymal.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lackadaisy — alas
- lady's man — a man who strives especially to please women and to attract their attention and admiration.
- lake nyasa — a lake in central Africa at the S end of the Great Rift Valley: the third largest lake in Africa, drained by the Shire River into the Zambezi. Area: about 28 500 sq km (11 000 sq miles)
- lamb's fry — lamb's offal, esp lamb's testicles, as food
- lammas day — August 1, formerly observed in England as a harvest festival. In Scotland Lammas is a quarter day
- laryngeals — Plural form of laryngeal.
- laryngitis — inflammation of the larynx, often with accompanying sore throat, hoarseness or loss of voice, and dry cough.
- lay person — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- lay sb low — If a disease or illness lays you low, it makes you weak or ill.
- lay sister — a woman who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed in her order chiefly in manual labor.
- lazy sml2c — A lazy version sml2c. Portable, written in SML. Language extensions include first-class continuations, asynchronous signal handling. E-mail: <[email protected]>. ftp://dravido.soar.cs.cmu.edu/usr/nemo/sml2c.
- lazy susan — a revolving tray for foods, condiments, etc., placed usually at the center of a dining table.