10-letter words containing y, s
- mansionary — a resident or dweller
- many-sided — having many sides.
- mary janes — flat or low-heeled shoes for women or girls, usually with a rounded toe and a single strap that buckles across the instep
- mason city — a city in N Iowa.
- mastectomy — the operation of removing all or part of the breast or mamma.
- master key — a key that will open a number of different locks, the proper keys of which are not interchangeable.
- mastodynia — (medicine) mastalgia; pain in the breast.
- mastopathy — any disease of the breast.
- matryoshka — Each of a set of brightly painted hollow wooden dolls of varying sizes, designed to nest inside one another.
- maurolycus — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 70 miles (110 km) in diameter.
- mayakovski — Vladimir Vladimirovich [vlad-uh-meer vlad-uh-meer-uh-vich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir vluh-dyee-myi-ruh-vyich] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˌvlæd əˈmɪər əˌvɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr vlʌˈdyi myɪ rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1930, Russian poet.
- mayonnaise — a thick dressing of egg yolks, vinegar or lemon juice, oil, and seasonings, used for salads, sandwiches, vegetable dishes, etc.
- mcguffey's — William Holmes, 1800–73, U.S. educator: editor of the Eclectic Readers, a series of school readers.
- mcreynolds — James Clark, 1862–1946, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1914–41.
- measurably — capable of being measured.
- measuredly — In a measured fashion.
- megacycles — Plural form of megacycle.
- mercy seat — Bible: Golden covering on the Arc of Covenant
- mercy-seat — Bible. the gold covering on the ark of the covenant, regarded as the resting place of God. Ex. 25:17–22. the throne of God.
- meromyosin — either of two protein subunits of myosin obtained esp by tryptic digestion
- merseyside — a metropolitan county in W England. 250 sq. mi. (648 sq. km).
- mesenchyme — cells of mesodermal origin that are capable of developing into connective tissues, blood, and lymphatic and blood vessels.
- mesitylene — a colorless, liquid, aromatic hydrocarbon, C 9 H 1 2 , occurring naturally in coal tar and prepared from acetone: used chiefly as a chemical intermediate.
- mesomorphy — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).
- mesophylls — Plural form of mesophyll.
- mesophytes — Plural form of mesophyte.
- mesophytic — Relating to a mesophyte.
- metaphysic — metaphysics.
- metaphysis — (anatomy) The part of a long bone that grows during development.
- metastably — In a metastable way.
- metasyntax — (grammar) Syntax used to describe syntax. The best known example is BNF and its variants such as EBNF. A metasyntactic variable is a variable used in metasyntax.
- metecdysis — the period following the moult (ecdysis) of an arthropod, when the new cuticle is forming
- methylates — Plural form of methylate.
- metonymies — a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.
- metrostyle — a device that controls the speed of a player piano
- miaskovsky — Nikolai Yakovlevich [nik-uh-lahy;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy yuh-kaw-vlyuh-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ yʌˈkɔ vlyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1950, Russian composer.
- microcytes — Pathology. an abnormally small red blood cell.
- micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
- microscopy — the use of the microscope.
- miles away — If you say that someone is miles away, you mean that they are unaware of what is happening around them because they are thinking about something else.
- mind's eye — the hypothetical site of visual recollection or imagination: In her mind's eye she saw the city as it had been in Caesar's time.
- mindlessly — without intelligence; senseless: a mindless creature.
- mindszenty — Joseph (Joseph Pehm) 1892–1975, Hungarian Roman Catholic clergyman: primate of Hungary 1945–74.
- minelayers — Plural form of minelayer.
- minisystem — a set of hi-fi equipment in which the components are smaller than standard size
- minstrelsy — the art or practice of a minstrel.
- misanalyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- miscellany — a miscellaneous collection or group of various or somewhat unrelated items.
- miscreancy — the state or condition of a miscreant; villainy.
- misogynism — misogyny.