10-letter words containing y, s
- misogynist — a person who hates, dislikes, mistrusts, or mistreats women.
- misogynoir — the specific hatred, dislike, distrust, and prejudice directed toward black women (often used attributively): misogynoir attitudes and comments; The media’s erasure of the contributions of black women to the project was called out as an instance of misogynoir.
- misogynous — reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust, or mistreatment of women.
- mispayment — Incorrect payment.
- miss stays — (of a sailing vessel) to fail to come about
- missiology — the theological study of the mission of the church, especially the character and purpose of missionary work.
- missionary — a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work.
- mistakably — In a mistakable manner.
- mistakenly — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- mistrayned — deluded or incorrectly trained
- mistressly — relating to a female who is skilled or expert in a particular area
- misty-eyed — on the verge of tears.
- mittyesque — Walter Mitty.
- mks system — The mks system is the metric system in which the meter, kilogram, and the second are the fundamental units.
- mollymawks — Plural form of mollymawk.
- molybdates — Plural form of molybdate.
- molybdosis — a form of poisoning caused by lead
- money shot — a shot in a pornographic film in which a male performer is seen to ejaculate
- moneyworts — Plural form of moneywort.
- monocycles — Plural form of monocycle.
- monogynous — Having only one pistil.
- monolayers — Plural form of monolayer.
- mononymous — Having a single-word name.
- monospermy — the fertilization of an ovum by only one spermatozoon.
- monostylar — having or comprising a sole upright or pillar
- monoxylous — constructed from one whole piece of wood
- monozygous — developed from a single fertilized ovum, as identical twins.
- moon daisy — a Eurasian composite plant, Leucanthemum vulgare having flower heads with a yellow centre and white outer rays
- mooseyness — (rare, humorous) The condition of being moosey.
- mosaically — In the manner of a mosaic.
- mosquitoey — Swarming with mosquitoes.
- mossy horn — an old steer, especially a longhorn with scaly horns.
- movelessly — in a motionless manner
- multistory — (of a building) having several or many stories.
- muscularly — In a muscular manner.
- mushy peas — dried peas that have been soaked, boiled and mashed - often eaten with fish and chips
- musicality — of, relating to, or producing music: a musical instrument.
- musicianly — In the manner of a musician.
- musicology — the scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, musical theory, or the physical nature of sound.
- mussorgsky — Modest Petrovich [moh-dest pi-troh-vich;; Russian muh-dyest pyi-traw-vyich] /moʊˈdɛst pɪˈtroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian mʌˈdyɛst pyɪˈtrɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Moussorgsky, Modest Petrovich.
- muster day — the annual day for enrollment in the militia of all able men aged 18 to 45, according to a law established in 1792 and in effect until after the Civil War.
- mutinously — disposed to, engaged in, or involving revolt against authority.
- myasthenia — muscle weakness.
- myasthenic — Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia.
- mycobionts — Plural form of mycobiont.
- mycogenous — arising from or inhabiting fungi.
- mycologist — the branch of biology dealing with fungi.
- mycoplasma — any of numerous parasitic microorganisms of the class Mollicutes, comprising the smallest self-reproducing prokaryotes, lacking a true cell wall and able to survive without oxygen: a common cause of pneumonia and urinary tract infections.
- mycotoxins — Plural form of mycotoxin.
- mydriatics — Plural form of mydriatic.