10-letter words containing y, s
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polyclitus — flourished c450–c420 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polycystic — containing many cysts
- polydeuces — Greek name of Pollux.
- polydipsia — excessive thirst.
- polydomous — living in more than one nest, as certain ant colonies.
- polygamist — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polygamous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygamy; polygamic.
- polygenism — the theory that the human race has descended from two or more ancestral types.
- polygenist — a person who advocates polygenism
- polygenous — polygenetic
- polygnotus — fl. c450 b.c., Greek painter.
- polygynist — a person who practices or favors polygyny.
- polygynous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygyny.
- polyhistor — a person of great and varied learning.
- polylysine — a type of synthetic polypeptide used to enable adhesion of cells to microscope slides
- polymastia — the condition of having more than the normal number of breasts
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- polymerase — any of several enzymes that catalyze the formation of a long-chain molecule by linking smaller molecular units, as nucleotides with nucleic acids.
- polymerise — to subject to polymerization.
- polymerism — Chemistry. a polymeric state.
- polymerous — Biology. composed of many parts.
- polynesian — of or relating to Polynesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- polyphasic — having more than two phases.
- polyphemus — a Cyclops who was blinded by Odysseus.
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings
- polysemous — a condition in which a single word, phrase, or concept has more than one meaning or connotation.
- polyspermy — the fertilization of an ovum by several spermatozoa.
- polystylar — relating to a polystyle
- polytheism — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
- polytheist — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
- polytocous — flowering multiple times during a lifetime
- polytomous — the act or process of dividing into more than three parts.
- pony truss — a through bridge truss having its deck between the top and bottom chords and having no top lateral bracing.
- pope's eye — (in sheep and cows) a gland in the middle of the thigh surrounded by fat
- poppy seed — seed of the poppy plant, used as an ingredient or topping for breads, rolls, cakes, and cookies.
- porphyrous — of or relating to porphyry
- positively — with certainty; absolutely: The statement is positively true.
- positivity — the state or character of being positive: a positivity that accepts the world as it is.
- possessory — of or relating to a possessor or to possession: registration of possessory claims.
- post entry — a late entry, as a horse in a horse show or race.
- poster boy — a person who appears on a poster
- postliminy — the right by which persons and things taken in war are restored to their former status when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- praisingly — in a praising manner; with praise
- prankishly — in a prankish manner, mischievously
- preciosity — fastidious or carefully affected refinement, as in language, style, or taste.
- preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- precursory — of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.