10-letter words containing y, s
- astacology — the investigation and analysis of crayfish
- astrocytes — Plural form of astrocyte.
- astrocytic — relating to astrocytes or star-shaped neuroglial cells
- astrolatry — a reverence for, devotion to, or deification of celestial objects
- astromancy — divination by means of the stars.
- astrometry — the branch of astronomy concerned with the measurement of the position and motion of celestial bodies
- asymmetric — Asymmetric means the same as asymmetrical.
- asymptotes — Plural form of asymptote.
- asymptotic — of or referring to an asymptote
- asynartete — a poem or stanza that contains two different types of metre
- asynchrony — a lack of synchronism or coincidence in time.
- asyntactic — showing no syntactical rules or regularity
- asystolism — the indications or symptoms which are representative of asystole
- atrocity's — the quality or state of being atrocious.
- aunt sally — a figure of an old woman's head, typically with a clay pipe, used in fairgrounds and fêtes as a target for balls or other objects
- autolysate — the substances resulting as the end product of autolysis
- autolysins — Plural form of autolysin.
- autonymous — (of a word or words) appearing in its own form or directly quoted
- autoplasty — surgical repair of defects by grafting or transplanting tissue from the patient's own body
- autopsying — Present participle of autopsy.
- ayatollahs — Plural form of ayatollah.
- ayers rock — a conspicuous red monadnock in central Australia, in the SW Northern Territory: tourist attraction. 1143 feet (348 meters) high.
- ayurvedics — a therapeutic system based on the Ayurveda
- azygospore — a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi
- baby blues — depression suffered after childbirth
- baby bonus — family allowance
- baby jesus — Jesus as a baby, esp in Nativity scenes
- baby sling — a pouch supported by straps at the shoulder or neck, used to carry small babies on one's chest
- baby split — a split in which the two and seven pins or the three and ten pins remain standing.
- babylonish — Babylonian.
- babymakers — Plural form of babymaker.
- babysitter — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- back story — background information provided, often in narrative form, to give help in understanding something, as the behavior of a character in a film
- backronyms — Plural form of backronym.
- backwoodsy — like or of the nature of backwoods
- baptistery — a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing
- barysphere — centrosphere (def 2).
- basal body — a cylindrical organelle, within the cytoplasm of flagellated and ciliated cells, that contains microtubules and forms the base of a flagellum or cilium: identical in internal structure to a centriole.
- baselessly — In a baseless way.
- bathyscaph — a submersible vessel having a flotation compartment with an observation capsule underneath, capable of reaching ocean depths of over 10 000 metres (about 5000 fathoms)
- bawdyhouse — a house of prostitution
- bay street — the financial centre of Toronto, in which Canada's largest stock exchange is situated
- bayberries — Plural form of bayberry.
- bcs theory — Physics. a general quantum theory of superconductivity that describes many properties of superconducting materials.
- beautyless — Devoid of beauty.
- belly-bust — belly-flop.
- belly-slam — belly-flop.
- belly-wash — any barely drinkable liquid or beverage, as inferior soda, beer, coffee, or soup.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- besottedly — in a besotted manner