13-letter words containing y, s
- hawkeye state — Iowa (used as a nickname).
- he's your man — he's the person needed (for a particular task, role, job, etc)
- headmistressy — typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
- heart surgery — operation to treat cardiac problems
- heavy cruiser — a naval cruiser having 8-inch (20.3-cm) guns as its main armament.
- hemocytoblast — a primordial cell capable of developing into any type of blood cell.
- heptasyllabic — having seven syllables
- heptasyllable — a word or line of verse of seven syllables.
- heresiography — a treatise on heresy.
- heterocystous — containing or relating to heterocysts
- heterostrophy — the condition of being heterostrophic
- heterostylism — the condition of being heterostyled
- heterozygosis — the state of being a heterozygote.
- heterozygotes — a hybrid containing genes for two unlike forms of a characteristic, and therefore not breeding true to type.
- heuristically — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- heusler alloy — any of various alloys of manganese and other nonferromagnetic metals that exhibit ferromagnetism.
- hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
- hexadactylous — hexadactylic
- hickory hills — a town in NE Illinois.
- hieroglyphics — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hieroglyphist — a person who studies hieroglyphics; hieroglyphologist.
- high holidays — either of two holy days of special significance, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
- highly strung — person: tense, sensitive
- hip dysplasia — a genetic disorder, typically affecting young dogs of medium- to large-sized breeds, characterized by alteration and malformation of the hip joint.
- hippo zarytus — ancient name of Bizerte.
- histiocytosis — (medicine) An excess of histiocytes, associated with various rare diseases.
- histodialysis — histolysis.
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- holy saturday — the Saturday in Holy Week.
- holy thursday — Ascension Day.
- holyroodhouse — a royal palace in Edinburgh in Scotland: official residence of the Queen when in Scotland; begun in 1501 by James IV of Scotland; scene of the murder of David Rizzio in 1566
- home assembly — assembly at home of something supplied in pieces
- home row keys — home keys
- homogeneously — composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
- homosexuality — sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex.
- honey stomach — the crop of an ant, bee, or other hymenopterous insect, serving as a reservoir for honeydew and nectar, especially the enlarged crop of a honeybee in which nectar is acted on by enzymes to form honey.
- honeycreepers — Plural form of honeycreeper.
- honor society — (in a college, university, or secondary school) a student society that admits members on the basis of academic merit and, sometimes, worthwhile contributions in extracurricular activities.
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- hospitability — The quality of being hospitable.
- house of keys — the lower house of the legislature of the Isle of Man.
- housey-housey — house (def 19).
- hubristically — in a presumptuous or arrogant manner
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hybrid system — a way of working, organizing, or doing something that is composed of elements of two separate systems
- hybridisation — Alternative form of hybridization.
- hydrarthrosis — a build-up of fluid or water in the cavity of a joint, esp the knee joint
- hydroaerobics — aerobic exercises performed in water, as in a swimming pool.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrocolloids — Plural form of hydrocolloid.