7-letter words containing y, s
- systole — Physiology. the normal rhythmical contraction of the heart, during which the blood in the chambers is forced onward. Compare diastole.
- systyle — having an intercolumniation of two diameters.
- sysvile — Missed'em-five
- tapstry — a tap-room in a public house
- tasaday — a member of a very small group of forest-dwelling people of southern Mindanao.
- tastily — good-tasting; savory: a tasty canapé.
- tayside — a region in E Scotland. 1100 sq. mi. (2849 sq. km).
- tensely — stretched tight, as a cord, fiber, etc.; drawn taut; rigid.
- tensity — the state of being tense; tenseness.
- tersely — neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- testacy — the state of being testate.
- testify — to bear witness; give or afford evidence.
- testily — irritably impatient; touchy.
- thirsty — feeling or having thirst; craving liquid.
- thistly — filled with or having many thistles.
- thrymsa — a coin of Anglo-Saxon England.
- thyrsus — Botany. a thyrse.
- thyself — yourself
- thyssen — Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, German industrialist.
- tipsify — to make tipsy
- tissuey — like tissue
- tolstoy — Leo or Lev Nikolaevich [lev nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian lyef nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /lɛv ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ əˌvɪtʃ;; Russian ˈlyɛf nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Count, 1828–1910, Russian novelist and social critic.
- toryish — of, relating to, or resembling a Tory.
- toryism — the act or fact of being a Tory.
- tossily — in a tossy or scornful manner
- toyshop — an establishment where toys are sold and sometimes also manufactured.
- toysome — playful
- tricksy — Also, tricksome. given to tricks; mischievous; playful; prankish.
- trisomy — an abnormality characterized by the presence of an additional chromosome to the normal diploid number.
- trotsky — Leon (Lev or Leib, Davidovich Bronstein) 1879–1940, Russian revolutionary and writer: minister of war 1918–25.
- tryouts — a trial or test to ascertain fitness for some purpose.
- trypsin — a proteolytic enzyme of the pancreatic juice, capable of converting proteins into peptone.
- trysail — a triangular or quadrilateral sail having its luff hooped or otherwise bent to a mast, used for lying to or keeping a vessel headed into the wind; spencer.
- tuesday — the third day of the week, following Monday.
- tuscany — a region in W central Italy: formerly a grand duchy. 8879 sq. mi. (22,995 sq. km).
- tushery — the use of affectedly archaic language in novels, etc
- tychism — the theory that chance is an objective reality at work in the universe, esp in evolutionary adaptations
- tycosis — the withdrawal of investment funds from companies because of suspicion about waste and mismanagement
- tylosin — a broad spectrum antibiotic, used in livestock to fight infections or as an anti-inflammatory
- tylosis — a bubblelike formation in the cavity of tracheids or vessels in the wood of trees, consisting of protoplasm intruded from adjacent parenchyma cells.
- typeset — to set (textual matter) in type.
- typhose — of or relating to typhoid
- typhous — an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body.
- ulysses — Latin name for Odysseus.
- unfussy — full of details, especially in excess: His writing is so fussy I lose the thread of the story.
- unhasty — not speedy
- unnoisy — quiet
- unrisky — attended with or involving risk; hazardous: a risky undertaking.
- unsavvy — Informal. inexperienced or untrained: a term used only by unsavvy freshmen.
- unscary — undaunting; not terrifying