9-letter words containing y, t, s
- sumptuary — pertaining to, dealing with, or regulating expense or expenditure.
- superbity — pride
- supercity — a large, heavily populated urban area that includes several cities; megalopolis.
- sweet bay — laurel (def 1).
- sybaritic — (usually lowercase) pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure: to wallow in sybaritic splendor.
- sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- syktyvkar — an autonomous republic in the NW Russian Federation in Europe. 145,221 sq. mi. (376,122 sq. km). Capital: Syktyvkar.
- sylleptic — the use of a word or expression to perform two syntactic functions, especially to modify two or more words of which at least one does not agree in number, case, or gender, as the use of are in Neither he nor we are willing.
- syllogist — a person who engages in syllogistic argument.
- sylvanite — a mineral, gold silver telluride, (AuAg)Te 2 , silver-white with metallic luster, often occurring in crystals so arranged as to resemble written characters: an ore of gold.
- sylvester — (Gerbert) died 1003, French ecclesiastic: pope 999–1003.
- sylvinite — an ore containing sylvine
- symbionts — an organism living in a state of symbiosis.
- symbiotic — living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship: Many people feel the relationship between humans and dogs is symbiotic.
- symbolist — a person who uses symbols or symbolism.
- symington — (William) Stuart, 1901–1988, U.S. politician: senator 1952–77.
- symmetral — relating to symmetry
- symmetric — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- sympathin — a substance released at certain sympathetic nerve endings: thought to be identical with adrenaline
- sympatico — simpatico
- sympatric — originating in or occupying the same geographical area.
- sympetaly — the condition of fused petals
- symptosis — local or general atrophy.
- symptotic — relating to symptosis
- synanthic — relating to synanthy
- synaptase — a compound present in almonds and other oily seeds
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- syncretic — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- syncytial — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- syncytium — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- syndactyl — having certain digits joined together.
- syndicate — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- synectics — the study of creative processes, especially as applied to the solution of problems by a group of diverse individuals.
- synergist — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. a body organ, medicine, etc., that cooperates with another or others to produce or enhance an effect.
- synnemata — a spore-bearing structure having very compact conidiophores.
- synoekete — an insect that lives in the nests of social insects, esp ants, without receiving any attentions from the inmates
- synoptist — one of the authors (Matthew, Mark, or Luke) of the synoptic Gospels.
- synovitic — inflammation of a synovial membrane.
- synovitis — inflammation of a synovial membrane.
- syntactic — of or relating to syntax: syntactic errors in English; the syntactic rules for computer source code.
- syntality — behavioral characteristics of a group perceived as parallel to or inferable from the personality structure of an individual.
- syntectic — relating to syntexis
- synth-pop — a type of pop music in which synthesizers are used to create the dominant sound
- syntheses — the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis, ) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements.
- synthesis — the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis, ) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements.
- synthetic — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- syntonize — to render syntonic; tune to the same frequency.
- syntonous — syntonic.
- systaltic — rhythmically contracting.
- systemise — systematize.