10-letter words containing sy
- symbolizes — to be a symbol of; stand for or represent in the manner of a symbol.
- symmetrian — an advocate of symmetry
- symmetrize — to reduce to symmetry; make symmetrical.
- sympathies — harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
- sympathise — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- sympathize — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- symphilism — a type of sociable symbiosis by which an insect is a nourished guest of an ant or termite colony
- symphilous — of or relating to symphilism
- symphonion — a 19th-century mechanical music player
- symphonist — a composer who writes symphonies.
- symphonize — to play or sound together harmoniously.
- symphysial — of, relating to, or noting a symphysis.
- symposiast — a person who attends or participates in a symposium.
- symptomize — to be a symptom or sign of.
- synaeresis — the contraction of two syllables or two vowels into one, especially the contraction of two vowels so as to form a diphthong.
- synaloepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
- synandrium — a peculiar fusion of stamens
- synandrous — with united stamens
- synanthous — relating to plants whose leaves and flowers expand simultaneously
- synaptical — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- synaxarion — a summary of the life of a saint or of the particulars of a feast, read at the orthros.
- synaxarium — synaxarion.
- syncarpous — of the nature of or pertaining to a syncarp.
- synchronal — synchronous.
- synchronic — having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
- synclastic — (of a surface) having principal curvatures of similar sign at a given point.
- syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- syncretism — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- syncretist — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- syncretize — to combine or attempt to combine the characteristic teachings, beliefs, or practices of (differing systems of religion or philosophy)
- syndactyly — the state of being syndactyl
- synderesis — innate knowledge of the basic principles of morality.
- syndicated — 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.
- syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
- synecdoche — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- synecology — the branch of ecology dealing with the relations between natural communities and their environments.
- syneidesis — the function of consciousness concerned with making judgement on performed acts
- synergetic — working together; cooperative.
- synesthete — a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color.
- syngenesis — sexual reproduction.
- syngenetic — relating to syngenesis
- synoecious — having male and female flowers on one head, as in many composite plants.
- synonymise — to give synonyms for (a word, name, etc.); furnish with synonyms.
- synonymist — a specialist in the study or compiling of synonyms.
- synonymity — a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as happy, joyful, elated. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms (or opposites), such as Thesaurus.com, is called a thesaurus.
- synonymize — to give synonyms for (a word, name, etc.); furnish with synonyms.
- synonymous — having the character of synonyms or a synonym; equivalent in meaning; expressing or implying the same idea.
- synopsises — to make a synopsis of; summarize.
- synostoses — union of separate bones into a single bone.
- synostosis — union of separate bones into a single bone.