11-letter words containing sy
- resynthesis — 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.
- rosy pastor — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- seamstressy — needlework
- star system — the practice of casting and promoting star performers for their ability to draw at the box office.
- supersystem — an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole: a mountain system; a railroad system.
- sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sydneysider — a resident of Sydney
- syllabarium — syllabary.
- syllabicate — to syllabify.
- syllabicity — the state of being syllabic; the ability to form a syllable.
- syllabogram — a written symbol representing a single syllable
- syllogistic — of or relating to a syllogism.
- sylvester i — Saint, died a.d. 335, pope 314–335.
- sylvestrian — living in the woods; sylvan
- sylvic acid — abietic acid.
- symbolistic — a person who uses symbols or symbolism.
- symbolizing — to be a symbol of; stand for or represent in the manner of a symbol.
- symmetalism — the use of two or more metals, such as gold and silver, combined in assigned proportions as a monetary standard.
- symmetrical — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- sympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- sympathique — pleasing or congenial
- sympathizer — a person who sympathizes.
- sympetalous — gamopetalous.
- symphonette — a small symphony orchestra that usually specializes in playing short, familiar classical works or salon music.
- symphonious — harmonious; in harmonious agreement or accord.
- symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
- symptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
- symptomless — having or showing no symptoms.
- synanthesis — the simultaneous ripening of a flower's stigmas and stamens
- synanthetic — relating to synanthesis
- synaptosome — a saclike structure at an isolated nerve ending
- synchoresis — the act or an instance of conceding an argument in order to make a stronger one
- synchromesh — noting or pertaining to a synchronized shifting mechanism.
- synchromism — a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color. Compare Orphism (def 2).
- synchronise — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- synchronism — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
- synchronize — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- synchronous — occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
- synchrotron — a type of cyclotron consisting of magnetic sections alternately spaced with sections in which particles are electrostatically accelerated.
- syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
- syncopative — relating to syncopation
- syndactylus — a person having united or webbed fingers or toes.
- syndesmoses — a connection of bones by ligaments, fasciae, or membranes other than in a joint.
- syndesmosis — a connection of bones by ligaments, fasciae, or membranes other than in a joint.
- syndicalism — a form or development of trade unionism, originating in France, that aims at the possession of the means of production and distribution, and ultimately at the control of society, by federated bodies of industrial workers, and that seeks to realize its purposes through general strikes, terrorism, sabotage, etc.
- syndication — 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.
- syndyasmian — pertaining to sexual pairing without exclusive co-habitation
- synecdochic — 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.
- synergistic — pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling synergy: a synergistic effect.
- synesthesia — 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.