9-letter words containing sy
- lip-synch — the technical process by which this is done.
- lyubertsy — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Moscow.
- massymore — the underground dungeon of a castle
- mnemosyne — the ancient Greek goddess of memory, a daughter of Uranus and Gaea and the mother by Zeus of the Muses.
- multisync — (hardware) An NEC trademark term for multiscan. As NEC was the first to manufacture multiscan monitors the term is often used interchangeably with multiscan.
- nonglossy — Not glossy.
- nonsystem — a system that does not function properly
- outdoorsy — characteristic of or suitable to the outdoors: a rugged, outdoorsy life; heavy, outdoorsy clothes.
- over easy — (of fried eggs) turned over when nearly done and fried briefly on the reverse side so that the yolk remains somewhat liquid but with a thin, firm layer on top.
- over-busy — actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busy with her work.
- over-easy — (of fried eggs) turned over when nearly done and fried briefly on the reverse side so that the yolk remains somewhat liquid but with a thin, firm layer on top.
- overfussy — too fussy
- pa system — a combination of electronic devices that makes sound audible via loudspeakers to many people, as in an auditorium or out of doors.
- palsylike — resembling palsy
- piss easy — easily obtained or achieved
- pop psych — psychological or pseudopsychological counseling, interpretations, concepts, terminology, etc., often simplistic or superficial, popularized by certain personalities, magazine articles, television shows, advice columns, or the like, that influence the general public.
- psych out — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- psych-out — an act or instance of psyching out.
- psychical — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- psychogas — a gas with a mind-altering effect
- psychoses — a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality.
- psychosis — a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality.
- psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- pussyfoot — to go or move in a stealthy or cautious manner.
- pussytoes — any of various woolly plants of the genus Antennaria
- rest easy — If you say that someone can rest easy, you mean that they don't need to worry about a particular situation.
- sassywood — (in Liberia) a trial by ordeal, such as being forced to drink poison
- sissy bar — a tall, looplike frame fitted to the rear of a bicycle or motorcycle saddle, functioning chiefly as a backrest.
- sisyphean — of or relating to Sisyphus.
- speakeasy — a saloon or nightclub selling alcoholic beverages illegally, especially during Prohibition.
- subsystem — a secondary or subordinate system.
- 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.
- sylacauga — a city in central Alabama.
- syllabary — a list or catalog of syllables.
- syllabify — to form or divide into syllables.
- syllabism — the use of syllabic characters, as in writing.
- syllabize — to syllabify.
- syllables — an uninterrupted segment of speech consisting of a vowel sound, a diphthong, or a syllabic consonant, with or without preceding or following consonant sounds: “Eye,” “sty,” “act,” and “should” are English words of one syllable. “Eyelet,” “stifle,” “enact,” and “shouldn't” are two-syllable words.
- syllepsis — 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.
- 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.
- syllogism — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
- syllogist — a person who engages in syllogistic argument.
- syllogize — to reason or infer by using syllogisms
- sylphlike — a slender, graceful woman or girl.
- 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.