8-letter words containing ys
- lysandra — a female given name.
- lysergic — Used in designation of lysergic acid, lysergic acid diethylamide.
- lysippus — flourished c360–c320 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- lysithea — a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- lysogens — Plural form of lysogen.
- lysogeny — the state of being lysogenic.
- lysosome — a cell organelle containing enzymes that digest particles and that disintegrate the cell after its death.
- lysozyme — an enzyme that is destructive of bacteria and functions as an antiseptic, found in tears, leukocytes, mucus, egg albumin, and certain plants.
- malaysia — a constitutional monarchy in SE Asia: a federation, comprising the former British territories of Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak: member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 126,310 sq. mi. (327,143 sq. km). Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
- mandays' — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy; based on a standard number of man-hours in a day of work.
- methysis — drunkenness
- mistryst — to fail to meet or to keep an appointment with (someone).
- mysql ab — (company) The Swedish company that developes, distributes and supports the MySQL open source rdbms. MySQL AB is a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, themselves acquired by Oracle Corporation on 2009-04-20.
- mystical — mystic; of or relating to supernatural agencies, affairs, occurrences, etc.: a strange, mystical experience.
- mysticly — in a mystical manner
- mystique — a framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs, or the like, constructed around a person or object, endowing the person or object with enhanced value or profound meaning: the mystique of Poe.
- naysayer — a person who habitually expresses negative or pessimistic views: Despite a general feeling that things were going well, a few naysayers tried to cast gloom.
- newsboys — Plural form of newsboy.
- nosegays — a small bunch of flowers; bouquet; posy.
- nowadays — at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
- nystatin — a light-yellow antibiotic powder, C 4 6 H 7 7 NO 1 9 , produced by the microorganism Streptomyces noursei and used as an antifungal for infections due to various susceptible fungi, especially those of the genus Candida that primarily infect the skin, mucous membranes, gastrointestinal tract, and vagina.
- odyssean — (italics) an epic poem attributed to Homer, describing Odysseus's adventures in his ten-year attempt to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
- odysseus — king of Ithaca; son of Laertes; one of the heroes of the Iliad and protagonist of the Odyssey: shrewdest of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War.
- odysseys — Plural form of odyssey.
- old days — a past era
- otocysts — Plural form of otocyst.
- overbuys — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbuy.
- oxysalts — any salt of an oxyacid.
- oystered — veneered with matched flitches having a figure of concentric rings.
- oysterer — a person who fishes for oysters
- paralyse — to affect with paralysis.
- paroxysm — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- paysandu — a city in W Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- physalia — a marine invertebrate, often confused with a jellyfish, that has a painful sting
- physeter — a member of the Physeter genus of creatures that includes the sperm whale
- physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- physico- — physical, physical and
- physiol. — physiological
- physique — physical or bodily structure, appearance, or development: the physique of an athlete.
- platysma — a broad, thin muscle on each side of the neck, extending from the upper part of the shoulder to the corner of the mouth, the action of which wrinkles the skin of the neck and depresses the corner of the mouth.
- playslip — a form used to nominate numbers in a lottery draw
- playsuit — a sports costume for women and children, usually consisting of shorts and a shirt, worn as beachwear, for tennis, etc.
- polyseme — a word with multiple meanings
- polysemy — a condition in which a single word, phrase, or concept has more than one meaning or connotation.
- polysome — a complex of ribosomes strung along a single strand of messenger RNA that translates the genetic information coded in the messenger RNA during protein synthesis.
- polysomy — the state of being polysomic
- ponyskin — the leather from a pony hide
- przemysl — a city in SE Poland: occupied by the Russians 1915.
- pyrolyse — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
- quayside — the area bordering and around a quay or quays.