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8-letter words starting with SY

There are 82 8-letter words starting with SY in the standard word-game list. The most common are sympathy, syndrome, symphony, symbolic, syphilis, symmetry.

Most common, with meanings

WordMeaningPoints
sympathyan inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion21
syndromea complex of concurrent things14
symphonya long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra21
symbolicrelating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols17
syphilisa common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive…16
symmetry(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing…18
syllablea unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme13
systolicof or relating to a systole or happening during a systole13
sycamorevariably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree15
syllabusan integrated course of academic studies13
synaptic(neuroscience) of or involving synapses15
systemicaffecting an entire system15
synopsisa sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory13
sybaritea person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses13
sycamineA tree, mentioned in Luke's Gospel, and thought to be the black mulberry.15
sycomoreA type of fig, Ficus sycomorus, native to the Middle East; the sycamore tree of the Bible.15
syconiumthe fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets15
syeniticPertaining to, resembling or containing syenite.13
syllabicof or relating to syllables15
syllabubspiced hot milk with rum or wine15
sylphishResembling or characteristic of a sylph; sylphlike.19
sylvaticOf or pertaining to woods or woodland organisms; sylvan16
symbiontAn organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship.15
sympatrythe occurrence of organisms in overlapping geographical areas, but without interbreeding18
synapsidextinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull14
synapsisthe side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis13
syncarpyThe quality of being syncarpous18
synclineA concave-upward fold in rock strata13
syncopalOf or relating to syncope15
syncopicSyncopal17
syndeticconnected by a conjunction14
syndicalOf or pertaining to a syndicate14
synecticRelating to synectics.15
synergicOf or pertaining to synergy; synergistic14
synergidEither of two naked nucleated cells at the top of the embryo sac that cooperate with the oosphere in the…13
syngamicRelating to syngamy.16
synonymythe semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning19
synopticpresenting a summary or general view of a whole15
synovialrelating to or secreting synovia14
syntagmaa syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit14
syntonicIn harmony or synergy with one's personality and milieu.13
syrphianOf or relating to flies of the genus Syrphus or the family Syrphidae.16
syzygialOf or pertaining to a syzygy.24

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