8-Letter Words Starting With SY

Here's the list of all the 124 8-Letter Words Starting With SY in the English Language.

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syndrome
1. a complex of concurrent things
2. a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
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synopsis
1. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
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symphony
1. a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra
2. a large orchestra; can perform symphonies
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sympathy
1. an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
2. sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
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symbolic
1. relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols
2. using symbolism
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syllabus
1. an integrated course of academic studies
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systemic
1. affecting an entire system
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symmetry
1. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
2. balance among the parts of something
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synaptic
1. (neuroscience) of or involving synapses
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syllable
1. a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
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sycamore
1. variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree
2. any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits
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symposia
1. a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations
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syphilis
1. a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
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syringes
1. a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
2. the vocal organ of a bird
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systolic
1. of or relating to a systole or happening during a systole
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synopses
1. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
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synoptic
1. presenting a summary or general view of a whole
2. presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament
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synapses
1. the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis
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synovial
1. relating to or secreting synovia
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synonymy
1. the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning
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8-Letter Words Starting With SY