| decasyllabic | (adjective) having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables | - |
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| decasyllable | (noun) a verse line having ten syllables | - |
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| dissyllable | (noun) a word having two syllables | Synonyms: disyllable |
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| disyllabic | (adjective) having or characterized by or consisting of two syllables | - |
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| disyllable | (noun) a word having two syllables | Synonyms: dissyllable |
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| heptasyllable | (noun) a word or line of verse of seven syllables. | - |
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| isosyllabism | (noun) (linguistics, poetry) the use of isosyllabic verse. | - |
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| monosyllabic | (adjective) having or characterized by or consisting of one syllable | - |
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| monosyllabically | (adverb) in a monosyllabic manner | - |
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| monosyllable | (noun) a word or utterance of one syllable | Synonyms: monosyllabic word |
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| nonsyllabic | (adjective) not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong) | Synonyms: unsyllabic |
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| (adjective) (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable | - |
| octosyllabic | (adjective) having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables | - |
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| octosyllable | (noun) a verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines | - |
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| pentasyllabic | (adjective) having or characterized by or consisting of five syllables | - |
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| polysyllabic | (adjective) (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables | Synonyms: sesquipedalian |
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| (adjective) having or characterized by words of more than three syllables | - |
| polysyllabically | (adverb) in a polysyllabic manner | - |
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| polysyllable | (noun) a word of more than three syllables | Synonyms: polysyllabic word |
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| psylla | (noun) small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices | Synonyms: jumping plant louse, psyllid |
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| psyllid | (noun) small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices | Synonyms: jumping plant louse, psylla |
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| psyllium | (noun) plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative | Synonyms: fleawort, Plantago psyllium, Spanish psyllium |
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| syllabary | (noun) a writing system whose characters represent syllables | Synonyms: syllabic script |
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| syllabic | (adjective) consisting of a syllable or syllables | - |
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| (adjective) (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities | - |
| (adjective) (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable | - |
| (adjective) consisting of or using a syllabary | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to syllables | - |
| syllabically | (adverb) in or with syllables | - |
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| syllabicate | (verb) divide into syllables | Synonyms: syllabify, syllabise, syllabize |
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| syllabication | (noun) forming or dividing words into syllables | Synonyms: syllabification |
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| syllabicity | (noun) the pattern of syllable formation in a particular language | - |
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| syllabification | (noun) forming or dividing words into syllables | Synonyms: syllabication |
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| syllabify | (verb) divide into syllables | Synonyms: syllabicate, syllabise, syllabize |
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| syllabise | (verb) utter with distinct articulation of each syllable | Synonyms: syllabize |
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| (verb) divide into syllables | Synonyms: syllabicate, syllabify, syllabize |
| syllabize | (verb) utter with distinct articulation of each syllable | Synonyms: syllabise |
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| (verb) divide into syllables | Synonyms: syllabicate, syllabify, syllabise |
| syllable | (noun) a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme | - |
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| syllabled | (adjective) pronounced in syllables | - |
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| syllabub | (noun) sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor | Synonyms: sillabub |
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| (noun) spiced hot milk with rum or wine | Synonyms: sillabub |
| syllabus | (noun) an integrated course of academic studies | Synonyms: course of study, curriculum, program, programme |
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| syllepsis | (noun) use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one | - |
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| syllogise | (verb) reason by syllogisms | Synonyms: syllogize |
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| syllogiser | (noun) logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning | Synonyms: syllogist, syllogizer |
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| syllogism | (noun) deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises | - |
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| syllogist | (noun) logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning | Synonyms: syllogiser, syllogizer |
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| syllogistic | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of syllogism | - |
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| (noun) in logic, the formal analysis of logical terms and operators and the structures that make it possible to infer true conclusions from given premises. | - |
| syllogize | (verb) reason by syllogisms | Synonyms: syllogise |
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| syllogizer | (noun) logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning | Synonyms: syllogiser, syllogist |
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| trisyllable | (noun) a word having three syllables | - |
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| unsyllabic | (adjective) not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong) | Synonyms: nonsyllabic |
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| unsyllabled | (adjective) not articulated in syllables | - |
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