10-letter words containing a, n, o, y, s
- non-greasy — smeared, covered, or soiled with grease.
- nonstarchy — Alternative spelling of non-starchy.
- nose candy — cocaine.
- nosography — the systematic description of diseases.
- nostopathy — a fear of returning home, often observed in those who have been in institutions such as prison or hospital for a long time
- not to say — You can use not to say when adding a stronger or more extreme description than the one you have just used.
- nystagmoid — having a similarity to or characteristics of nystagmus
- obstinancy — (rare) Obstinance; the characteristic of being obstinate.
- on standby — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- oscitantly — in an oscitant manner
- osteomancy — A kind of divination by means of bones.
- paronymous — containing the same root or stem, as the words wise and wisdom.
- passionary — passional (def 3).
- pensionary — a pensioner.
- person-day — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in one working day.
- personably — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personally — through direct contact; in person; directly: I will thank him personally.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- photonasty — a nastic movement in response to a change in light intensity
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polynesian — of or relating to Polynesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- pyranoside — a glycoside containing a pyran ring structure.
- ravenously — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- reasonably — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- resonantly — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- sainte foy — a SW suburb of Quebec, on the St Lawrence River. Pop: 72 547 (2001)
- sanctimony — pretended, affected, or hypocritical religious devotion, righteousness, etc.
- sandy hook — a peninsula in E New Jersey, at the entrance to lower New York Bay. 6 miles (10 km) long.
- satanology — the aspect of knowledge that relates to Satan or evil
- scyphozoan — any coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa, comprising the true marine jellyfishes.
- seasonally — pertaining to, dependent on, or accompanying the seasons of the year or some particular season; periodical: seasonal work.
- shantytown — a section, as of a city or town, characterized by shanties and crudely built houses.
- shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- simon says — a children's game in which all players must imitate only those movements and commands of a leader that are preceded by the words “Simon says.”.
- snobocracy — a social class of snobs
- sonography — the medical diagnostic imaging technique used to see internal organs, muscles, etc
- spodomancy — divination by studying ashes
- spun rayon — yarn produced by spinning short, uniform lengths of rayon filaments into a continuous strand.
- stationary — standing still; not moving.
- stationery — writing paper.
- staycation — a vacation spent at home or near home, doing enjoyable activities or visiting local attractions.
- subcompany — subsidiary company.
- sycophancy — self-seeking or servile flattery.
- synaloepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
- synandrous — with united stamens
- synanthous — relating to plants whose leaves and flowers expand simultaneously
- synaxarion — a summary of the life of a saint or of the particulars of a feast, read at the orthros.
- syncarpous — of the nature of or pertaining to a syncarp.