10-letter words containing a, r, o, y, s
- paroxysmal — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- paroxysmic — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- passionary — passional (def 3).
- pastorally — having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
- pastrycook — a person who makes pastry or pastries
- pelycosaur — any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.
- 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.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- poetastery — the work done by a poetaster
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polymerase — any of several enzymes that catalyze the formation of a long-chain molecule by linking smaller molecular units, as nucleotides with nucleic acids.
- polystylar — relating to a polystyle
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.
- proslavery — favoring slavery.
- psychogram — a message believed to be written by a spirit or authored by psychical means
- pyatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- pyranoside — a glycoside containing a pyran ring structure.
- pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis
- pythagoras — c582–c500 b.c, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.
- radiolysis — the dissociation of molecules by ionizing radiation.
- radioscopy — the examination of objects opaque to light by means of another form of radiation, usually x-rays.
- rallycross — a form of motor sport in which cars race over a one-mile circuit of rough grass with some hard-surfaced sections
- 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.
- rock spray — a low, evergreen, Himalayan shrub, Cotoneaster microphyllus, of the rose family, having shiny leaves with grayish, hairy undersides, white flowers, and scarlet berries.
- roma gypsy — a member of a people scattered throughout Europe and North America, who maintain a nomadic way of life in industrialized societies
- rosary pea — a woody tropical vine, Abrus precatorius , of the legume family, having extremely poisonous scarlet and black seeds that are used for beads and a root used as a substitute for licorice.
- royal mast — a mast situated immediately above, and generally formed as a single spar with, a topgallant mast.
- royalistic — relating to a royalist
- sally port — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- salutatory — pertaining to or of the nature of a salutation.
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- schoolyard — a playground or sports field near a school.
- separatory — serving to separate.
- short-stay — available or valid for a limited time
- sibilatory — characterized by hissing or whistling
- simulatory — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- slavocracy — the rule or domination of slaveholders: the slavocracy of the old plantations.
- snobocracy — a social class of snobs
- sociocracy — a theoretical system of government in which the interests of all members of society are served equally.
- solar myth — a myth explaining or allegorizing the origin or movement of the sun
- solar year — year (def 4b).
- solar-year — a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.
- solidarily — characterized by or involving community of responsibilities and interests.
- solidarity — union or fellowship arising from common responsibilities and interests, as between members of a group or between classes, peoples, etc.: to promote solidarity among union members.