15-letter words containing a, r, o, y, s
- north bay shore — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
- northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
- not necessarily — If you reply 'Not necessarily', you mean that what has just been said or suggested may not be true.
- observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
- orangeman's day — the 12th of July, celebrated by Protestants in Northern Ireland to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne (1690)
- orangemen's day — July 12, an annual celebration in Northern Ireland and certain cities having a large Irish section, especially Liverpool, to mark both the victory of William III over James II at the Battle of the Boyne, July 1, 1690, and the Battle of Augbrim, July 12, 1690.
- ordinary seaman — a seaman insufficiently skilled to be classified as an able-bodied seaman. Abbreviation: O.D., O.S., o.s.
- ordinary shares — British. a share of common stock.
- ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
- ortega y gasset — José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1883–1955, Spanish philosopher, journalist, and critic.
- orthopsychiatry — an approach to psychiatry concerned with the study and treatment of behavioral disorders, especially of young people.
- oscars ceremony — a formal annual event in the United States in which small gold statuettes are awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in films
- ovoviviparously — in an ovoviviparous manner
- oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
- pamprodactylous — having all four toes directed forward, as in swifts and colies.
- pastoral prayer — the main prayer in a church service.
- pay as you earn — a method of paying tax in which the tax is taken off your wages before they are paid to you
- perissosyllabic — (of a line of verse) containing more syllables than expected for the metre being used
- personal injury — injury to an individual
- phosphorylation — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
- phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
- physical memory — (memory management) The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
- physiotherapist — physical therapy.
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- please yourself — You say 'please yourself' to indicate in a rather rude way that you do not mind or care whether the person you are talking to does a particular thing or not.
- plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
- polycrystalline — (of a rock or metal) composed of aggregates of individual crystals.
- polysomnography — a record of a person's sleep pattern, breathing, heart activity, and limb movements during sleep. Abbreviation: PSG.
- polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
- postoperatively — occurring after a surgical operation.
- poststimulatory — following stimulation
- prairie oysters — a raw egg, or the yolk of a raw egg, often mixed with seasonings, as salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and used as a hangover remedy.
- primary process — the generally unorganized mental activity characteristic of the unconscious and occurring in dreams, fantasies, and related processes.
- primary storage — main memory
- primrose family — the plant family Primulaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having simple, opposite, whorled, or basal leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including cyclamen, loosestrife of the genus Lysimachia, pimpernel, primrose, and shooting star.
- procrastinatory — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- propositionally — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- proximity talks — a diplomatic process whereby an impartial representative acts as go-between for two opposing parties who are willing to attend the same conference but unwilling to meet face to face
- proxy statement — a statement containing information, frequently exhaustive, about a corporation, its officers, and any propositions to be voted on, sent to stockholders when their proxies are being solicited for an annual or a special stockholders' meeting.
- pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- pseudoparalysis — the inability to move a part of the body owing to factors, as pain, other than those causing actual paralysis.
- pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
- psychobiography — a biographical study focusing on psychological factors, as childhood traumas and unconscious motives.
- psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
- psychographical — relating to psychographics
- psychohistorian — a person who writes psychohistory
- psychotherapist — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
- put years on sb — If you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older.