9-letter words containing a, r, o, y, s
- sarvodaya — (in India) economic and social development and improvement of a community as a whole
- satyricon — a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.
- scholarly — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
- seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- short-day — requiring a short photoperiod.
- signatory — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- soapberry — the fruit of any of certain tropical or subtropical trees of the genus Sapindus, especially S. saponaria, used as a substitute for soap.
- soaringly — in a soaring manner
- sokemanry — tenure of land subject to the soke of someone else.
- solar day — Astronomy. the time interval between two successive transits by the sun of the meridian directly opposite that of the observer; the 24-hour interval from one midnight to the following midnight.
- sonnetary — relating to sonnets
- sororally — in a sororal manner
- sotomayor — ˈSonia (Maria) (ˈsoʊnjə ) ; sōnˈyə) 1954- ; associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court (2009- )
- spar buoy — a buoy resembling a vertical log
- spirogyra — a widely distributed filamentous freshwater green alga of the genus Spirogyra.
- statutory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a statute.
- stay over — spend the night
- stockyard — an enclosure with pens, sheds, etc., connected with a slaughterhouse, railroad, market, etc., for the temporary housing of cattle, sheep, swine, or horses.
- stornoway — a city in NW Scotland, in the Hebrides.
- story arc — a continuing storyline in a television series that gradually unfolds over several episodes
- strayhorn — William ("Billy") 1915–67, U.S. jazz pianist and composer: collaborator with Duke Ellington.
- styrofoam — Styrofoam is a very light, plastic substance, used especially to make containers.
- sur-royal — crown antler.
- surrogacy — the state of being a surrogate or surrogate mother.
- swordplay — the action or technique of wielding a sword; fencing.
- synkaryon — a nucleus formed by the fusion of two preexisting nuclei.
- tarkovsky — Andrei (ˈɑndrej). 1932–86, Soviet film director, whose films include Andrei Rublev (1966), Solaris (1971), Nostalgia (1983), and The Sacrifice (1986)
- taylorism — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.
- theocrasy — a mixture of religious forms and deities by worshipers.
- tyrannous — tyrannical.
- unsavoury — not savory; tasteless or insipid: an unsavory meal.
- variously — of different kinds, as two or more things; differing one from another: Various experiments have not proved his theory.
- visionary — given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes: a visionary enthusiast.
- war story — an account or anecdote concerning one's personal experiences, especially in military combat, during a war.
- xerochasy — the release of seeds when the seed pods dry out
- yaroslavl — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.
- yearbooks — Plural form of yearbook.