11-letter words containing a, y, o, u, s
- cymophanous — lustrous; brilliant
- cyperaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike flowering plants with solid triangular stems, including the sedges, bulrush, cotton grass, and certain rushes. Some are grown as water plants or as ornamental grasses; and Cyperus papyrus is the papyrus plant
- cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- dangerously — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- degustatory — tasty; having a pleasant flavour
- delusionary — having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
- euryphagous — eating a wide variety of foods
- facetiously — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- fractiously — In a fractious manner.
- garrulously — In a garrulous manner.
- glamorously — In a glamorous manner.
- glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
- gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
- gymnanthous — achlamydeous.
- hazardously — In a hazardous manner.
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- hilariously — arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
- house party — the guests at such an affair or party: The house party goes sailing today.
- hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
- hydromedusa — the medusa form of a hydrozoan.
- hylophagous — xylophagous (def 1).
- hypothallus — a layer of hyphae rimming the thallus of certain lichens.
- ichthyosaur — any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin.
- illusionary — of, relating to, or characterized by illusions; deceptive; misleading.
- immunoassay — any laboratory method for detecting a substance by using an antibody reactive with it.
- insinuatory — Insinuative.
- laboriously — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- maliciously — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- marvelously — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- mycophagous — feeding on fungi.
- myelomatous — Relating to a myeloma.
- mystagogues — Plural form of mystagogue.
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- nyctanthous — (of plants) flowering at night
- obfuscatory — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- oraculously — in an oraculous manner
- papyraceous — papery.
- pentagynous — (of plants) belonging to the order Pentagynia, characterized by the presence of five styles or pistils
- play possum — opossum.
- polyamorous — noting or relating to polyamory, the practice or condition of participating simultaneously in more than one serious romantic or sexual relationship with the knowledge and consent of all partners.
- polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
- polycarpous — producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polyphagous — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- postulatory — of or relating to a postulate or assumption
- psychagogue — a necromancer