12-letter words containing i, s, o, t, a, y
- polysynaptic — having or involving more than one synapse.
- positionally — in terms of position, from a positional point of view
- post-primary — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- postsynaptic — being or occurring on the receiving end of a discharge across the synapse.
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- psammophytic — relating to psammophytes
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- psychopathic — of, relating to, or affected with psychopathy.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
- royal tennis — court tennis.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- saprophytism — living and feeding on dead organic matter
- satisfactory — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- satyromaniac — a lascivious man; lecher.
- schizothymia — the condition of being schizoid or introverted. It encompasses elements of schizophrenia but does not involve the same depth of psychological disturbance
- semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- socratically — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
- solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
- solstitially — in a solstitial manner
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- sorting yard — sorting tracks.
- spatiography — the study of the characteristics of space beyond the atmosphere, including the mapping of the movements of celestial bodies and the recording of electrical, magnetic, and gravitational effects, especially those likely to affect missiles and spacecraft.
- sportability — suitability to be used in or as a sport
- spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
- station days — days on which ceremonies are held in station churches
- steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
- stereoacuity — the ability of a person to see objects as separate entities along a range of distances
- stichomythia — dramatic dialogue, as in a Greek play, characterized by brief exchanges between two characters, each of whom usually speaks in one line of verse during a scene of intense emotion or strong argumentation.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- sycophantish — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- symptomatize — symptomize.
- synarthrodia — synarthrosis.
- synarthrosis — immovable articulation; a fixed or immovable joint; suture.
- syndiotactic — (of a polymer molecule) having a regular alternation of opposite configurations at successive regularly spaced positions along the chain. See also configuration (def 4).
- syrtis major — an area in the northern hemisphere and near the equator of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- tommy atkins — any private of the British army.
- transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
- unstationary — standing still; not moving.
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- vasoactivity — activity that affects the diameter of blood vessels
- vasodilatory — of or relating to the dilation of blood vessels