11-letter words containing l, o, s, y
- prosaically — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- proselytize — try to attract converts
- prosiliency — prominence
- proteolysis — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.
- psilophytic — (of a plant) that grows well in the dry savannah
- psychoanal. — psychoanalysis
- psychobilly — loud frantic rockabilly music
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- psychologic — of or relating to psychology.
- psychophily — the pollination of flowers by butterflies
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- pyrolysable — able to be pyrolysed
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- querulously — full of complaints; complaining.
- rapturously — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
- religiosity — the quality of being religious; piety; devoutness.
- religiously — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- responsibly — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- rolls-royce — a make of very high-quality, luxurious, and prestigious British car. The Rolls-Royce company is no longer British-owned
- rose family — the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, cinquefoil, hawthorn, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, spirea, and strawberry.
- royal flush — the five highest cards of a suit.
- safety bolt — a bolt or lock on a door or gate that cannot be moved from the outside
- safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
- salaciously — lustful or lecherous.
- salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- sartorially — of or relating to tailors or their trade: sartorial workmanship.
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- school year — the months of the year during which school is open and attendance at school is required.
- scientology — the philosophy of the Church of Scientology, a nondenominational movement founded in the US in the 1950s, which emphasizes self-knowledge as a means of realizing full spiritual potential
- sclerectomy — excision of part of the sclera.
- sclerocauly — the feature of having a hard, dry stem
- sclerophyll — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
- scorchingly — in a scorching manner
- scorpionfly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- scoundrelly — having the character of a scoundrel; unscrupulous; villainous.
- scripophily — the collecting by hobbyists of old stock certificates and bonds that have no intrinsic value other than their aesthetic appeal or relative rarity.
- seasonality — the state or quality of being seasonal or dependent on the seasons: the seasonality of Halloween costumes.
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- semasiology — semantics, especially the study of semantic change.
- semimonthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- sensorially — with respect to sensation; in a sensorial way
- seychellois — a native or inhabitant of Seychelles.
- shadow play — a show in which shadows of puppets, flat figures, or live actors are projected onto a lighted screen.
- shoofly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
- sialography — radiography of salivary glands once they have been injected with a contrast medium