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11-letter words containing n, y, o, r

  • stereophony — the state or condition of being stereophonic.
  • stony brook — a town in N Long Island, in SE New York.
  • stony coral — a true coral consisting of numerous anthozoan polyps embedded in the calcareous material that they secrete.
  • stony-broke — completely without money; penniless
  • strenuosity — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
  • strenuously — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
  • strongyloid — of or relating to a strongyle
  • subcontrary — one of two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false.
  • subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
  • subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
  • subordinary — any of several heraldic bearings of secondary importance to the ordinary, such as the lozenge, the orle, and the fret
  • sundry shop — (in Malaysia) a shop, similar to a delicatessen, that sells predominantly Chinese foodstuffs
  • synchoresis — the act or an instance of conceding an argument in order to make a stronger one
  • synchromesh — noting or pertaining to a synchronized shifting mechanism.
  • synchromism — a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color. Compare Orphism (def 2).
  • synchronise — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • synchronism — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
  • synchronize — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • synchronous — occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
  • synchrotron — a type of cyclotron consisting of magnetic sections alternately spaced with sections in which particles are electrostatically accelerated.
  • syringotomy — surgical removal of a fistula
  • technocracy — a theory and movement, prominent about 1932, advocating control of industrial resources, reform of financial institutions, and reorganization of the social system, based on the findings of technologists and engineers.
  • teenybopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
  • tenorrhaphy — suture of a tendon.
  • tensiometry — the study of the measurement of tension
  • tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
  • terminatory — pertaining to or forming the extremity or boundary; terminal; terminating.
  • terminology — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
  • thankworthy — deserving gratitude.
  • the country — the outlying area or area furthest from the finish of a sports ground or racecourse
  • thermonasty — a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
  • thyrotropin — an anterior pituitary hormone that regulates the activity of the thyroid gland.
  • torrey pine — a rare pine tree, Pinus torreyana, having a rounded crown of branches, growing in a limited area on the southern coast of California.
  • trichonymph — a flagellated protozoan of the genus Trichonympha that lives in the intestine of wood-eating termites, transforming the cellulose in the wood into soluble carbohydrates that can be utilized by the insect.
  • tropomyosin — a protein in muscle tissue that works with troponin to control the process by which actin and myosin interact to produce muscle contraction
  • trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
  • trypanosoma — trypanosome.
  • trypanosome — any minute, flagellate protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma, parasitic in the blood or tissues of humans and other vertebrates, usually transmitted by insects, often causing serious diseases, as African sleeping sickness in humans, and many diseases in domestic animals.
  • trypsinogen — a precursor of trypsin that is secreted by the pancreas and is activated to trypsin in the small intestine.
  • twenty-four — a cardinal number, 20 plus 4.
  • tympaniform — resembling or having the form of a drum or drum head
  • typefounder — a person who casts metallic printer's type
  • tyrannosaur — a large, carnivorous dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex, from the Late Cretaceous Epoch of North America, that walked erect on its hind feet.
  • tyrosinemia — an inherited disorder of tyrosine metabolism that can lead to liver and kidney disease and mental retardation unless controlled by a special diet.
  • tyrosinosis — a condition characterized by abnormally large amounts of tyrosine in the urine, caused by faulty metabolism.
  • tyrothricin — an antibiotic, obtained from the soil bacterium Bacillus brevis, consisting of tyrocidine and gramicidin and active against Gram-positive bacteria such as staphylococci and streptococci: applied locally for the treatment of ulcers and abscesses
  • unbrotherly — not brotherly
  • uncustomary — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
  • understorey — a lower tier of shrubs and small trees under the main canopy of forest trees
  • undestroyed — in perfect condition; not destroyed; not changed or changing
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