10-letter words containing o, y, s, t, e
- myopathies — Plural form of myopathy.
- myrtaceous — belonging to the Myrtaceae, the myrtle family of plants. Compare myrtle family.
- mystagogue — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- mysterioso — misterioso
- mysterious — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- nebulosity — nebulous or nebular matter.
- nematocyst — an organ in coelenterates consisting of a minute capsule containing an ejectable thread that causes a sting.
- news story — a news report of any length, usually presented in a straightforward style and without editorial comment.
- newsworthy — of sufficient interest to the public or a special audience to warrant press attention or coverage.
- numerosity — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- obsoletely — no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
- on the sly — cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
- oppositely — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
- orthostyle — (of columns) erected in a straight row.
- osteectomy — excision of part or all of a bone.
- ostensibly — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- osteocytes — Plural form of osteocyte.
- osteolysis — The pathological destruction or disappearance of bone tissue.
- osteomancy — A kind of divination by means of bones.
- osteometry — the anthropometric measurement of bones.
- osteopathy — a therapeutic system originally based upon the premise that manipulation of the muscles and bones to promote structural integrity could restore or preserve health: current osteopathic physicians use the diagnostic and therapeutic techniques of conventional medicine as well as manipulative measures.
- osteophyte — a small osseous excrescence or outgrowth on bone.
- overcostly — Too costly. (from 16th c.).
- overstayer — a person who illegally remains in a country after the period of the permitted visit has expired
- overstorey — the highest level of trees in a rainforest
- oyster bay — a town on the N shore of Long Island, in SE New York. Theodore Roosevelt homestead nearby.
- oyster bed — a place where oysters breed or are cultivated.
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- oysterfish — the oyster toadfish. See under toadfish (def 1).
- penny post — (formerly) any of various postal systems delivering mail for a penny a letter.
- peptolysis — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phenotypes — the observable constitution of an organism.
- photolyses — the chemical decomposition of materials under the influence of light.
- physiotype — the set of physical features that make a person or organism different from others.
- pinocytose — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- plastotype — a casting of a type specimen, especially of a fossil.
- poetastery — the work done by a poetaster
- polybasite — a blackish mineral, Ag 9 SbS 6 : a minor ore of silver.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polygenist — a person who advocates polygenism
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings
- polytheism — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
- polytheist — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
- positively — with certainty; absolutely: The statement is positively true.
- post entry — a late entry, as a horse in a horse show or race.
- poster boy — a person who appears on a poster
- preciosity — fastidious or carefully affected refinement, as in language, style, or taste.