9-letter words containing o, y, s, t, e
- osmometry — measurement of osmotic pressure.
- ossietzky — Carl von [kahrl fuh n] /kɑrl fən/ (Show IPA), 1889–1938, German pacifist: Nobel Peace Prize 1935.
- ostectomy — excision of part or all of a bone.
- ostensory — monstrance.
- osteocyte — a cell of osseous tissue within the bone matrix; a bone cell.
- osteology — the branch of anatomy dealing with the skeleton.
- osteotomy — the dividing of a bone, or the excision of part of it.
- out-years — the fiscal year after a year covered by a budget; any year beyond the budget year for which projections of spending are made.
- outstayed — Simple past tense and past participle of outstay.
- overhasty — excessively hasty; rash: overhasty judgment.
- overlusty — too lusty
- overstory — the uppermost layer of foliage in a forest, forming the canopy.
- overstudy — excessive study.
- oystering — any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- oysterman — a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- pestology — the analysis and research of pests and how to get rid of them
- photolyse — to cause to undergo or to undergo photolysis
- polyester — Chemistry. a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the group –COO–, usually formed by polymerizing a polyhydric alcohol with a polybasic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, plastics, and textile fibers.
- polystyle — having many columns.
- posterity — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
- proselyte — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- pussytoes — any of various woolly plants of the genus Antennaria
- pygostyle — the bone at the posterior end of the spinal column in birds, formed by the fusion of several caudal vertebrae.
- pythoness — a woman believed to be possessed by a soothsaying spirit, as the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
- roysterer — someone who partakes in merry-making
- sciophyte — any plant that grows best in the shade
- scouthery — scorching
- seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- secretory — pertaining to secretion.
- seniority — the state of being senior; priority of birth; superior age.
- serotypic — of or relating to a serotype
- sixty-one — a cardinal number, 60 plus 1.
- skyrocket — a rocket firework that ascends into the air and explodes at a height, usually in a brilliant array of sparks of one or more colors.
- snow tyre — a motor vehicle tyre with deep treads and ridges to give improved grip on snow and ice
- solemnity — the state or character of being solemn; earnestness; gravity; impressiveness: the solemnity of a state funeral.
- solvently — able to pay all just debts.
- sonnetary — relating to sonnets
- southerly — a wind that blows from the south.
- sporocyte — a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.
- stableboy — a person who works in a stable.
- stay over — spend the night
- stenotype — a keyboard machine resembling a typewriter, used in a system of phonetic shorthand.
- stenotypy — shorthand in which alphabetic letters or types are used to produce shortened forms of words or groups of words.
- storyette — a short or shortened story
- storyless — a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- storyline — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- streetboy — a boy living on the street
- strongyle — any nematode of the family Strongylidae, parasitic as an adult in the intestine of mammals, especially horses.
- stylebook — a book containing rules of usage in typography, punctuation, etc., employed by printers, editors, and writers.