9-letter words containing o, y, s, t
- psych-out — an act or instance of psyching out.
- psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- pulsatory — pulsating or throbbing.
- pussyfoot — to go or move in a stealthy or cautious manner.
- 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.
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- pythoness — a woman believed to be possessed by a soothsaying spirit, as the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
- radiosity — (graphics) A method for rendering a view of a three-dimensional scene that provides realistic lighting effects, such as interobject reflections and color bleeding. Radiosity methods are computationally intense, due to the use of linear systems of equations and the spatial complexity of large scenes.
- raspatory — a surgical instrument for abrading; surgeon's rasp
- rostrally — in a rostral manner
- routously — in a routous manner
- royalmast — the highest part of a mast
- roysterer — someone who partakes in merry-making
- sallyport — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- saltatory — pertaining to or adapted for saltation.
- salty dog — a cocktail of gin or vodka and grapefruit juice, traditionally served in a salt-rimmed glass.
- salvatory — a place for storing something safely
- saoshyant — the World Savior who will come at the end of time.
- satyaloka — the highest heaven, where Brahma and Sarasvati live with Brahmins.
- satyricon — a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.
- scatology — the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity.
- sciophyte — any plant that grows best in the shade
- scouthery — scorching
- scriptory — of or relating to writing
- 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
- short-day — requiring a short photoperiod.
- signatory — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- sinuosity — Often, sinuosities. a curve, bend, or turn: a sinuosity of the road.
- sixty-odd — around sixty; approximately sixty (people or things)
- sixty-one — a cardinal number, 60 plus 1.
- sixty-two — a cardinal number, 60 plus 2.
- sky pilot — a member of the clergy, especially a chaplain of the armed forces.
- sky-pilot — a member of the clergy, especially a chaplain of the armed forces.
- 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
- sob story — an excessively sentimental human-interest story.
- sociality — social nature or tendencies as shown in the assembling of individuals in communities.
- soft copy — computer output displayed on the screen of a VDT (opposed to hard copy).
- 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
- sophistry — a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
- sotomayor — ˈSonia (Maria) (ˈsoʊnjə ) ; sōnˈyə) 1954- ; associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court (2009- )
- sottishly — in a sottish manner
- southbury — a town in S Connecticut.
- southerly — a wind that blows from the south.