10-letter words containing o, y, s
- astacology — the investigation and analysis of crayfish
- astrocytes — Plural form of astrocyte.
- astrocytic — relating to astrocytes or star-shaped neuroglial cells
- astrolatry — a reverence for, devotion to, or deification of celestial objects
- astromancy — divination by means of the stars.
- astrometry — the branch of astronomy concerned with the measurement of the position and motion of celestial bodies
- asymptotes — Plural form of asymptote.
- asymptotic — of or referring to an asymptote
- asynchrony — a lack of synchronism or coincidence in time.
- asystolism — the indications or symptoms which are representative of asystole
- atrocity's — the quality or state of being atrocious.
- autolysate — the substances resulting as the end product of autolysis
- autolysins — Plural form of autolysin.
- autonymous — (of a word or words) appearing in its own form or directly quoted
- autoplasty — surgical repair of defects by grafting or transplanting tissue from the patient's own body
- autopsying — Present participle of autopsy.
- ayatollahs — Plural form of ayatollah.
- ayers rock — a conspicuous red monadnock in central Australia, in the SW Northern Territory: tourist attraction. 1143 feet (348 meters) high.
- azygospore — a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi
- baby bonus — family allowance
- babylonish — Babylonian.
- back story — background information provided, often in narrative form, to give help in understanding something, as the behavior of a character in a film
- backronyms — Plural form of backronym.
- backwoodsy — like or of the nature of backwoods
- basal body — a cylindrical organelle, within the cytoplasm of flagellated and ciliated cells, that contains microtubules and forms the base of a flagellum or cilium: identical in internal structure to a centriole.
- bawdyhouse — a house of prostitution
- bcs theory — Physics. a general quantum theory of superconductivity that describes many properties of superconducting materials.
- besottedly — in a besotted manner
- biophysics — the physics of biological processes and the application of methods used in physics to biology
- biopsychic — of, relating to, or comprising psychological and biological phenomena.
- biosurgery — the use of live sterile maggots to treat patients with infected wounds
- blastocyst — the blastula of mammals: a sphere of cells (trophoblast) enclosing an inner mass of cells and a fluid-filled cavity (blastocoel)
- blindstory — a windowless story
- bloomsbury — a district of central London in the borough of Camden: contains the British Museum, part of the University of London, and many publishers' offices
- boastfully — given to or characterized by boasting.
- bobbysocks — ankle-length socks worn by teenage girls, esp in the US in the 1940s
- bobbysoxer — an adolescent girl wearing bobbysocks, esp in the 1940s
- body louse — See under louse (def 1).
- body press — a hold in which a wrestler places full body weight on a supine opponent in trying to pin the opponent's shoulders to the mat.
- body scrub — a product designed to exfoliate the skin
- body shirt — a close-fitting shirt or blouse having a shape and seams that follow the contours of the body.
- bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
- bonus army — a group of 12,000 World War I veterans who massed in Washington, D.C., the summer of 1932 to induce Congress to appropriate moneys for the payment of bonus certificates granted in 1924.
- bonus baby — an athlete who is paid a substantial bonus to sign his or her first professional contract.
- boss cocky — a boss or person in power
- bossyboots — a bossy or domineering person
- boston ivy — a climbing vine (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) of the grape family, native to Japan and China, having shield-shaped leaves and purple berries: often grown to cover walls
- boy scouts — the worldwide movement founded by Lord Baden-Powell in 1908, now called the Scout Association in the UK and the Boys Scouts of America in the USA, which pursues a programme of activities for boys with the aim of developing character and responsibility
- brailowsky — Alexander [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr/ (Show IPA), 1896–1976, Russian pianist.
- brown eyes — eyes with brown irises