10-letter words containing o, y, s
- bush poppy — tree poppy.
- by oneself — be oneself, to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition. to be unaffected and sincere: One makes more friends by being oneself than by putting on airs.
- byssaceous — consisting of fine threads
- byssinosis — a lung disease caused by prolonged inhalation of fibre dust in textile factories
- caecostomy — (surgery) An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.
- calotypist — a person who produces photographs using the calotype process
- candyfloss — Candyfloss is a large pink or white mass of sugar threads that is eaten from a stick. It is sold at fairs or other outdoor events.
- canorously — In a canorous manner.
- captiously — In a captious manner.
- carryovers — Plural form of carryover.
- cash money — cash, as distinguished from a check or money order.
- castratory — of or relating to castration
- cautiously — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- celioscopy — celoscope.
- cessionary — a person to whom something is transferred; assignee; grantee
- chasmogamy — the production of flowers that open, so as to expose the reproductive organs and allow cross-pollination
- cheboksary — a port in W central Russia on the River Volga: capital of the Chuvash Republic. Pop: 446 000 (2005 est)
- chemonasty — the nastic movement of a plant in response to a chemical stimulus
- chernovtsy — a city in Ukraine on the Prut River: formerly under Polish, Austro-Hungarian, and Romanian rule; part of the Soviet Union (1947–91). Pop: 237 000 (2005 est)
- cholecysts — Plural form of cholecyst.
- chorus boy — a male singer or dancer of the chorus of a musical comedy, vaudeville show, etc.
- chrysocale — a copper alloy containing zinc and lead.
- chrysolite — a yellowish-green gem derived chiefly from varieties of olivine
- chrysophan — a glucoside that is bitter to the taste and yellow in colour
- chrysostom — Saint John. ?345–407 ad, Greek patriarch; archbishop of Constantinople (398–404). Feast day: Sept 13 or Nov 13
- chrysotile — a green, grey, or white fibrous mineral, a variety of serpentine, that is an important source of commercial asbestos. Formula: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
- chylaceous — of or resembling chyle.
- clay stone — argillite.
- claystones — argillite.
- clearstory — clerestory
- clerestory — a row of windows in the upper part of the wall of a church that divides the nave from the aisle, set above the aisle roof
- clonotypes — Plural form of clonotype.
- clownishly — In a clownish, undignified, or foolish manner; absurdly, ridiculously.
- cnidocysts — a nematocyst.
- cocatalyst — a substance that acts in tandem with another as a catalyst
- cockneyism — a characteristic of speech or custom peculiar to cockneys
- cocksurely — In a cocksure manner.
- coenocytes — Plural form of coenocyte.
- cohesively — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- collotypes — Plural form of collotype.
- colocynths — Plural form of colocynth.
- colossally — extraordinarily great in size, extent, or degree; gigantic; huge.
- colposcopy — an examination by means of a colposcope.
- commissary — A commissary is a shop that provides food and equipment in a place such as a military camp or a prison.
- composedly — calm; tranquil; serene: His composed face reassured the nervous passengers.
- compulsory — If something is compulsory, you must do it or accept it, because it is the law or because someone in a position of authority says you must.
- conclusory — of, relating to, or involving an end or conclusion
- condensery — a factory where condensed milk is produced
- condylomas — Plural form of condyloma.
- config.sys — (operating system) A text file containing special system configuration commands, found in the root directory on an MS-DOS computer, typically on drive C (the hard disk). It is read by MS-DOS at boot time, after the setup has been read from CMOS RAM and before running AUTOEXEC.BAT. It can be modified by the user. Some example commands which CONFIG.SYS might contain are: DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /testmem:off Load the extended memory manager. DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM Load the expanded memory manager. BUFFERS=10,0 Specify memory for disk buffers. FILES=70 Set the number of files that can be open at once. DOS=UMB DOS is located in UppeMemoryBlock. LASTDRIVE=Z Disk drives are A: to Z:. FCBS=16,0 Set the number of file control blocks. DEVICEHIGH /L:1,12048 =C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE Report the DOS version to older programs. DOS=HIGH DOS should maintain a link to UMB. COUNTRY=358,437 C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS Set the country code for some programs. STACKS=9,256 Set dynamic stacks for hardware control. SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\ /E:1024 /p Set the location of the command interpreter.