11-letter words containing o, y, s
- sovereignly — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- sovereignty — the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
- sovietology — Kremlinology.
- soybean oil — a pale-yellow oil derived from soybeans by expression or solvent extraction: used as a food and in the manufacture of soap, candles, inks, paints, varnishes, etc.
- spasmolysis — the relaxation or relief of muscle spasm.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- spectrology — the study of ghosts, phantoms, or apparitions.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- spermophyte — spermatophyte.
- sphagnology — the study of sphagna
- sphygmogram — a tracing or diagram produced by a sphygmograph.
- sphygmology — the study and examination of the pulse
- spirography — the study of breathing using a spirograph
- splenectomy — excision or removal of the spleen.
- spondylitic — inflammation of the vertebrae.
- spondylitis — inflammation of the vertebrae.
- spondylosis — immobility and fusion of vertebral joints.
- spontaneity — the state, quality, or fact of being spontaneous.
- sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sporocystic — of or like a sporocyst
- spot survey — a survey taken immediately and at random
- spotted ray — any of various species of ray with irregular markings on the back
- spy-hopping — a vertical half-rise out of the water performed by a whale in order to view the surroundings. a springing bounce in tall grasses performed by certain land mammals, as foxes and wolves, to view the surroundings.
- stary oskol — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, SW of Voronezh.
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- statutorily — of, relating to, or of the nature of a statute.
- steatolysis — the digestive process whereby fats are emulsified and then hydrolysed to fatty acids and glycerine
- steatopygia — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- steatopygic — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- stenochromy — the art of printing designs made of more than one colour using a single impression
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
- stenotypist — shorthand in which alphabetic letters or types are used to produce shortened forms of words or groups of words.
- stereometry — the measurement of volumes.
- stereophony — the state or condition of being stereophonic.
- stereoscopy — the study of the stereoscope and its techniques.
- stereotyped — reproduced in or by stereotype plates.
- stereotypes — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stereotypic — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
- stomatology — the science dealing with the mouth and its diseases.
- stomatotomy — incision of the cervix to facilitate labor.
- stony brook — a town in N Long Island, in SE New York.
- stony coral — a true coral consisting of numerous anthozoan polyps embedded in the calcareous material that they secrete.
- stony point — a village in SE New York, on the Hudson: site of a strategic fort in the Revolutionary War.
- stony-broke — completely without money; penniless
- stony-faced — having a rigid, expressionless face.
- stop volley — a softly hit volley that barely falls over the net and cannot be reached for a return.
- storability — capable of being stored for considerable time without loss of freshness or usability.
- stormstayed — isolated or unable to travel because of adverse weather conditions, esp a snowstorm