6-letter words containing o, y, s
- mousey — resembling or suggesting a mouse, as in color or odor.
- mycose — Trehalose.
- myomas — Plural form of myoma.
- myopes — Plural form of myope.
- myosin — the principal contractile protein of muscle.
- myosis — miosis.
- myotis — An insectivorous bat with mouselike ears, a slender muzzle, and a flight membrane that extends between the hind legs and the tip of the tail.
- mysore — a city in S central Karnataka state, in S India.
- mysost — a soft Norwegian cheese made from cow's milk whey
- mythos — the underlying system of beliefs, especially those dealing with supernatural forces, characteristic of a particular cultural group.
- nosily — unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- noyous — annoying; troublesome
- nylons — any of a class of thermoplastic polyamides capable of extrusion when molten into fibers, sheets, etc., of extreme toughness, strength, and elasticity, synthesized by the interaction of a dicarboxylic acid with a diamine: used especially for yarn, fabrics, and bristles, as for brushes.
- onyxis — an ingrowing of a fingernail or toenail.
- oocyst — the encysted zygotic stage in the life cycle of some sporozoans.
- osiery — An osier bed.
- osprey — Also called fish hawk. a large hawk, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.
- ossify — to convert into or cause to harden like bone.
- ostomy — any of various surgical procedures, as a colostomy, in which an artificial opening is made so as to permit the drainage of waste products either into an appropriate organ or to the outside of the body.
- ostyak — Khanty.
- outsay — to say (something) out loud
- oyster — 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.
- physio — physical therapy
- pollys — a female given name, form of Mary.
- polyps — Zoology. a sedentary type of animal form characterized by a more or less fixed base, columnar body, and free end with mouth and tentacles, especially as applied to coelenterates. an individual zooid of a compound or colonial organism.
- poshly — in a posh manner
- posybl — Programming system for distributed applications. A Linda implementation for Unix networks by Ioannis Schoinas <[email protected]>.
- prossy — to exhibit pride or haughtiness; put on airs.
- psycho — a psychopathic or psychotic person.
- psyton — (humour) /si:'ton/ (From TMRC) The elementary particle carrying the sinister force. The probability of a process losing is proportional to the number of psytons falling on it. Psytons are generated by observers, which is why demos are more likely to fail when lots of people are watching. This term appears to have been largely superseded by bogon; see also quantum bogodynamics.
- pyosis — the formation of pus; suppuration.
- rosary — Roman Catholic Church. a series of prayers, usually consisting of 15 decades of aves, each decade being preceded by a paternoster and followed by a Gloria Patri, one of the mysteries or events in the life of Christ or the Virgin Mary being recalled at each decade. a string of beads used for counting these prayers during their recitation. a similar string of beads consisting of five decades.
- rosery — a bed or garden of roses
- rosety — resinous
- rosily — with a rosy color.
- rossby — Carl-Gustaf Arvid [kahrl-goo-stahf ahr-vid] /ˈkɑrlˈgu stɑf ˈɑr vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1898–1957, U.S. meteorologist, born in Sweden.
- savory — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- saxony — a state in E central Germany. 6561 sq. mi. (16,990 sq. km). Capital: Dresden.
- say-so — one's personal statement or assertion.
- scotty — (often lowercase) Informal. a Scot; Scotsman or Scotswoman.
- scyros — a Greek island in the W Aegean: the largest island of the Northern Sporades. 81 sq. mi. (210 sq. km).
- shoaly — full of shoals or shallows.
- shoddy — of poor quality or inferior workmanship: a shoddy bookcase.
- shonky — of dubious integrity or legality
- shoppy — a shop assistant
- shorty — a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- shouty — characterized by or involving shouting
- shy of — A number or amount that is just shy of another number or amount is just under it.
- shypoo — a place where this is sold
- sicyon — an ancient city in S Greece, near Corinth.