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8-letter words containing o, y, s

  • acolytes — Plural form of acolyte.
  • acronyms — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
  • advisory — An advisory group regularly gives suggestions and help to people or organizations, especially about a particular subject or area of activity.
  • aloysius — Saint. full name Aloysius Luigi Gonzaga. 1568–91, Italian Jesuit who died nursing plague victims; the patron saint of youth. Feast day: June 21
  • amyelous — congenital absence of the spinal cord.
  • ankylose — (of bones in a joint, etc) to fuse or stiffen by ankylosis
  • anodynes — Plural form of anodyne.
  • antonyms — a word opposite in meaning to another. Fast is an antonym of slow. Compare synonym (def 1).
  • anybodys — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
  • apophyse — Apophysis.
  • apospory — development of the gametophyte from the sporophyte without the formation of spores
  • apostacy — Abandonment of religion.
  • apostasy — If someone is accused of apostasy, they are accused of abandoning their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles.
  • asystole — the absence of heartbeat; cardiac arrest
  • atemoyas — Plural form of atemoya.
  • athodyds — Plural form of athodyd.
  • atmolyse — to separate gases, which have differing degrees of diffusibility, by filtering
  • attaboys — Plural form of attaboy.
  • autolyse — to undergo or cause to undergo autolysis
  • autonyms — Plural form of autonym.
  • baloneys — Plural form of baloney.
  • bayonets — Plural form of bayonet.
  • best boy — the assistant to the senior electrician or to the key grip in a film crew
  • bioassay — a method of determining the concentration, activity, or effect of a change to substance by testing its effect on a living organism and comparing this with the activity of an agreed standard
  • biolysis — the death and dissolution of a living organism
  • bioscopy — examination of a body to determine whether it is alive
  • bistoury — a long surgical knife with a narrow blade
  • blousily — in the manner of a blouse
  • bobbysox — bobbysocks
  • bodysuit — A bodysuit is a piece of women's clothing that fits tightly over the top part of the body and fastens between the legs.
  • bodysurf — to engage in the sport of surfing while lying prone on a wave without the use of a surfboard
  • bogeyism — the recognition of or belief in the existence of ghosts or demons
  • bogosity — /boh-go's*-tee/ The degree to which something is "bogus" in the hackish sense of "bad". At CMU, bogosity is measured with a bogometer; in a seminar, when a speaker says something bogus, a listener might raise his hand and say "My bogometer just triggered". More extremely, "You just pinned my bogometer" means you just said or did something so outrageously bogus that it is off the scale, pinning the bogometer needle at the highest possible reading (one might also say "You just redlined my bogometer"). The agreed-upon unit of bogosity is the microLenat. Also, the potential field generated by a bogon flux; see quantum bogodynamics. See also bogon flux, bogon filter.
  • boobyish — stupid or silly
  • boobyism — the quality of being boobyish
  • bosseyed — cross-eyed.
  • botryose — Mineralogy. botryoidal.
  • botrytis — any of a group of fungi of the genus Botrytis, several of which cause plant diseases
  • bowyangs — a pair of strings or straps secured round each trouser leg below the knee, worn esp by sheep-shearers and other labourers
  • boyarism — the rule of the boyars
  • busybody — If you refer to someone as a busybody, you are criticizing the way they interfere in other people's affairs.
  • busywork — Busywork is work that is intended to keep someone occupied and is not completely necessary.
  • butyrous — resembling butter; butyraceous
  • byronism — of or relating to Lord Byron.
  • callboys — Plural form of callboy.
  • calypsos — Plural form of calypso.
  • carryons — Plural form of carryon.
  • charpoys — Plural form of charpoy.
  • choosily — In a choosy manner; pickily.
  • chymosin — (enzyme) The proteolytic enzyme rennin.

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