10-letter words containing o, y
- asynchrony — a lack of synchronism or coincidence in time.
- asystolism — the indications or symptoms which are representative of asystole
- atomically — of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs: an atomic explosion.
- atrocity's — the quality or state of being atrocious.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- auctionary — of or relating to auctions or auctioneers
- audiometry — the testing of hearing by means of an audiometer.
- auditorily — in an auditory manner, by hearing
- aureomycin — chlortetracycline
- autecology — the ecological study of an individual organism or species
- authourity — Obsolete form of authority.
- autography — the writing of something in one's own handwriting; something handwritten
- 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.
- autotrophy — (in certain plants and bacteria) the process of making food from inorganic substances, using photosynthesis
- auxotrophy — the inability to synthesize particular growth factors, due to mutational changes
- avoidantly — In an avoidant manner.
- axinomancy — prediction of the future using the head of an axe or hatchet
- axonometry — the branch of crystallography concerned with measurement of the axes of crystals
- 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
- baby coach — a baby carriage.
- baby tooth — Your baby teeth are the first teeth that grow in your mouth, which later fall out and are replaced by a second set.
- babyboomer — Alternative spelling of baby boomer.
- babylonian — an inhabitant of ancient Babylon or Babylonia
- babylonish — Babylonian.
- back forty — remote, usually uncultivated acreage on a large piece of land, as on a farm or ranch.
- 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
- ballyhooed — a clamorous and vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant advertising or publicity.
- ballymoney — a district in N Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 27 809 (2003 est). Area: 417 sq km (161 sq miles)
- balneology — the branch of medical science concerned with the therapeutic value of baths, esp those taken with natural mineral waters
- bank money — checks, drafts, and bank credits other than currency that are the equivalent of money.
- bardolatry — idolatry or excessive admiration of William Shakespeare
- barleycorn — a grain of barley, or barley itself
- barrow boy — A barrow boy is a man or boy who sells fruit or other goods from a barrow in the street.
- barrow-boy — a man or boy who sells wares from a barrow; costermonger.
- 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
- bay poplar — the tupelo, Nyssa aquatica.
- bay window — A bay window is a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house.
- bayoneting — (US) present participle of bayonet.
- bayonetted — (British) Simple past tense and past participle of bayonet.
- bcs theory — Physics. a general quantum theory of superconductivity that describes many properties of superconducting materials.