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9-letter words containing r, o, y

  • antistory — a story which does not conform to the established conventions of storytelling
  • apocrypha — the 14 books included as an appendix to the Old Testament in the Septuagint and the Vulgate but not included in the Hebrew canon. They are not printed in Protestant versions of the Bible
  • apomorphy — (systematics): A derived characteristic of a clade. Any feature novel to a species and its descendants.
  • apriority — the quality or fact of being a priori
  • arbor day — a tree-planting day observed individually by the states of the U.S., usually in spring
  • archology — the study of the origins of things
  • arduously — requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.
  • areostyle — (of columned buildings) having a wide intercolumniation equal to four or more diameters of one of the columns
  • army worm — any of the larvae of certain noctuid moths, esp. of the moth (Pseudaletia unipuncta) of which the caterpillar is dark-striped green and yellow: these larvae travel in large groups, ruining crops and grass
  • armyworms — Plural form of armyworm.
  • arrogancy — offensive display of superiority or self-importance; overbearing pride.
  • arrow key — (hardware)   One of four keys on a keyboard marked with arrows pointing up, down, left and right. The arrow keys are used for such things as moving the cursor in a text document, for moving the input focus between the fields of a form or sometimes for scrolling a picture.
  • aryballos — a small narrow-necked vessel or bottle shaped like a sphere, used in ancient Greece to store oil or perfume
  • arylation — to introduce one or more aryl groups into (a compound).
  • arytenoid — denoting either of two small cartilages of the larynx that are attached to the vocal cords
  • assertory — characterized by or relating to declaration or affirmation
  • astrocyte — any of the star-shaped cells in the tissue supporting the brain and spinal cord (neuroglia)
  • astrology — Astrology is the study of the movements of the planets, sun, moon, and stars in the belief that these movements can have an influence on people's lives.
  • astronomy — Astronomy is the scientific study of the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.
  • athrocyte — a cell that is able to receive and store matter
  • atmometry — the science of measuring the rate at which water evaporates.
  • atriotomy — (medicine) The surgical opening of an atrium.
  • attorneys — Plural form of attorney.
  • auriscopy — (medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
  • authority — The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
  • autocracy — Autocracy is government or control by one person who has complete power.
  • autolatry — the worship of oneself
  • autoreply — a facility for sending automated replies to email messages
  • ayckbourn — Sir Alan. born 1939, English dramatist. His plays include Absurd Person Singular (1973), the trilogy The Norman Conquests (1974), A Chorus of Disapproval (1985), House and Garden (2000), and Private Fears in Public Places (2004)
  • ayr stone — a fine-grained stone used for polishing marble and as a whetstone.
  • azeotropy — the existence of azeotropes
  • baboonery — uncouth or brutish behaviour
  • babyproof — made safe for babies to come into contact with
  • backronym — an existing word turned into an acronym by creating an apt phrase whose initial letters match the word, as to help remember it or offer a theory of its origin. For example, rap has been said to be a backronym of “rhythm and poetry.”.
  • backstory — the events which take place before, and which help to bring about, the events portrayed in a film
  • barometry — the process of measuring atmospheric pressure.
  • baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
  • baroquely — in a baroque fashion
  • barotropy — a state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density do not intersect but are parallel.
  • barr body — a structure found on the inside of the nuclear membrane of female cells that takes a dark stain and indicates by its presence the sex of the individual
  • barrymore — a US family of actors, esp Ethel (1879–1959), John (1882–1942), Lionel (1878–1954), and Drew (born 1975)
  • bay shore — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
  • bi-hourly — occurring every two hours.
  • biformity — having or combining two forms, as a centaur or mermaid.
  • bioenergy — the renewable energy derived from biological sources
  • biography — A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
  • biopiracy — the use of wild plants by international companies to develop medicines, without recompensing the countries from which they are taken
  • biorhythm — a cyclically recurring pattern of physiological states in an organism or organ, such as alpha rhythm or circadian rhythm; believed by some to affect physical and mental states and behaviour
  • body drop — a judo throw executed by grabbing the opponent as one is turning one's back and then extending a leg to pull the opponent down over it.
  • body hair — hair that grows on the body as opposed to the head or face
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