10-letter words containing s, a, y, e
- nurseryman — a person who owns or conducts a plant nursery.
- observably — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- osteomancy — A kind of divination by means of bones.
- osteopathy — a therapeutic system originally based upon the premise that manipulation of the muscles and bones to promote structural integrity could restore or preserve health: current osteopathic physicians use the diagnostic and therapeutic techniques of conventional medicine as well as manipulative measures.
- overrashly — in an overrash manner
- overstayer — a person who illegally remains in a country after the period of the permitted visit has expired
- oyster bay — a town on the N shore of Long Island, in SE New York. Theodore Roosevelt homestead nearby.
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
- parablepsy — a hallucination
- paracyesis — ectopic pregnancy.
- paraphyses — one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns.
- passageway — a way for passing into, through, or out of something, as within a building or between buildings; a corridor, hall, alley, catwalk, or the like.
- passerby's — a person passing by.
- passerbyes — a person passing by.
- pausefully — in a pauseful manner
- pdsa cycle — Plan, Do, See, Approve (from Japan).
- pelycosaur — any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.
- pensionary — a pensioner.
- pentastyle — having five columns.
- person-day — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in one working day.
- personably — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personally — through direct contact; in person; directly: I will thank him personally.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- petty cash — funds kept for minor expenses
- pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
- planlessly — in a planless or aimless manner
- plasmacyte — Anatomy. an antibody-secreting cell, derived from B cells, that plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity.
- plasmolyse — to subject (a cell) to plasmolysis or (of a cell) to undergo plasmolysis
- plasmolyze — to subject to or undergo plasmolysis
- plastotype — a casting of a type specimen, especially of a fossil.
- play false — not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
- play games — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- play house — to pretend in child's play to be grown-up people with the customary household duties
- playstreet — an urban street closed to traffic during specified times and sometimes equipped with recreational facilities, for use by children as a play area.
- pleasantly — pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure: pleasant news.
- pleasantry — good-humored teasing; banter.
- poetastery — the work done by a poetaster
- polybasite — a blackish mineral, Ag 9 SbS 6 : a minor ore of silver.
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polymerase — any of several enzymes that catalyze the formation of a long-chain molecule by linking smaller molecular units, as nucleotides with nucleic acids.
- polynesian — of or relating to Polynesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.
- presumably — by assuming reasonably; probably: Since he is a consistent winner, he is presumably a superior player.
- privy seal — (in Great Britain) the seal affixed to grants, documents, etc., that are to pass the great seal, and to documents of less importance that do not require the great seal.
- proslavery — favoring slavery.
- pyranoside — a glycoside containing a pyran ring structure.
- pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis
- quaestuary — a quaestor