9-letter words containing s, o, e, y
- home keys — (hardware) The eight keys on a typewriter or computer keyboard on which a touch-typist positions their eight finger tips when starting to type or when resting between words or phrases. Typists learn the position of all keys on the keyboard in relation to the home keys. On a standard english keyboard layout, the home keys are ASDF for the left hand and JKL; for the right. Most keyboards have small raised bumps on the left and right index finger keys (F and J) so you can find the home keys by touch without looking.
- homestays — Plural form of homestay.
- homestyle — simple and unpretentious, evoking the comforts of home: homestyle cooking; home-style hospitality.
- homeyness — comfortably informal and inviting; cozy; homelike: a homey little inn.
- honeybees — Plural form of honeybee.
- honeydews — Plural form of honeydew.
- honeyless — without any honey
- honeypots — Plural form of honeypot.
- horse fly — any bloodsucking, usually large fly of the family Tabanidae, especially of the genus Tabanus, a serious pest of horses, cattle, etc.
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- hostilely — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- houseboys — Plural form of houseboy.
- hoydenish — a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
- hoydenism — The behaviour of a hoyden.
- hugeously — hugely
- hydrogels — Plural form of hydrogel.
- hydrogens — Plural form of hydrogen.
- hydrolase — an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.
- hydrolyse — Alternative spelling of hydrolyze.
- hydroseed — to sow (a field, lawn, etc.) with seed by distribution in a stream of water propelled through a hose.
- hydrosere — a sere originating in water.
- hydrosome — the entire body of a compound hydrozoan.
- hylobates — Plural form of hylobate.
- hymnodies — Plural form of hymnody.
- hypnotise — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypodense — Less dense (than normal).
- hypogeous — underground; subterranean.
- hypopneas — Plural form of hypopnea.
- hypostome — any of several parts or organs of the mouth, as the labrum of a crustacean.
- hypostyle — having many columns carrying the roof or ceiling: a hypostyle hall.
- hysteroid — resembling hysteria.
- ileostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the ileum through the abdominal wall, permitting drainage of the contents of the small intestine.
- immodesty — not modest in conduct, utterance, etc.; indecent; shameless.
- incensory — Thurible, censer.
- insolency — Quality of being insolent.
- irksomely — In an irksome manner; tediously.
- isoenzyme — isozyme.
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- isopentyl — isoamyl.
- jealously — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- jockeyish — resembling a jockey
- jockeyism — the skills and practices of jockeys
- joylessly — In a joyless manner.
- joyriders — Plural form of joyrider.
- karyosome — Also called chromocenter. any of several masses of chromatin in the reticulum of a cell nucleus.
- ketolysis — the breaking down of ketones.
- keyboards — Plural form of keyboard.
- keynoters — Plural form of keynoter.
- keystoner — a native or inhabitant of Pennsylvania (used as a nickname).
- keystones — Plural form of keystone.