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13-letter words containing s, o, y, a

  • synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
  • synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • synophthalmia — cyclopia.
  • syphilization — the act of syphilizing
  • syphilophobia — the excessive fear of syphilis
  • syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
  • systematology — the science of systems or their formation.
  • systemization — systematize.
  • take by storm — be a sudden success
  • tansy ragwort — a European composite plant, Senecio jacobaea, naturalized in North America, having numerous yellow flowers.
  • tapestry moth — carpet moth.
  • tautosyllabic — occurring within the same syllable: The (s) and (t) are tautosyllabic in the word disturb, but not in distaste.
  • taylor series — an approximation of a given function f at a particular point x, in terms of values of the function and its derivatives at a neighboring point x 0 , by a power series in which the terms are given by f (n) (x 0) (x−x 0) n/n !, where f (n) (x 0) is the derivative of order n evaluated at point x 0 .
  • taylor's gold — a variety of pear from New Zealand
  • temerariously — in an audacious manner
  • testificatory — related to a person who witnesses or an object used as evidence
  • tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
  • thalassocracy — dominion over the seas, as in exploration, trade, or colonization.
  • the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
  • thomas tallys — Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
  • thoracoplasty — the operation removing selected portions of the ribs to collapse part of the underlying lung or an abnormal pleural space, usually in the treatment of tuberculosis.
  • thousand days — the presidential administration of John F. Kennedy, which lasted 1037 days (January 20, 1961, to November 22, 1963).
  • thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
  • thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
  • timothy grass — a coarse grass, Phleum pratense, having cylindrical spikes, used as fodder.
  • touristically — in a touristic or touristy manner
  • tracheophytes — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
  • trachycarpous — having rough-skinned fruit.
  • tract society — a society that publishes and distributes religious pamphlets.
  • transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
  • transitionary — movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change: the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
  • transmisogyny — discrimination or prejudice against transgender women.
  • transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
  • traumatonasty — a nastic movement in response to an injury
  • treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
  • treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
  • treasury note — a note or bill issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, receivable as legal tender for all debts except as otherwise expressly provided.
  • trust company — a company or corporation organized to exercise the functions of a trustee, but usually engaging also in other banking and financial activities.
  • tympanoplasty — reconstruction of the eardrum and the bones of the middle ear.
  • tyrannosaurus — any large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the genus Tyrannosaurus, common in North America in upper Jurassic and Cretaceous times: suborder Theropoda (theropods)
  • ultraroyalist — a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
  • unambiguously — plainly, clearly
  • unambitiously — in an unambitious manner
  • uncustomarily — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
  • unfashionably — in an unfashionable manner
  • unforeseeably — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
  • unmaliciously — not in a malicious manner
  • vaginomycosis — a fungous infection of the vagina.
  • variety store — a retail store, as a five-and-ten, carrying a large variety of goods, especially low-priced articles.
  • vasovasostomy — the reversal of a vasectomy, performed by surgical reconnection of the severed ends of the vas deferens.
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