10-letter words containing s, t, a, y, e
- 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.
- 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.
- pentastyle — having five columns.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- petty cash — funds kept for minor expenses
- pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
- plasmacyte — Anatomy. an antibody-secreting cell, derived from B cells, that plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity.
- plastotype — a casting of a type specimen, especially of a fossil.
- 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.
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings
- pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis
- quaestuary — a quaestor
- registrary — (at Cambridge University) a registrar
- relay fast — (esp in India) a form of protest in which a number of persons go without food by turns
- resonantly — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- revestiary — the part of a church or temple where the clergy's gowns and other articles are kept; vestry
- safety car — life car.
- safety man — safety (def 6c).
- safety net — a large net rigged between a person, as a trapeze performer, and the ground as protection in a fall.
- safety pin — pin with covered point
- safety-pin — to secure or affix with a safety pin: to safety-pin a child's mittens to his coat sleeve.
- sainte foy — a SW suburb of Quebec, on the St Lawrence River. Pop: 72 547 (2001)
- salicylate — a salt or ester of salicylic acid.
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- sas system — (tool) (SAS) Integrated software to access, manage, analyze, and present data. The SAS System can be used to perform data entry, retrieval and management; report writing and graphics design; statistical and mathematical analysis; business forecasting and decision support; operations research; project management and applications development.
- satyresque — possessing the qualities of a satyr
- secularity — secular views or beliefs; secularism.
- segmentary — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- sensuality — sensual nature: the sensuality of Keats's poetry.
- separately — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- separatory — serving to separate.
- sewability — the ability to be sewn or stitched
- shellycoat — a mythical creature dressed in shells who haunts rivers and streams
- shrievalty — the office, term, or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
- silentiary — someone who keeps silence in court
- sixth year — (in Scotland) the most senior class in a secondary school to which pupils, usually above the legal leaving age, may proceed to take sixth-year studies, retake or take additional Highers, etc
- slant-eyed — having eyes with epicanthic folds.
- slate-grey — of a dark grey colour
- slatternly — slovenly and untidy.
- slaughtery — a slaughterhouse
- societally — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.