9-letter words containing s, t, e, y
- megabytes — Plural form of megabyte.
- mesentery — the membrane, consisting of a double layer of peritoneum, that invests the intestines, attaching them to the posterior wall of the abdomen, maintaining them in position in the abdominal cavity, and supplying them with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics, especially the part of this membrane investing the jejunum and ileum.
- mesophyte — a plant growing under conditions of well-balanced moisture supply.
- metacryst — a crystal formed by recrystallization of minerals in a metamorphic rock.
- methylase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyse methylation
- methystic — intoxicating
- monastery — a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
- monocytes — (immunology) Plural form of monocyte.
- monostely — the state of being monostelic
- monotypes — Plural form of monotype.
- myristate — (chemistry) any salt or ester of myristic acid.
- mysterial — (obsolete) mysterious.
- mysteries — Plural form of mystery.
- mysterium — (chemistry, alchemy, now historical) Any of various unknown elements thought to make up existing forms of matter, or a substance seen as an elemental or pure form of something else.
- mysticete — any whale of the suborder Mysticeti, as finback and humpback whales, characterized by a symmetrical skull, paired blowholes, and rows of baleen plates for feeding on plankton.
- mysticize — to make mystical; give mystical meaning to: to mysticize natural phenomena.
- mystified — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- mystifier — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- mystifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mystify.
- mythicise — Alt form mythicize.
- necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- neophytes — Plural form of neophyte.
- neoplasty — the surgical formation of new tissue structures or repair of damaged structures
- nervosity — the quality of being nervous; nervousness.
- new style — time reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar. Compare old style (def 2).
- nonsteady — not steady or stable; unsteady
- nonsystem — a system that does not function properly
- obscenity — the character or quality of being obscene; indecency; lewdness.
- octastyle — having eight columns in the front, as a temple or portico.
- old style — Also, oldstyle. Printing. a type style differentiated from modern by the more or less uniform thickness of all strokes and by slanted serifs.
- old-style — You use old-style to describe something or someone of a type that was common or popular in the past but is not common or popular now.
- onerosity — burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties.
- oomycetes — Plural form of oomycete.
- operosity — the quality or characteristic of being operose
- osmometry — measurement of osmotic pressure.
- ossietzky — Carl von [kahrl fuh n] /kɑrl fən/ (Show IPA), 1889–1938, German pacifist: Nobel Peace Prize 1935.
- ostectomy — excision of part or all of a bone.
- ostensory — monstrance.
- osteocyte — a cell of osseous tissue within the bone matrix; a bone cell.
- osteology — the branch of anatomy dealing with the skeleton.
- osteotomy — the dividing of a bone, or the excision of part of it.
- out-years — the fiscal year after a year covered by a budget; any year beyond the budget year for which projections of spending are made.
- outstayed — Simple past tense and past participle of outstay.
- overhasty — excessively hasty; rash: overhasty judgment.
- overlusty — too lusty
- overstory — the uppermost layer of foliage in a forest, forming the canopy.
- overstudy — excessive study.
- oystering — any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- oysterman — a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- pa system — a combination of electronic devices that makes sound audible via loudspeakers to many people, as in an auditorium or out of doors.