11-letter words containing s, t, o, r, e, y
- osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration
- oyster crab — a pea crab, Pinnotheres ostreum, the female of which lives as a commensal within the mantle cavity of oysters.
- oyster farm — a place where oyster beds are kept.
- oyster fork — a small, three-pronged fork, used especially in eating seafood.
- oyster pink — a delicate pinkish-white colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
- oyster rake — a rake with a long handle and curved teeth for gathering in oysters from shallow waters
- oyster stew — a stew containing oysters
- oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- persecutory — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
- phytosterol — Biochemistry. any of various sterols obtained from plants.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- polyestrous — having several estrus cycles annually or during a breeding season.
- polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
- polystyrene — a clear plastic or stiff foam, a polymer of styrene, used chiefly as an insulator in refrigerators and air conditioners.
- ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- posteriorly — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
- postpuberty — the period after puberty
- prest money — a sum of money advanced to men enlisting in the navy or the army, given to bind the bargain and as an inducement.
- prokaryotes — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- propriety's — conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners.
- prosecutory — of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution.
- proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- proselytize — try to attract converts
- proteolysis — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- pussyfooter — a person who behaves stealthily or evasively
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- religiosity — the quality of being religious; piety; devoutness.
- requisitory — a demand, usually in writing, made by a prosecutor that a sentence be passed against an accused party, and stating reasons for the demand
- reservatory — any place where reserves or stores are kept, esp of food and/or water; esp, a reservoir
- respiratory — pertaining to or serving for respiration: respiratory disease.
- restitutory — reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification.
- retinoscopy — an objective method of determining the refractive error of an eye.
- righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- road safety — prevention of traffic accidents
- rock steady — the style of vocalized Jamaican popular music that succeeded ska and preceded reggae in the 1960s, influenced by American soul music and having a more upbeat tempo with emphasis on electric bass and guitar rather than on horns.
- scare story — A scare story is something that is said or written to make people feel frightened and think that a situation is much more unpleasant or dangerous than it really is.
- sclerectomy — excision of part of the sclera.
- seditionary — of or relating to sedition; seditious.
- seed oyster — a very young oyster, especially one used in the cultivating and transplanting of an oyster bed.
- seismometry — the study of the measurement of earthquakes using a seismometer