11-letter words containing s, t, y, r
- easy virtue — loose morals; sexual promiscuity
- electrolyse — Alternative spelling of electrolyze.
- embryoblast — A mass of cells at the embryonic pole of the blastocyst, that develops to form the embryo.
- enterocytes — Plural form of enterocyte.
- enterostomy — An ileostomy or similar surgical operation in which the small intestine is diverted to an artificial opening in the abdominal wall or in another part of the intestine.
- erasability — the state of being erasable
- eristically — In an eristic manner.
- erythristic — Exhibiting erythrism.
- erythropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear red
- erythrosine — a fluorone, tetraiodo-fluorescein, which is used as a red food colouring (E127) and in biological staining
- escharotomy — A surgical procedure in which an incision is made through eschar to expose the fatty tissue below.
- escort duty — a military duty in which one or more servicemen accompany a person, group of people, or vehicle, for protection, guidance, restraint, or as a mark of honour
- eurhythmics — Alternative spelling of eurythmics.
- eurhythmist — a person who teaches or practises eurhythmics
- eurypterids — Plural form of eurypterid.
- expiscatory — acting to expiscate; tending to expiscate
- extorsively — in an extorsive manner
- fairy stone — a fossil or other oddly shaped stone or crystal.
- fairy story — A fairy story is the same as a fairy tale.
- farm system — any small-scale or localized network or industry that provides experience and exposure for beginners, similar to that of a baseball farm.
- fibrocystic — showing or having the increased fibrosis associated with dilated glandular structure, as in the breast nodules of fibrocystic disease.
- fifty-first — next after the fiftieth; being the ordinal number for 51.
- fissiparity — (biology) The quality of being fissiparous.
- flusteredly — In a flustered manner.
- fly swatter — a device for killing flies, mosquitoes, and other insects, usually a square sheet of wire mesh attached to a long handle.
- flycatchers — Plural form of flycatcher.
- forty hours — a Roman Catholic devotion in which the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for veneration for 40 hours by the churches of a diocese sequentially for two-day periods.
- forty winks — a short nap.
- forty-first — next after the fortieth; being the ordinal number for 41.
- forty-seven — a cardinal number, 40 plus 7.
- forty-sixth — next after the forty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 46.
- foster city — a city in W California.
- fosteringly — In a way that fosters or encourages.
- fractiously — In a fractious manner.
- frame story — a secondary story or stories embedded in the main story.
- fray bentos — a port in W Uruguay, on the River Uruguay: noted for meat-packing. Pop: 23 122 (2004 est)
- free safety — a member of a secondary, usually the deepest-playing defender, with no specific assignment at the snap of the ball, but often covering the area of the field across from the weak side of the opponent's offensive line against runs and long pass plays.
- freestyling — the practice of improvising scenes when making a film or performing a play
- frontlessly — in a frontless or shameless manner
- frontolysis — Meteorology. the dissipation or decrease of a front or frontal zone.
- fruitlessly — In a fruitless manner.
- gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
- gastrodynia — (pathology) gastralgia (stomach pain).
- gastromancy — a form of divination by interpreting words and sounds seeming to come from the stomach
- gastropathy — (pathology) Any disease of the stomach.
- gastroscopy — the examination with a gastroscope to detect disease.
- gastrosophy — the science or art of good eating
- gastrostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the stomach through the abdominal wall, permitting intake of food or drainage of gastric contents.
- geostrategy — The strategic use of geopolitics.
- ghost story — a tale in which such elements as ghostly visitations and supernatural intervention are used to further the plot and a chilling, suspenseful atmosphere.