9-letter words containing s, t, y, r
- obscurity — the state or quality of being obscure.
- onerosity — burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties.
- operosity — the quality or characteristic of being operose
- osmometry — measurement of osmotic pressure.
- ostensory — monstrance.
- ostrovsky — Aleksandr Nikolayevich. 1823–86, Russian dramatist, noted for his satirical comedies about the bourgeoisie. His plays include The Bankrupt (1849) and The Storm (1859), a tragedy
- 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.
- outdoorsy — characteristic of or suitable to the outdoors: a rugged, outdoorsy life; heavy, outdoorsy clothes.
- 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.
- palmistry — the art or practice of telling fortunes and interpreting character from the lines and configurations of the palm of a person's hand.
- paymaster — a person authorized by a company, government, etc., to pay out wages or salaries, especially in the military.
- peasantry — peasants collectively.
- pederasty — sexual relations between two males, especially when one of them is a minor.
- peristyle — a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space.
- physiatry — physical medicine.
- phytosaur — any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- polyester — Chemistry. a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the group –COO–, usually formed by polymerizing a polyhydric alcohol with a polybasic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, plastics, and textile fibers.
- posterity — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
- presbyter — (in the early Christian church) an office bearer who exercised teaching, priestly, and administrative functions.
- presbytic — affected by presbyopia
- presently — in a little while; soon: They will be here presently.
- prettyish — quite pretty
- prettyism — an affectedly pretty style
- priestley — J(ohn) B(oynton) [boin-tuh n,, -tn] /ˈbɔɪn tən,, -tn/ (Show IPA), 1894–1984, English novelist.
- proselyte — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- provostry — the office of a (secular, ecclesiastical, or scholastic) provost
- pulsatory — pulsating or throbbing.
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- radiosity — (graphics) A method for rendering a view of a three-dimensional scene that provides realistic lighting effects, such as interobject reflections and color bleeding. Radiosity methods are computationally intense, due to the use of linear systems of equations and the spatial complexity of large scenes.
- rascality — rascally or knavish character or conduct.
- raspatory — a surgical instrument for abrading; surgeon's rasp
- recyclist — a person who recycles
- rejustify — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- rest easy — If you say that someone can rest easy, you mean that they don't need to worry about a particular situation.
- retestify — to testify again
- rhymester — a writer of inferior verse; poetaster.
- rhythmics — rhythmics.
- rhythmist — a person versed in or having a fine sense of rhythm.
- rostrally — in a rostral manner
- routously — in a routous manner
- royalmast — the highest part of a mast
- roysterer — someone who partakes in merry-making
- runtishly — in a runtish manner
- rust away — When a metal object rusts away, it is gradually weakened and destroyed by rust.