10-letter words containing s, y, r, o
- karyolysis — the dissolution of a cell nucleus.
- karyoplasm — nucleoplasm.
- karyosomes — Plural form of karyosome.
- karyotypes — Plural form of karyotype.
- key escrow — (security) A controversial arrangement where the keys needed to decrypt encrypted data must be held in escrow by a third party so that government agencies can obtain them to decrypt messages which they suspect to be relevant to national security.
- keystrokes — Plural form of keystroke.
- kymographs — Plural form of kymograph.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lay person — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- lead story — the principal story in a newspaper
- life story — an account of all the events that happened to someone during their life
- literosity — the condition of being affectedly literary
- lord's day — the, Sunday.
- love story — story about a romantic relationship
- lustrously — In a lustrous manner, glossily.
- macrocytes — Plural form of macrocyte.
- mansionary — a resident or dweller
- matryoshka — Each of a set of brightly painted hollow wooden dolls of varying sizes, designed to nest inside one another.
- maurolycus — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 70 miles (110 km) in diameter.
- mcreynolds — James Clark, 1862–1946, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1914–41.
- meromyosin — either of two protein subunits of myosin obtained esp by tryptic digestion
- mesomorphy — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).
- metrostyle — a device that controls the speed of a player piano
- microcytes — Pathology. an abnormally small red blood cell.
- micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
- microscopy — the use of the microscope.
- misogynoir — the specific hatred, dislike, distrust, and prejudice directed toward black women (often used attributively): misogynoir attitudes and comments; The media’s erasure of the contributions of black women to the project was called out as an instance of misogynoir.
- missionary — a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work.
- moneyworts — Plural form of moneywort.
- monolayers — Plural form of monolayer.
- monospermy — the fertilization of an ovum by only one spermatozoon.
- monostylar — having or comprising a sole upright or pillar
- mossy horn — an old steer, especially a longhorn with scaly horns.
- multistory — (of a building) having several or many stories.
- mussorgsky — Modest Petrovich [moh-dest pi-troh-vich;; Russian muh-dyest pyi-traw-vyich] /moʊˈdɛst pɪˈtroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian mʌˈdyɛst pyɪˈtrɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Moussorgsky, Modest Petrovich.
- myelograms — Plural form of myelogram.
- myofibrils — Plural form of myofibril.
- myosarcoma — A malignant muscle tumor.
- myrioscope — a form of kaleidoscope
- myrobalans — Plural form of myrobalan.
- myrtaceous — belonging to the Myrtaceae, the myrtle family of plants. Compare myrtle family.
- mysterioso — misterioso
- mysterious — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- navy cross — a U.S. Navy decoration awarded for outstanding heroism in operations against an enemy.
- necroscopy — necropsy.
- neurolysin — (neuroscience, toxicology) A neurotoxin.
- neurolysis — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
- news story — a news report of any length, usually presented in a straightforward style and without editorial comment.
- newsworthy — of sufficient interest to the public or a special audience to warrant press attention or coverage.