10-letter words containing s, y, r, o
- non-greasy — smeared, covered, or soiled with grease.
- nonstarchy — Alternative spelling of non-starchy.
- nosography — the systematic description of diseases.
- numerosity — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- numerously — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- observably — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- ollycrocks — Plural form of ollycrock.
- orismology — the science of defining the technical or special terms of a particular subject or field of study.
- orthostyle — (of columns) erected in a straight row.
- osculatory — to come into close contact or union.
- osmolarity — The concentration of a solution expressed as the total number of solute particles per liter.
- osteometry — the anthropometric measurement of bones.
- over-fussy — excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
- overcostly — Too costly. (from 16th c.).
- overrashly — in an overrash manner
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner
- overstayer — a person who illegally remains in a country after the period of the permitted visit has expired
- overstorey — the highest level of trees in a rainforest
- oversupply — an excessive supply.
- overwisely — in a pretentiously wise manner
- oxyuriasis — human infection with pinworms.
- oyster bay — a town on the N shore of Long Island, in SE New York. Theodore Roosevelt homestead nearby.
- oyster bed — a place where oysters breed or are cultivated.
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.
- oysterfish — the oyster toadfish. See under toadfish (def 1).
- paronymous — containing the same root or stem, as the words wise and wisdom.
- paroxysmal — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- paroxysmic — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- passionary — passional (def 3).
- pastorally — having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
- pastrycook — a person who makes pastry or pastries
- pelycosaur — any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.
- pensionary — a pensioner.
- percursory — passing through rapidly; cursory
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- perilously — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- person-day — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in one working day.
- personably — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personally — through direct contact; in person; directly: I will thank him personally.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phosphoryl — a radical chemical consisting of phosphorus and oxygen, represented by the symbol pO
- photostory — photo essay.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- poetastery — the work done by a poetaster
- pokerishly — in a pokerish manner
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polyhistor — a person of great and varied learning.
- polymerase — any of several enzymes that catalyze the formation of a long-chain molecule by linking smaller molecular units, as nucleotides with nucleic acids.