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11-letter words containing s, y, r, o

  • revisionary — the act or work of revising.
  • rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
  • 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.
  • rolls-royce — a make of very high-quality, luxurious, and prestigious British car. The Rolls-Royce company is no longer British-owned
  • rose family — the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, cinquefoil, hawthorn, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, spirea, and strawberry.
  • rosy pastor — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
  • royal flush — the five highest cards of a suit.
  • salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
  • saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
  • sarcocystis — a member of the species of parasite Sarcocystis
  • sartorially — of or relating to tailors or their trade: sartorial workmanship.
  • 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.
  • scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • school year — the months of the year during which school is open and attendance at school is required.
  • sclerectomy — excision of part of the sclera.
  • sclerocauly — the feature of having a hard, dry stem
  • sclerophyll — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
  • scorchingly — in a scorching manner
  • scorpionfly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
  • scoundrelly — having the character of a scoundrel; unscrupulous; villainous.
  • scripophily — the collecting by hobbyists of old stock certificates and bonds that have no intrinsic value other than their aesthetic appeal or relative rarity.
  • secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
  • 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
  • self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
  • senior year — final year of school or college
  • sensorially — with respect to sensation; in a sensorial way
  • serotherapy — therapy by means of injections of a serum obtained especially from an immune animal.
  • shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
  • short jenny — an in-off into a middle pocket
  • short money — (in Britain) the annual payment made to Opposition parties in the House of Commons to help them pay for certain services necessary to the carrying out of their parliamentary duties; established in 1975
  • short story — a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words.
  • sialography — radiography of salivary glands once they have been injected with a contrast medium
  • sightworthy — worth seeing
  • sir anthony — Sir Anthony, Van Dyck, Sir Anthony.
  • skyrocketed — a rocket firework that ascends into the air and explodes at a height, usually in a brilliant array of sparks of one or more colors.
  • smart money — money invested or wagered by experienced investors or bettors.
  • smokerlyzer — a device for estimating the amount of carbon monoxide in the breath: used in testing whether or not people, esp schoolchildren, have been smoking
  • smokey bear — an officer or officers of a state highway patrol.
  • smoky river — a river in W central Alberta, Canada, flowing N to the Peace River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
  • snobography — an account or description of snobs
  • snowy egret — a white egret, Egretta thula, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: formerly hunted in great numbers for its plumes, the species is now protected and has recovered.
  • snowy river — a river in SE Australia, rising in SE New South Wales: waters diverted through a system of dams and tunnels across the watershed into the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers for hydroelectric power and to provide water for irrigation. Length: 426 km (265 miles)
  • soccer city — a large football stadium in South Africa, in the Soweto area of Johannesburg; headquarters of the South African Football Association
  • sociography — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
  • soft x-rays — a type of x-ray that has its wavelength between 20 and 200 angstroms
  • solar cycle — the variation of sunspots, prominences, flares, and other solar activity through an 11-year cycle.
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