9-letter words containing s, y, r, o
- over easy — (of fried eggs) turned over when nearly done and fried briefly on the reverse side so that the yolk remains somewhat liquid but with a thin, firm layer on top.
- over-busy — actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busy with her work.
- over-easy — (of fried eggs) turned over when nearly done and fried briefly on the reverse side so that the yolk remains somewhat liquid but with a thin, firm layer on top.
- overfussy — too fussy
- 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.
- parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- 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.
- polydorus — flourished 1st century b.c, Greek sculptor who, with Agesander and Athenodorus, carved the Laocoön group.
- 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.
- poroscopy — a method for identifying people by the impression left by the pores of the finger(s)
- posterity — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
- prelusory — introductory.
- presbyope — a person with presbyopia
- profusely — spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in): profuse praise.
- prolusory — serving for prolusion.
- proselyte — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- prosopyle — (in sponges) a pore through which water is drawn from the outside into one of the saclike chambers formed by the evagination of the body wall.
- provisory — containing a proviso or condition; conditional.
- provostry — the office of a (secular, ecclesiastical, or scholastic) provost
- pulsatory — pulsating or throbbing.
- purposely — intentionally; deliberately: He tripped me purposely.
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- pyrolysis — the subjection of organic compounds to very high temperatures.
- pyroscope — an instrument for measuring the temperature of a heat source
- 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.
- raspatory — a surgical instrument for abrading; surgeon's rasp
- raucously — harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.
- reclusory — a recluse's dwelling or cell
- remissory — tending to gain remission
- reposedly — in a settled or reposed fashion
- roguishly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.
- rompishly — in a rompish manner
- rosemarys — a female given name.
- rostrally — in a rostral manner
- routously — in a routous manner
- royalmast — the highest part of a mast
- roysterer — someone who partakes in merry-making
- sallyport — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- saltatory — pertaining to or adapted for saltation.
- salvatory — a place for storing something safely
- sarcology — the branch of anatomy dealing with the soft or fleshy body parts.
- sarvodaya — (in India) economic and social development and improvement of a community as a whole
- satyricon — a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.