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11-letter words containing t, o, e, y, a, s

  • poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
  • polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
  • prokaryotes — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
  • psammophyte — a plant that grows in sand or sandy soil.
  • pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
  • questionary — a questionnaire.
  • reservatory — any place where reserves or stores are kept, esp of food and/or water; esp, a reservoir
  • respiratory — pertaining to or serving for respiration: respiratory disease.
  • 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.
  • safety bolt — a bolt or lock on a door or gate that cannot be moved from the outside
  • safety hook — a hook that can be transformed into an eye by locking a hinged piece in place.
  • safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
  • safety zone — A safety zone is a place in the middle of a road crossing where you can wait before you cross the other half of the road.
  • say amen to — to express strong approval of or support for (an assertion, hope, etc)
  • 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.
  • seasonality — the state or quality of being seasonal or dependent on the seasons: the seasonality of Halloween costumes.
  • seditionary — of or relating to sedition; seditious.
  • seismonasty — a nastic movement in response to shock, esp the rapid folding of the leaflets of the sensitive plant due to changes in turgor pressure caused by vibration
  • 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
  • smart money — money invested or wagered by experienced investors or bettors.
  • sothic year — the fixed year of the ancient Egyptians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, and equivalent to 365 days.
  • speculatory — a place suitable for observation
  • spontaneity — the state, quality, or fact of being spontaneous.
  • spotted ray — any of various species of ray with irregular markings on the back
  • steatolysis — the digestive process whereby fats are emulsified and then hydrolysed to fatty acids and glycerine
  • steatopygia — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
  • steatopygic — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
  • stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stony-faced — having a rigid, expressionless face.
  • stormstayed — isolated or unable to travel because of adverse weather conditions, esp a snowstorm
  • stroke play — medal play.
  • subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
  • sympetalous — gamopetalous.
  • synaptosome — a saclike structure at an isolated nerve ending
  • syncopative — relating to syncopation
  • szombathely — a city in W Hungary: founded a.d. 48.
  • tachysterol — an isomer of ergosterol, C28H44O, formed during the production of calciferol by the irradiation of ergosterol
  • tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
  • tennysonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Tennyson or his writings.
  • tensionally — in a tensional manner
  • thermonasty — a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
  • trypanosome — any minute, flagellate protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma, parasitic in the blood or tissues of humans and other vertebrates, usually transmitted by insects, often causing serious diseases, as African sleeping sickness in humans, and many diseases in domestic animals.
  • tyrosinemia — an inherited disorder of tyrosine metabolism that can lead to liver and kidney disease and mental retardation unless controlled by a special diet.
  • unseaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
  • video nasty — A video nasty is an extremely violent or frightening film which people can only buy on video.
  • yachtswomen — Irregular plural form of yachtswoman.
  • yellow hats — the sect of Tibetan Buddhist monks established after religious reforms in the 14th century.
  • yellowtails — Plural form of yellowtail.
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