11-letter words containing t, o, p, y
- respiratory — pertaining to or serving for respiration: respiratory disease.
- retinopathy — any diseased condition of the retina, especially one that is noninflammatory.
- retinoscopy — an objective method of determining the refractive error of an eye.
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- rosy pastor — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- rotary plow — a tined auger mounted on a horizontal power-driven shaft, for pulverizing unplowed soil preparatory to planting.
- rotary pump — a pump for transferring water or other fluids by the rotating action of its component parts, as by the meshing of vanes or screws.
- saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- satanophany — a manifestation or incarnation of Satan; demonic possession
- schizophyte — any of the Schizophyta, a group of organisms comprising the schizomycetes and the schizophyceous algae, characterized by a simple structure and reproduction by simple fission or spores.
- scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
- serotherapy — therapy by means of injections of a serum obtained especially from an immune animal.
- smoky topaz — smoky quartz used as a gemstone: not a true topaz.
- soft hyphen — a hyphen that is used only in breaking a word at the end of a line of text.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- spectrology — the study of ghosts, phantoms, or apparitions.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- spermophyte — spermatophyte.
- splenectomy — excision or removal of the spleen.
- spondylitic — inflammation of the vertebrae.
- spondylitis — inflammation of the vertebrae.
- spontaneity — the state, quality, or fact of being spontaneous.
- sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sporocystic — of or like a sporocyst
- spot survey — a survey taken immediately and at random
- spotted ray — any of various species of ray with irregular markings on the back
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- 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.
- stenotypist — shorthand in which alphabetic letters or types are used to produce shortened forms of words or groups of words.
- stereophony — the state or condition of being stereophonic.
- stereoscopy — the study of the stereoscope and its techniques.
- stereotyped — reproduced in or by stereotype plates.
- stereotypes — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stereotypic — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stony point — a village in SE New York, on the Hudson: site of a strategic fort in the Revolutionary War.
- stop volley — a softly hit volley that barely falls over the net and cannot be reached for a return.
- stroke play — medal play.
- study group — an informal gathering of people who convene regularly to exchange ideas and information on a specific subject.
- study up on — to make a careful study of
- stylography — the art of writing, tracing, drawing, etc., with a style.
- stylopodium — a glandular disk or expansion surmounting the ovary and supporting the styles in plants of the parsley family.
- sumptuously — entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly: a sumptuous residence.
- superiority — the quality or condition of being superior.
- suppository — a solid, conical mass of medicinal substance that melts upon insertion into the rectum or vagina.
- sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sympetalous — gamopetalous.
- symphonette — a small symphony orchestra that usually specializes in playing short, familiar classical works or salon music.
- symptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.