11-letter words containing y, e, s
- osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
- osteophytes — Plural form of osteophyte.
- osteophytic — a small osseous excrescence or outgrowth on bone.
- osteoplasty — plastic surgery on a bone to repair a defect or loss.
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- outspokenly — In an outspoken manner.
- over-joyous — joyful; happy; jubilant: the joyous sounds of children at play.
- overanalyse — Alternative spelling of overanalyze.
- overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration
- oxeye daisy — a composite plant, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, having flowers with white rays and a yellow disk.
- oxygen mask — a masklike device placed or worn over the nose and mouth when inhaling supplementary oxygen from an attached tank.
- oxysulphide — a compound containing an element combined with oxygen and sulphur
- oyster crab — a pea crab, Pinnotheres ostreum, the female of which lives as a commensal within the mantle cavity of oysters.
- oyster farm — a place where oyster beds are kept.
- oyster fork — a small, three-pronged fork, used especially in eating seafood.
- oyster pink — a delicate pinkish-white colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
- oyster rake — a rake with a long handle and curved teeth for gathering in oysters from shallow waters
- oyster stew — a stew containing oysters
- oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- papyraceous — papery.
- parasensory — extrasensory.
- party dress — a dress to wear to a party
- passer-byes — a person passing by.
- pastry case — a case made of pastry that is filled with fruit, custard etc to make a tart or flan
- pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
- pastry tube — a conical tube with a patterned hole at one end, fitted over the opening of a cloth funnel (pastry bag) for shaping icings, food pastes, etc., as they are forced through by squeezing the bag.
- pasty-faced — having a pale, unhealthy, sallow complexion: an awkward, pasty-faced youth.
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- patty shell — a cup-shaped shell of light, flaky pastry, for serving vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce.
- pauselessly — in a pauseless manner; ceaselessly
- pay dispute — a disagreement between workers and employers concerning salary
- pear psylla — a small jumping plant louse, Psylla pyricola, originally of Europe, that is a major pest of pears in the eastern U.S.
- pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
- penny stock — common stock, usually highly speculative, selling for less than a dollar a share.
- pentagynous — (of plants) belonging to the order Pentagynia, characterized by the presence of five styles or pistils
- pentastylos — a pentastyle building, as a classical temple.
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- perissology — the use of a superfluity of words; an expression of something using more words than necessary
- peristylium — a peristyle.
- permissibly — that can be permitted; allowable: a permissible amount of sentimentality under the circumstances; Such behavior is not permissible!
- persecutory — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- persistency — the act or fact of persisting.
- persnickety — overparticular; fussy.
- person-year — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in a year consisting of a standard number of person-days.
- personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- perspicuity — clearness or lucidity, as of a statement.
- pervasively — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- phagocytose — phagocytize.
- phalanstery — the buildings occupied by a phalanx. the community itself.
- photo essay — a group of photographs, usually with supplementary text, that conveys a unified story and is published as a book or as a feature in a magazine or newspaper.