9-letter words containing y, t, s
- octastyle — having eight columns in the front, as a temple or portico.
- old style — Also, oldstyle. Printing. a type style differentiated from modern by the more or less uniform thickness of all strokes and by slanted serifs.
- old-style — You use old-style to describe something or someone of a type that was common or popular in the past but is not common or popular now.
- ominosity — The state or quality of being ominous.
- onerosity — burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties.
- only just — by slight margin
- oomycetes — Plural form of oomycete.
- operosity — the quality or characteristic of being operose
- oscitancy — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- osmometry — measurement of osmotic pressure.
- ossietzky — Carl von [kahrl fuh n] /kɑrl fən/ (Show IPA), 1889–1938, German pacifist: Nobel Peace Prize 1935.
- ostectomy — excision of part or all of a bone.
- ostensory — monstrance.
- osteocyte — a cell of osseous tissue within the bone matrix; a bone cell.
- osteology — the branch of anatomy dealing with the skeleton.
- osteotomy — the dividing of a bone, or the excision of part of it.
- ostrovsky — Aleksandr Nikolayevich. 1823–86, Russian dramatist, noted for his satirical comedies about the bourgeoisie. His plays include The Bankrupt (1849) and The Storm (1859), a tragedy
- otoplasty — plastic surgery of the external ear.
- out-years — the fiscal year after a year covered by a budget; any year beyond the budget year for which projections of spending are made.
- outdoorsy — characteristic of or suitable to the outdoors: a rugged, outdoorsy life; heavy, outdoorsy clothes.
- outstayed — Simple past tense and past participle of outstay.
- 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.
- pa system — a combination of electronic devices that makes sound audible via loudspeakers to many people, as in an auditorium or out of doors.
- palmistry — the art or practice of telling fortunes and interpreting character from the lines and configurations of the palm of a person's hand.
- pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- passivity — Also, passiveness [pas-iv-nis] /ˈpæs ɪv nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being passive.
- pastosity — having a heavy impasto.
- paymaster — a person authorized by a company, government, etc., to pay out wages or salaries, especially in the military.
- paysagist — a painter of landscapes
- peasantry — peasants collectively.
- pederasty — sexual relations between two males, especially when one of them is a minor.
- peristyle — a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space.
- pestology — the analysis and research of pests and how to get rid of them
- photolyse — to cause to undergo or to undergo photolysis
- phyletics — phylogenetic classification.
- physiatry — physical medicine.
- physicist — a scientist who specializes in physics.
- 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.
- pistology — the branch of theology dealing with faith.
- plasticky — made of or resembling plastic
- platyfish — any of several small, yellow-gray freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, especially X. variatus, of Mexico: popular in home aquariums, in which the color varies widely.
- play-list — a list of the recordings to be played on the radio during a particular program or time period, often including their sequence, duration, etc.
- 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.
- polystyle — having many columns.