9-letter words containing y, t, s
- pomposity — the quality of being pompous.
- posterity — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
- presbyter — (in the early Christian church) an office bearer who exercised teaching, priestly, and administrative functions.
- presbytic — affected by presbyopia
- presently — in a little while; soon: They will be here presently.
- prettyish — quite pretty
- prettyism — an affectedly pretty style
- priestley — J(ohn) B(oynton) [boin-tuh n,, -tn] /ˈbɔɪn tən,, -tn/ (Show IPA), 1894–1984, English novelist.
- proselyte — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- provostry — the office of a (secular, ecclesiastical, or scholastic) provost
- psych out — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- psych-out — an act or instance of psyching out.
- psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- pulsatory — pulsating or throbbing.
- pussyfoot — to go or move in a stealthy or cautious manner.
- pussytoes — any of various woolly plants of the genus Antennaria
- puttyless — having no putty
- pygostyle — the bone at the posterior end of the spinal column in birds, formed by the fusion of several caudal vertebrae.
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- pythoness — a woman believed to be possessed by a soothsaying spirit, as the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
- 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.
- rascality — rascally or knavish character or conduct.
- raspatory — a surgical instrument for abrading; surgeon's rasp
- recyclist — a person who recycles
- rejustify — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- rest easy — If you say that someone can rest easy, you mean that they don't need to worry about a particular situation.
- retestify — to testify again
- rhymester — a writer of inferior verse; poetaster.
- rhythmics — rhythmics.
- rhythmist — a person versed in or having a fine sense of rhythm.
- rostrally — in a rostral manner
- routously — in a routous manner
- royalmast — the highest part of a mast
- roysterer — someone who partakes in merry-making
- runtishly — in a runtish manner
- rust away — When a metal object rusts away, it is gradually weakened and destroyed by rust.
- rusticity — the state or quality of being rustic.
- sacrality — sacredness
- sagittary — a centaur with a bow, as Chiron.
- salcantay — a mountain in the Andes in S central Peru: highest peak in the Cordillera Vilcabamba. 20,574 feet (6271 meters).
- saliently — prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.
- sallyport — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- salt away — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- saltatory — pertaining to or adapted for saltation.
- saltishly — in a saltish manner
- salty dog — a cocktail of gin or vodka and grapefruit juice, traditionally served in a salt-rimmed glass.
- salubrity — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- salvatory — a place for storing something safely
- sanctuary — a sacred or holy place.
- santayana — George, 1863–1952, Spanish philosopher and writer in the U.S.; in Europe after 1912.