English words starting with oy

Meanings of Oy:

exclamation

Used to attract someone's attention, especially in a rough or angry way.

Usage examples:

Oi, don't lean out

Meanings of Oyez:

exclamation

A call given, typically three times, by a public crier or a court officer to command silence and attention before an announcement.

Usage examples:

‘all the kids were sitting in the hall when the town crier came in shouting ‘oyez, oyez, oyez’ and …

Meanings of Oyster:

noun

Any of a number of bivalve molluscs with rough irregular shells. several kinds are eaten (especially raw) as a delicacy and may be farmed for food or pearls.

Usage examples:

Loch fyne is scotland's longest and deepest sea loch, and at its head, the loch fyne oysters compan…

verb

Raise, dredge, or gather oysters.

Usage examples:

As a kid he crabbed and oystered for fun

adjective

Marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell

Meanings of Oysterage:

noun

An oyster bed.

Meanings of Oystercatcher:

noun

A wading bird with black-and-white or all-black plumage and a strong orange-red bill, typically found on the coast and feeding chiefly on shellfish.

Usage examples:

Currently, visitors to the flats are likely to see sandpipers, avocets, oystercatchers, godwits, do…

Meanings of Oystered:

verb

Raise, dredge, or gather oysters.

Usage examples:

As a kid he crabbed and oystered for fun

noun

Any of a number of bivalve molluscs with rough irregular shells. several kinds are eaten (especially raw) as a delicacy and may be farmed for food or pearls.

Usage examples:

Loch fyne is scotland's longest and deepest sea loch, and at its head, the loch fyne oysters compan…

Meanings of Oysterer:

noun

A person who gathers, sells, or prepares oysters.

Meanings of Oysterers:

noun

A person who gathers, sells, or prepares oysters.

Meanings of Oysterfish:

noun

Any of various fishes which frequent oyster beds; especially (a) the oyster toadfish, opsanus tau; (b) the tautog, tautoga onitis; (c) the naked goby, gobiosoma bosci.

Meanings of Oysterfishes:

noun

Any of various fishes which frequent oyster beds; especially (a) the oyster toadfish, opsanus tau; (b) the tautog, tautoga onitis; (c) the naked goby, gobiosoma bosci.

Meanings of Oysterhood:

noun

The condition of being an oyster.

Meanings of Oystering:

noun

The activity or process of raising, dredging, or gathering oysters.

Usage examples:

Oystering is still the lifeblood of this town

verb

Raise, dredge, or gather oysters.

Usage examples:

As a kid he crabbed and oystered for fun

Meanings of Oysterish:

adjective

Of the nature of or resembling an oyster; relating to oysters.

Meanings of Oysterishness:

noun

The quality of resembling an oyster.

Meanings of Oysterous:

adjective

Resembling an oyster.

Meanings of Oysters:

noun

Any of a number of bivalve molluscs with rough irregular shells. several kinds are eaten (especially raw) as a delicacy and may be farmed for food or pearls.

Usage examples:

Loch fyne is scotland's longest and deepest sea loch, and at its head, the loch fyne oysters compan…

verb

Raise, dredge, or gather oysters.

Usage examples:

As a kid he crabbed and oystered for fun