16-letter words containing a, l, o, y, s, t
- electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
- erythroblastosis — A medical condition in which erythroblasts are abnormally found in the blood.
- eschatologically — In an eschatological manner.
- ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
- extemporaneously — In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
- fantasy football — imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
- flash photolysis — the study of photochemical reaction mechanisms in gases by analyzing spectroscopically the reaction products in a gas mixture irradiated with a powerful light flash.
- flynn's taxonomy — (architecture) A classification of computer architectures based on the number of streams of instructions and data: Multiple instruction/single data stream (MISD) - unusual.
- gastroenterology — the study of the structure, functions, and diseases of digestive organs.
- goosefoot family — formerly, the plant family Chenopodiaceae, characterized by often weedy herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, small and inconspicuous flowers, and tiny, dry fruit, and including the beet, glasswort, goosefoot, Russian thistle, saltbush, and spinach; now part of the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae.
- hayes-compatible — (communications) A description of a modem which understands the same set of commands as one made by Hayes.
- hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
- henley-on-thames — a city in SE Oxfordshire, in S England: annual rowing regatta.
- horary astrology — a method through which the answer to a question is sought by casting and interpreting a horoscope for the precise moment one learns of an event, problem, career opportunity, etc.
- hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- hypocoristically — In a hypocoristic manner.
- iconoclastically — In an iconoclastic way.
- incontestability — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
- intracytoplasmic — Located in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- isoamyl benzoate — a colorless liquid, C 11 H 15 O 2 , having a sharp, fruitlike odor: used in cosmetics.
- journalistically — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- kolyma mountains — a mountain range in NE Siberia, Russia, near the Sea of Okhotsk, rising to over 6000 feet (1830 meters).
- lead by the nose — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- lick observatory — the astronomical observatory of the University of California, situated on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California, and having a 120-inch (3-meter) reflecting telescope and a 36-inch (91-cm) refracting telescope.
- lonely hearts ad — an advertisement placed by someone who is trying to find a lover or a friend
- luminosity class — a classification of stars of a given spectral type according to their luminosity, breaking them down into dwarfs, giants, and supergiants.
- malacostracology — (obsolete) carcinology, the study of crustaceans.
- medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- microcrystalline — minutely crystalline; composed of microscopic crystals.
- migratory locust — any of several locusts that migrate in great swarms, especially Locusta migratoria, of Africa and Asia.
- military honours — ceremonies performed by troops in honour of royalty, at the burial of an officer, etc
- misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
- misogynistically — In a misogynistic manner.
- monopolistically — In a monopolistic manner.
- monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
- montagu's blenny — a small blenny, Coryphoblennius galerita, found among rocks in shallow water
- network analysis — a mathematical method of analyzing complex problems, as in transportation or project scheduling, by representing the problem as a network of lines and nodes.
- non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- non-transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- observationality — The property of being observational.
- osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
- otolaryngologist — Otorhinolaryngologist.
- parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
- personal liberty — the liberty of an individual to do his or her will freely except for those restraints imposed by law to safeguard the physical, moral, political, and economic welfare of others.
- personal stylist — a person employed by a rich or famous client to offer advice on clothes, hairstyles, and other aspects of personal appearance
- personality cult — deliberately cultivated adulation of a person, esp a political leader
- personality test — an instrument, as a questionnaire or series of standardized tasks, used to measure personality characteristics or to discover personality disorders.
- personality type — a cluster of personality traits commonly occurring together