13-letter words containing a, l, y, t, e, s
- homosexuality — sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hypersalinity — an excess of salt in a saline solution
- hyposexuality — A significantly low level of sexuality.
- hypotheticals — Plural form of hypothetical.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- ideal crystal — a crystal in which there are no defects or impurities
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- incontestably — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
- inelastically — In an inelastic way.
- inessentially — In an inessential way.
- inexhaustibly — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
- infeasibility — not feasible; impracticable.
- intensionally — (philosophy) With respect to intension.
- intersexually — In an intersexual way.
- interstellary — interstellar
- intravenously — through or within a vein. Abbreviation: IV.
- ipsilaterally — (anatomy, medicine) On the same side of the body.
- isometrically — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- lady's mantle — any of various rosaceous plants of the N temperate genus Alchemilla, having small green flowers
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- lavatory seat — the part on a toilet or lavatory which can be moved up or down and which is used for sitting on
- legacy system — (jargon) A computer system or application program which continues to be used because of the cost of replacing or redesigning it and often despite its poor competitiveness and compatibility with modern equivalents. The implication is that the system is large, monolithic and difficult to modify. If legacy software only runs on antiquated hardware the cost of maintaining this may eventually outweigh the cost of replacing both the software and hardware unless some form of emulation or backward compatibility allows the software to run on new hardware.
- legislatively — By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.
- leiomyomatous — a benign tumor composed of nonstriated muscular tissue.
- library paste — a white, smooth paste for paper and lightweight cardboard.
- library steps — a folding stepladder, especially one folding into another piece of furniture, as a table or chair.
- libyan desert — a desert in N Africa, in E Libya, W Egypt, and NW Sudan, W of the Nile: part of the Sahara. About 650,000 sq. mi. (1,683,500 sq. km).
- listenability — pleasant to listen to: soft, listenable music.
- literacy test — an examination to determine whether a person meets the literacy requirements for voting, serving in the armed forces, etc.; a test of one's ability to read and write.
- livery stable — a stable where horses and vehicles are cared for or rented out for pay.
- lonely hearts — of or for people seeking counseling or companionship to bring love or romance into their lives: a lonely-hearts column in the newspaper.
- lonely-hearts — of or for people seeking counseling or companionship to bring love or romance into their lives: a lonely-hearts column in the newspaper.
- lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
- magisterially — In a magisterial manner; authoritatively.
- martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- measurability — capable of being measured.
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- mesaticephaly — the state or condition of being mesaticephalic or mesocephalic
- meta-analysis — a research study that combines and analyzes statistics gathered from multiple independent studies
- metastability — An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.
- methylsulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- military base — a facility for the storage of military equipment and the training of soldiers
- ministerially — In the character or capacity of a minister.
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- mount stanley — a mountain in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo: the highest peak of the Ruwenzori range. Height: 5109 m (16 763 ft)
- multisyllable — polysyllable.