14-letter words containing a, n, l, y, s
- laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- lawson cypress — Port Orford cedar.
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
- linguistically — of or belonging to language: linguistic change.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- logical syntax — syntactics.
- lose one's way — If you lose your way, you become lost when you are trying to go somewhere.
- lunatic asylum — psychiatric hospital
- lyophilisation — Alternative spelling of lyophilization.
- lysogenization — the process of a bacterium becoming lysogenic
- mayonnaiselike — Resembling mayonnaise.
- mean solar day — day (def 3a).
- metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
- metalloenzymes — Plural form of metalloenzyme.
- midway islands — an atoll in the central Pacific, about 2100 km (1300 miles) northwest of Honolulu: annexed by the US in 1867: scene of a decisive battle (June, 1942), in which the US combined fleets destroyed Japan's carrier fleet. Pop: 40 (2013 est). Area: 5 sq km (2 sq miles)
- minicoy island — a small island in the S Laccadive Islands, off the SW coast of India. 1.25 sq. mi. (3.24 sq. km).
- misclassifying — Present participle of misclassify.
- modal analysis — Modal analysis is the analysis of a structure to find its natural frequencies of vibration.
- monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
- nihilistically — of or believing in nihilism, or the total rejection of established laws and institutions: An exhibition of nihilistic art—now there's an oxymoron!
- nodal analysis — Nodal analysis is a method of analyzing circuits based on defining node voltages as the variables.
- nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
- noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
- noncrystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- nonsensicality — (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
- nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
- north-easterly — A north-easterly point, area, or direction is to the north-east or towards the north-east.
- norway lobster — a European lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, fished for food
- novelistically — In a novelistic way.
- numeral system — any notation for the representation of numerals or numbers.
- numismatically — Of or relating to coins or currency.
- oppositionally — In terms of, or by means of, opposition.
- orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
- ostentatiously — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
- osteogenically — By osteogenesis.
- parsimoniously — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
- pay television — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
- paying-in slip — a sheet in a paying-in book for writing down and keeping a record of a single deposit into an account
- penalty clause — part of contract specifying a forfeit
- penalty stroke — a stroke added to a score for a rule infraction.
- pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
- percutaneously — through the skin
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- play one's ace — to use one's best weapon or resource
- polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.