13-letter words containing a, n, l, y
- holy alliance — a league formed by the principal sovereigns of Europe in 1815 with the professed object of promoting Christian brotherhood but the practical object of repressing democratic revolutions and institutions. The English and Turkish rulers and Pope Pius VII did not join the league.
- honorifically — In a honorific manner.
- honourability — A state or condition or being honourable.
- horizontality — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- human ecology — ecology (def 4).
- humiliatingly — lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego.
- hyalinization — a condition in which normal tissue deteriorates into a homogeneous, translucent material.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
- hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
- hydroxylamine — an unstable, weakly basic, crystalline compound, NH 3 O, used as a reducing agent, analytical reagent, and chemical intermediate.
- hydroxylation — (organic chemistry) The introduction of a hydroxyl group into a molecule, especially by the replacement of a hydrogen atom.
- hymnal stanza — common measure (def 2).
- hymnal-stanza — common time.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hyperpersonal — Very highly personal.
- hyperrational — characterized by excessive rationality
- hypersalinity — an excess of salt in a saline solution
- hypervigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- hypnoanalysis — a method of psychoanalysis in which a patient is put into hypnosis in an attempt to secure analytic data, free associations, and early emotional reactions.
- hypobranchial — situated below the gills or beneath the branchial arches.
- hyponymically — In a hyponymic way.
- hypoventilate — (intransitive) To undergo hypoventilation.
- iceland poppy — any of various widely cultivated arctic poppies, esp Papaver nudicaule, with white or yellow nodding flowers
- ichthyofaunal — relating to ichthyofauna
- illocutionary — pertaining to a linguistic act performed by a speaker in producing an utterance, as suggesting, warning, promising, or requesting.
- imaginability — The quality of being imaginable.
- imaginatively — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- impermanently — In an impermanent manner.
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- inadvertently — unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
- inappreciably — In an inappreciable manner.
- inattentively — not attentive; negligent.
- inconceivably — not conceivable; unimaginable; unthinkable.
- incontestably — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
- incorporeally — In an incorporeal manner.
- incrementally — increasing or adding on, especially in a regular series: small, incremental tax hikes.
- inculpability — Lack of culpability; freedom from blame.
- indecency law — the law relating to indecency
- indefatigably — In an extremely persistent and untiring manner; in an indefatigable manner.
- independantly — Misspelling of independently.
- indescribably — not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.
- indian yellow — Also called purree, snowshoe. an orange-yellow color.
- indispensably — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
- indissociably — In a way that does not allow dissociation; having an inextricable link.
- indissuadably — in an indissuadable way
- individuality — the particular character, or aggregate of qualities, that distinguishes one person or thing from others; sole and personal nature: a person of marked individuality.
- ineducability — Inability to be educated.
- ineffectually — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.