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14-letter words containing a, s, e, y, p, i

  • hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
  • hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
  • hypopotassemia — hypokalemia.
  • impassionately — filled with passion; impassioned.
  • impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
  • in a pig's eye — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • inescapability — (uncountable) The state or property of being inescapable.
  • inseparability — incapable of being separated, parted, or disjoined: inseparable companions.
  • inspectability — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
  • instant replay — Also called, British, action replay. Television. the recording and immediate rebroadcasting of a segment of a live television broadcast, especially of a sports event: an instant replay of the touchdown pass. a segment recorded and immediately rebroadcast.
  • insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
  • isentropically — in an isentropic manner
  • issue a policy — If an insurer issues a policy, they create an insurance policy and provide it to a customer.
  • lady's-slipper — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, the flowers of which have a protruding petal somewhat resembling a slipper: all species are reduced in numbers, some greatly.
  • laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • make it snappy — apt to snap or bite; snappish, as a dog.
  • megascopically — macroscopically
  • metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
  • metaphysically — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • metaphysicians — Plural form of metaphysician.
  • metaplasticity — Any activity-dependent change to neural function that modulates subsequent synaptic plasticity.
  • multispecialty — (US) Exhibiting or possessing multiple specialties (especially medical specialties).
  • myelodysplasia — (medicine) Any of various conditions characterized by the faulty or inadequate production of bone marrow or blood cells.
  • pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
  • paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
  • para-synthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
  • parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley, parsnip, and Queen Anne's lace, as well as poisonous plants such as cowbane and water hemlock.
  • passive safety — the practice of taking measures to reduce the consequences of accidents, as opposed to attempting to avoid them altogether
  • paternity suit — legal dispute over identity of father
  • paternity test — an assessment of possible paternity based on a comparison of the genetic markers of the offspring and those of the putative father.
  • pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
  • pay television — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
  • pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
  • phyllosilicate — any silicate mineral having the tetrahedral silicate groups linked in sheets, each group containing four oxygen atoms, three of which are shared with other groups so that the ratio of silicon atoms to oxygen atoms is two to five.
  • physical layer — (networking)   Layer one, the lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The physical layer encompasses details such as electrical and mechanical connections to the network, transmission of binary data as changing voltage levels on wires or similar concepts on other connectors, and data rates. The physical layer is used by the data link layer. Example physical layer protocols are CSMA/CD, token ring and bus.
  • pick one's way — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
  • plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
  • pleasurability — the characteristic of being pleasurable
  • pleurapophysis — one of the lateral processes of a vertebra forming the ribs
  • pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
  • policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
  • polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
  • prairie oyster — a raw egg, or the yolk of a raw egg, often mixed with seasonings, as salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and used as a hangover remedy.
  • predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
  • presentability — that may be presented.
  • presymptomatic — relating to or describing a symptom that occurs before the typical symptoms of a disease
  • primary source — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
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