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14-letter words containing a, s, y, r, i

  • liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
  • liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, especially different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field.
  • macrosociology — the sociological study of large-scale social systems and long-term patterns and processes.
  • major seminary — a Roman Catholic theological college devoted to training for the priesthood and usually offering a six-year program emphasizing philosophy and theology.
  • metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
  • metrosexuality — The quality of being metrosexual.
  • microaneurysms — Plural form of microaneurysm.
  • military brush — one of a pair of matched hairbrushes having no handles, especially for men and boys.
  • minor seminary — a Roman Catholic preparatory school where persons planning to enter the priesthood follow a course of secondary education.
  • molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
  • moralistically — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
  • multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
  • mustard family — the plant family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate leaves, acrid or pungent juice, clusters of four-petaled flowers, and fruit in the form of a two-parted capsule, and including broccoli, cabbage, candytuft, cauliflower, cress, mustard, radish, sweet alyssum, turnip, and wallflower.
  • myofibroblasts — Plural form of myofibroblast.
  • narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
  • non-subsidiary — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
  • nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
  • noncrystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
  • nonpsychiatric — not psychiatric
  • nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
  • north ayrshire — a council area of W central Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde: comprises the N part of the historical county of Ayrshire, including the Isle of Arran; formerly part of Strathclyde Region (1975–96): chiefly agricultural, with fishing and tourism. Administrative centre: Irvine. Pop: 136 030 (2003 est). Area: 884 sq km (341 sq miles)
  • ordinary share — British. a share of common stock.
  • ordinary stock — British. common stock.
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
  • overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
  • oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
  • 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.
  • paradisiacally — in a paradisiacal way
  • parsimoniously — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
  • 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.
  • party politics — politics based on strict adherence to the policies and principles of a political party regardless of the public interest; partisan loyalism.
  • 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.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • praying mantis — mantis.
  • 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 school — a school usually covering the first three or four years of elementary school and sometimes kindergarten.
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