22-letter words containing c, i, e, l, y, s
- spinal accessory nerve — accessory nerve.
- stereospecific polymer — an organic polymer in which the steric arrangements of groups on asymmetric carbon atoms occur in a regular sequence
- subjective probability — a measure or estimate of the degree of confidence one may have in the occurrence of an event, defined by subjective criteria
- sweet william catchfly — a southern European plant, Silene armeria, of the pink family, having a flat-topped cluster of pink flowers.
- sympathetic ophthalmia — inflammation of one eye due to injury or disease of the other eye.
- take/tickle sb's fancy — If something takes your fancy or tickles your fancy, you like it a lot when you see it or think of it.
- the continental system — Napoleon's plan in 1806 to blockade Britain by excluding her ships from ports on the mainland of Europe
- the pennsylvania dutch — a group of German-speaking people in E Pennsylvania, descended from 18th-century settlers from SW Germany and Switzerland
- unemployment insurance — a government program that provides a limited number of payments to eligible workers who are involuntarily unemployed.
- valvular insufficiency — abnormal closure of a heart valve resulting in failure to prevent regurgitation of blood.
- white australia policy — an unofficial term for an immigration policy designed to restrict the entry of non-White people into Australia
- yellow-shafted flicker — a North American woodpecker C. auratus, which has a yellow undersurface to the wings and tail