13-letter words containing c, y, n, i, s
- parasynthetic — 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.
- pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
- physicianship — the position, function, or office of a physician.
- phytocoenosis — the plants of a given area considered as a whole.
- pianistically — in a manner or way that is pianistic
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
- polycistronic — of or relating to the transcription of two or more adjacent cistrons into a single messenger RNA molecule.
- polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
- postcranially — affecting the postcranium
- postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
- processionary — of, relating to, or moving in a procession
- psychasthenia — Psychiatry. (no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.
- psychasthenic — a person who has psychasthenia
- psychodynamic — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- psychogenesis — genesis of the psyche.
- psychogenetic — genesis of the psyche.
- psychokinesis — the purported ability to move or deform inanimate objects, as metal spoons, through mental processes.
- psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- punctiliously — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- pycnidiospore — the fruiting body of certain fungi, which contains spore-bearing cells
- reminiscently — awakening memories of something similar; suggestive (usually followed by of): His style of writing is reminiscent of Melville's.
- resynchronize — to synchronize again
- sacrosanctity — extremely sacred or inviolable: a sacrosanct chamber in the temple.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- sanctifyingly — in a sanctifying manner
- sand-yachting — the sport of riding in a sand yacht
- scientificity — the application of scientific methods and principles
- scoping study — a preliminary study to define the scope of a project
- screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
- scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
- security zone — an area controlled by security forces
- semisynthetic — derived synthetically from one or more substances of natural origin.
- siege economy — an economy in which the export of capital is limited and import controls are imposed
- significantly — important; of consequence.
- significatory — serving to signify
- silicon alley — an area of New York City in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated
- specimen copy — a copy of a document regarded as typical of that type of document
- spectinomycin — an antibiotic drug, C 1 4 H 2 4 N 2 O 7 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces spectabilis, used in the treatment of susceptible gonorrhea.
- sperry univac — (company) One of the divisions of Sperry Corporation at the time that company merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.
- spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
- subjectifying — to make subjective.
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- syllabication — to syllabify.
- symbolic link — (file format) (SYLK) A Microsoft file format for spreadsheets, (not to be confused with symbolic link). SYLK format existed in one form or another in as early as 1987, and was part of Excel v1.0. It is is an outgrowth of VisiCalc DIF file format. SYLK format is ascii text and represents information about both formula, value, and some formatting information, which makes it something like an RTF for spreadsheets. It is used as a general tabular data exchange format.
- synallagmatic — relating to a reciprocally binding contract
- synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
- synchondrosis — the joining of two bones by cartilage