15-letter words containing e, l, y, s, i
- flying squirrel — any of various nocturnal tree squirrels, as Glaucomys volans, of the eastern U.S., having folds of skin connecting the fore and hind legs, permitting long, gliding leaps.
- free soil party — a former U.S. political party (1848–56) that opposed the extension of slavery in the Territories not yet admitted to statehood.
- fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- gesneria family — the plant family Gesneriaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having a basal rosette of usually toothed leaves, tubular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the African violet, gloxinia, and streptocarpus.
- gloucester city — a city in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- glyconeogenesis — gluconeogenesis.
- gorlin syndrome — a rare congenital disorder in which cancer destroys the facial skin and causes blindness; skeletal anomalies can also occur
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- head-up display — an electronic display of data from instruments or other sources projected at eye level so that a driver or pilot sees it without looking away from the road or course. Abbreviation: HUD.
- heaviside layer — E layer.
- hemiglossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
- hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
- heterosexuality — sexual feeling or behavior directed toward a person or persons of the opposite sex.
- hexylresorcinol — white or yellowish-white, needle-shaped crystals, C 12 H 18 O 2 , used chiefly as an antiseptic and for the expulsion of intestinal worms.
- histochemically — In a histochemical manner.
- holiday clothes — the clothes worn and bought for travelling on holiday, such as swimwear, skiwear, or clothes for hot or cold weather, etc
- holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
- holyhead island — former name of Holy Island (def 2).
- homeostatically — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
- horse artillery — cavalry equipped with artillery
- hydraulic press — a machine permitting a small force applied to a small piston to produce, through fluid pressure, a large force on a large piston.
- hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
- hyperbolic sine — one of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances of a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes; sinh
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hyperextensible — Capable of being stretched and extended.
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- hyperinsulinism — excessive insulin in the blood, resulting in hypoglycemia.
- hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
- hypersexualised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualise.
- hypersexualized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualize.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- hypoinsulinemia — (medicine) An abnormally low level of insulin in the blood.
- hypoinsulinemic — Having hypoinsulinemia.
- hysteresis loop — a closed curve showing the variation of the magnetic flux density of a ferromagnetic material with the external magnetic field producing it, when this field is changed through a complete cycle
- hysteresis loss — the loss of energy by conversion to heat in a system exhibiting hysteresis.
- immeasurability — Immeasurableness.
- immensurability — The quality of being immensurable.
- immunoassayable — Suitable for immunoassay.
- imperial system — a system of measurement units, including the foot, pound, and second, as well as miles and yards
- imperishability — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- imprescriptibly — In an imprescriptible manner; obviously.
- in the old days — a long time ago
- inaccessibility — not accessible; unapproachable.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
- indefeasibility — The state or quality of being indefeasible, of being incapable of being defeated.
- indefensibility — The quality or state of not being defensible.
- indigestibility — The state of being indigestible.