15-letter words containing e, n, t, r, y, c
- food insecurity — an economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
- for a certainty — without doubt
- frontal cyclone — any extratropical cyclone associated with a front: the most common cyclonic storm.
- greenback party — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- hay conditioner — either of two machines, one designed to crush stems of hay, the other to break and bend them, in order to cause more rapid and even drying
- heliocentricity — measured or considered as being seen from the center of the sun.
- hemicraniectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the cranium to enable brain surgery; hemicraniotomy.
- hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
- honeycomb tripe — a part of the inner lining of the stomach of the steer, calf, hog, or sheep, resembling a honeycomb in appearance and considered a table delicacy.
- hype-carbonated — (of a product or service) overvalued as a result of relentless marketing and PR or intensive media exposure
- hyper-energetic — possessing or exhibiting energy, especially in abundance; vigorous: an energetic leader.
- hyperactivation — (biology) A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
- hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
- hypercorrection — the substitution, in an inappropriate context, of a pronunciation, grammatical form, or usage thought by the speaker or writer to be appropriate, resulting usually from overgeneralizing in an effort to replace seemingly incorrect forms with correct ones, as the substitution of between you and I for between you and me, by analogy with you and I as the subject of a sentence.
- hyperexcitement — excessive or extreme excitement
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- hyperproduction — an increased or excessive production or output
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.
- identity crisis — a period or episode of psychological distress, often occurring in adolescence but sometimes in adulthood, when a person seeks a clearer sense of self and an acceptable role in society.
- immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
- inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
- indemnity cover — cover providing insurance against damage or loss
- indiscretionary — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- ineradicability — the quality of being ineradicable
- inextricability — The condition of being inextricable.
- insurrectionary — of, relating to, or of the nature of insurrection.
- interchangeably — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- intercolonially — in an intercolonial manner
- interculturally — pertaining to or taking place between two or more cultures: intercultural exchanges in music and art.
- interdependency — the quality or condition of being interdependent, or mutually reliant on each other: Globalization of economies leads to an ever-increasing interdependence of countries.
- interjaculatory — expressed by interjaculating
- interjectionary — Interjectional.
- intracellularly — within a cell or cells.
- intracerebrally — Within the cerebrum.
- introspectively — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
- introspectivity — The quality of being introspective.
- italian cypress — a tall Eurasian cypress, cupressus sempervirens, native to the eastern Mediterranean region
- justice in eyre — a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- kentish tracery — tracery, originating in Kent in the 14th century, having cusps with split ends.
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- laryngotracheal — of, relating to, or involving the larynx and trachea.
- learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
- machinery steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- martensitically — in a martensitic manner
- master cylinder — the hydraulic pump of an automotive braking system that contains a cylinder and one or two pistons, is actuated by the brake pedal, and supplies hydraulic fluid under pressure to the brakes at each wheel.
- memory location — (storage) A byte, word or other small unit of storage space in a computer's main memory that is identified by its starting address (and size).
- menstrual cycle — (in women of reproductive age) the cycle of physiological changes affecting the reproductive organs that takes place typically over a month and includes ovulation, thickening of the lining of the womb and menstruation if fertilization of the egg has not occurred