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13-letter words containing e, r, y, s, i

  • energy crisis — a shortfall in or interruption to the provision of energy supplies
  • energy saving — the fact of saving energy, or amount of energy saved
  • epidermolysis — Loosening of the epidermis, with extensive blistering of the skin and mucous membranes, occurring either after injury, or as a spontaneous and potentially dangerous condition, particularly in children.
  • eretz yisrael — the Holy Land; Israel
  • evangelistary — a book containing passages from the gospels to be used as part of the liturgy
  • everlastingly — In an everlasting manner; so as to be everlasting.
  • exercise yard — a piece of enclosed ground in a prison on which inmates can exercise in order to get fit and to remain healthy
  • exit strategy — In politics and business, an exit strategy is a way of ending your involvement in a situation such as a military operation or a business arrangement.
  • extrasystolia — (medicine) An alteration in the rhythm of the heart due to extrasystoles.
  • extrasystolic — Relating to extrasystole, the premature contraction of the heart.
  • extrinsically — In an extrinsic manner.
  • fairy-slipper — Calypso (def 2).
  • fish hatchery — a facility where fish eggs are hatched and the fry raised, especially to stock lakes, streams, and ponds.
  • fly fisherman — one who fishes by fly-casting
  • flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
  • food security — an economic and social condition of ready access by all members of a household to nutritionally adequate and safe food: a household with high food security.
  • foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
  • fossil energy — heat energy released by burning fossil fuel
  • frelinghuysen — Frederick Theodore, 1817–85, U.S. statesman.
  • frobisher bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE Canada, in the SE coast of Baffin Island
  • galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
  • games library — a type of library for video games where games (usually downloaded via the internet) can be paid for per use rather than be bought at full price
  • geostationary — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
  • gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
  • giorgi system — a system of units based on the metre, kilogram, second, and ampere, in which the magnetic constant has the value 4π × 10–7 henries per metre. It was used as a basis for SI units
  • glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
  • gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
  • gray squirrel — a common, grayish squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, of eastern North America.
  • great grimsby — seaport in Humberside, NE England, at the mouth of the Humber estuary: county district pop. 91,000
  • great society — the goal of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President Lyndon B. Johnson, chiefly to enact domestic programs to improve education, provide medical care for the aged, and eliminate poverty.
  • grey squirrel — a grey-furred squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, native to E North America but now widely established elsewhere
  • guernsey lily — a bulbous plant, Nerine sarniensis, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of crimson flowers.
  • gynecocracies — Plural form of gynecocracy.
  • gyromagnetism — the condition or state of being gyromagnetic
  • headmistressy — typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
  • heavy cruiser — a naval cruiser having 8-inch (20.3-cm) guns as its main armament.
  • heresiography — a treatise on heresy.
  • heterostylism — the condition of being heterostyled
  • heterozygosis — the state of being a heterozygote.
  • heuristically — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
  • hieroglyphics — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
  • hieroglyphist — a person who studies hieroglyphics; hieroglyphologist.
  • holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
  • honor society — (in a college, university, or secondary school) a student society that admits members on the basis of academic merit and, sometimes, worthwhile contributions in extracurricular activities.
  • hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
  • hybrid system — a way of working, organizing, or doing something that is composed of elements of two separate systems
  • hydroaerobics — aerobic exercises performed in water, as in a swimming pool.
  • hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
  • hydromedusoid — a jellyfish or something resembling a jellyfish that lives in water
  • hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
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