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

  • jimmy woodser — a man who drinks by himself
  • kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
  • keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
  • keratomycosis — Fungal infection of the cornea.
  • key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
  • kinesitherapy — a movement-based therapy
  • kyrie eleison — (italics) the brief petition “Lord, have mercy,” used in various offices of the Greek Orthodox Church and of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
  • laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
  • lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
  • liberty horse — (in a circus) a riderless horse that performs movements to verbal commands
  • library paste — a white, smooth paste for paper and lightweight cardboard.
  • library steps — a folding stepladder, especially one folding into another piece of furniture, as a table or chair.
  • libyan desert — a desert in N Africa, in E Libya, W Egypt, and NW Sudan, W of the Nile: part of the Sahara. About 650,000 sq. mi. (1,683,500 sq. km).
  • literacy test — an examination to determine whether a person meets the literacy requirements for voting, serving in the armed forces, etc.; a test of one's ability to read and write.
  • livery colors — the principal tinctures of a coat of arms, usually one color and one metal, used for liveries, standards, etc.
  • livery stable — a stable where horses and vehicles are cared for or rented out for pay.
  • lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
  • magisterially — In a magisterial manner; authoritatively.
  • martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
  • mass hysteria — a condition affecting a group of persons, characterized by excitement or anxiety, irrational behavior or beliefs, or inexplicable symptoms of illness.
  • master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
  • measurability — capable of being measured.
  • mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
  • meritoriously — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
  • mesmerizingly — In a way or to an extent that mesmerizes.
  • metric system — a decimal system of weights and measures, adopted first in France but now widespread, universally used in science, mandatory for use for all purposes in a large number of countries, and favored for use in most (as in the U.S.). The basic units are the meter (39.37 inches) for length and the gram (15.432 grains) for mass or weight. Derived units are the liter (0.908 U.S. dry quart, or 1.0567 U.S. liquid quart) for capacity, being the volume of 1000 grams of water under specified conditions; the are (119.6 square yards) for area, being the area of a square 10 meters on a side; and the stere (35.315 cubic feet) for volume, being the volume of a cube 1 meter on a side, the term “stere,” however, usually being used only in measuring firewood. Names for units larger and smaller than these are formed from the above names by the use of the following prefixes: kilo-, 1000; hecto-, 100; deka-, 10; deci-, 0.1; centi-, 0.01; milli-, 0.001. To these are often added: tera-, one trillion; giga-, one billion; mega-, one million. With the addition of basic physical units it is now officially known by the French name Le Système International d'Unités (abbreviation SI, ) or in English as the International System of Units.
  • microanalyses — Plural form of microanalysis.
  • microaneurysm — An extremely small aneurysm.
  • micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
  • midi-pyrénées — a region of SW France: consists of N slopes of the Pyrenees in the south, a fertile lowland area in the west crossed by the River Garonne, and the edge of the Massif Central in the north and east
  • midsummer day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
  • military base — a facility for the storage of military equipment and the training of soldiers
  • ministerially — In the character or capacity of a minister.
  • misery memoir — A misery memoir is a book that someone has written about their own life in which they describe many sad things that happened when they were a child.
  • mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
  • money-spinner — If you say that something is a money-spinner, you mean that it earns a lot of money for someone.
  • monkey tricks — mischievous behaviour or acts, such as practical jokes
  • monosymmetric — zygomorphic.
  • motorbicycles — Plural form of motorbicycle.
  • multi-sensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
  • musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
  • myelofibrosis — the replacement of bone marrow by fibrous tissue, characteristic of leukemia and certain other diseases.
  • myrmecophiles — Plural form of myrmecophile.
  • mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
  • nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
  • navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.
  • nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
  • neuromyelitis — (pathology) inflammation of both the spinal cord and nerves.
  • neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
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