16-letter words containing e, r, y, s, i
- hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
- hypercorrections — Plural form of hypercorrection.
- hyperinsulinemia — (medicine) The condition of having an excessively high level of insulin in the blood, usually due to excess production.
- hyperinsulinemic — Suffering from or characterized by hyperinsulinemia, an excessively high level of insulin in the blood.
- hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperperistalsis — the progressive wave of contraction and relaxation of a tubular muscular system, especially the alimentary canal, by which the contents are forced through the system.
- hyperpituitarism — overactivity of the pituitary gland.
- hypersensibility — capacity for sensation or feeling; responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli.
- hypersensitivity — excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
- hypersexualizing — Present participle of hypersexualize.
- hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- hypersusceptible — hypersensitive (def 2).
- hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- hypervitaminosis — an abnormal condition caused by an excessive intake of vitamins.
- impermissibility — The state or condition of being impermissible.
- in the worst way — bad or ill in the highest, greatest, or most extreme degree: the worst person.
- in utero surgery — surgery performed on a fetus while it is in the womb.
- incomprehensibly — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
- indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
- indiscernibility — The state or characteristic of being indiscernible; inability to be observed.
- indiscriminately — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- insurance policy — contract that insures sth
- intercrystalline — situated or passing between the crystals of a substance.
- interest payment — a payment of interest on a loan or mortgage
- internet society — (body) (ISOC) A non-profit, professional membership organisation which facilitates and supports the technical evolution of the Internet, stimulates interest in and educates the scientific and academic communities, industry and the public about the technology, uses and applications of the Internet, and promotes the development of new applications for the system. The Society provides a forum for discussion and collaboration in the operation and use of the global Internet infrastructure. The Internet Society publishes a quarterly newsletter, the Internet Society News, and holds an annual conference, INET. The development of Internet technical standards takes place under the auspices of the Internet Society with substantial support from the Corporation for National Research Initiatives under a cooperative agreement with the US Federal Government.
- interstratifying — Present participle of interstratify.
- irrepressibility — The quality of being irrepressible.
- irresponsibility — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
- isobutyl nitrite — butyl nitrite.
- isopropylbenzene — cumene.
- it is early days — Early means near the beginning of something such as a piece of work or a process.
- jailhouse lawyer — a prisoner who has taught himself or herself law while serving time, is knowledgeable about technical legal matters, and gives legal advice, especially to fellow prisoners.
- justices in eyre — the justices travelling on circuit and presiding over such courts
- keyman insurance — life insurance taken out by a business firm on an essential or very important employee, with the firm as beneficiary.
- kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
- kingfisher daisy — a bushy southern African plant, Felicia bergerana, having grasslike leaves and solitary, bright-blue flowers.
- ladies auxiliary — an association whose members are usually the wives of members of an association with which it is affiliated.
- laserdisc player — a device that plays laserdiscs
- latter-day saint — a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- lexical analyser — (language) (Or "scanner") The initial input stage of a language processor (e.g. a compiler), the part that performs lexical analysis.
- library pictures — a caption used to alert viewers that footage being broadcast is from an earlier time and is not happening now
- lick observatory — the astronomical observatory of the University of California, situated on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California, and having a 120-inch (3-meter) reflecting telescope and a 36-inch (91-cm) refracting telescope.
- literalistically — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- lloyd's register — a publication, issued annually by Lloyd's, consisting of a list of all of the world's seagoing vessels and including such information as their age, tonnage, and classification.
- magnetic pyrites — Mineralogy. pyrrhotite.
- magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
- margin of safety — therapeutic index.
- maximum-security — designed for or housing prisoners regarded as being very dangerous to society.
- mechanochemistry — the field of chemistry that deals with the direct conversion of chemical into mechanical energy.
- medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages