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15-letter words containing e, y, p, i

  • lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
  • lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
  • lymphoid tissue — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
  • lynden pindling — Lynden Oscar ("Father of the Bahamas") 1930–2000, Bahamian political leader: first prime minister 1967–92.
  • magnetic pulley — a magnetic device for separating metal from sand, refuse, etc.
  • malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
  • malay peninsula — a peninsula in SE Asia, consisting of W (mainland) Malaysia and the S part of Thailand.
  • marital therapy — a psychotherapeutic treatment for married couples, who are seen by a therapist both individually and jointly to assist them in resolving various problems related to their marriage.
  • mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
  • memory capacity — (on a computer or other device) the amount of memory space available for data storage
  • metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
  • methylphenidate — a central nervous system stimulant, C 1 4 H 1 9 NO 2 , used in the control of hyperkinetic syndromes and narcolepsy.
  • metric topology — a topology for a space in which open sets are defined in terms of a given metric.
  • microphotometry — the use of microphotometers to measure the intensity of light transmitted or reflected by very small areas
  • microsporocytes — Plural form of microsporocyte.
  • military police — soldiers who perform police duties
  • minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
  • minority report — a report by a minority of members of a group that disagrees with the official report issued by the group
  • modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
  • monospecificity — the condition of being specific for a sole antigen
  • more's the pity — If you add more's the pity to a comment, you are expressing your disappointment or regret about something.
  • morning prayers — early-morning act of religious worship
  • multispeciality — Alternative form of multispecialty.
  • myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
  • nephrolithotomy — incision or opening of a kidney pelvis for removal of a calculus.
  • net.personality — Someone who has made a name for him or herself on Usenet, through either longevity or attention-getting posts, but doesn't meet the other requirements of net.godhood.
  • neurohypophysis — See under pituitary gland.
  • neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
  • neurophysiology — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
  • neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
  • neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
  • new port richey — a town in central Florida.
  • non-specificity — the quality or state of being specific.
  • nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
  • nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
  • nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
  • nucleophilicity — (uncountable) The condition of being nucleophilic.
  • null hypothesis — (in the statistical testing of a hypothesis) the hypothesis to be tested.
  • open university — higher education by correspondence
  • operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
  • orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
  • over-complexity — the state or quality of being complex; intricacy: the complexity of urban life.
  • pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
  • package holiday — a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you
  • packing density — a measure of the amount of data that can be held by unit length of a storage medium, such as magnetic tape
  • palaeolimnology — the study of ancient lake ecologies
  • paleogeophysics — (used with a plural verb) inferred geophysical conditions or processes of designated periods of the geologic past.
  • paradise valley — a town in SW Arizona.
  • parasympathetic — pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves and ganglia that arise from the cranial and sacral regions and function in opposition to the sympathetic system, as in inhibiting heartbeat or contracting the pupil of the eye.
  • parenthetically — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
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