16-letter words containing i, a, l, y, s
- federalist party — a political group that favored the adoption by the states of the Constitution.
- firework display — a public event at which fireworks are set alight
- flabbergastingly — Surprisingly, astonishingly or amazingly.
- flash photolysis — the study of photochemical reaction mechanisms in gases by analyzing spectroscopically the reaction products in a gas mixture irradiated with a powerful light flash.
- forward analysis — An analysis which determines properties of the output of a program from properties of the inputs.
- fourier analysis — the expression of any periodic function as a sum of sine and cosine functions, as in an electromagnetic wave function. Compare Fourier series.
- french polynesia — a French overseas territory in the S Pacific, including the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, and other scattered island groups. 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
- friendly islands — Tonga
- generalisability — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of generalizability.
- glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.
- goosefoot family — formerly, the plant family Chenopodiaceae, characterized by often weedy herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, small and inconspicuous flowers, and tiny, dry fruit, and including the beet, glasswort, goosefoot, Russian thistle, saltbush, and spinach; now part of the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae.
- grammar analysis — (language) A program written in ABC for answering such questions as "what are the start symbols of all rules", "what symbols can follow this symbol", "which rules are left recursive", and so on. Includes a grammar of ISO Pascal. Version 1 by Steven Pemberton <[email protected]>. Ports to Unix, MS-DOS, Atari, Macintosh. FTP: ftp.eu.net, ftp.nluug.net programming/languages/abc/examples/grammar/.
- happenstantially — (rare) By happenstance; occurring due to random chance.
- hayes-compatible — (communications) A description of a modem which understands the same set of commands as one made by Hayes.
- heads-up display — an electronic display of data from instruments or other sources projected at eye level so that a driver or pilot sees it without looking away from the road or course. Abbreviation: HUD.
- hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
- himalayan balsam — a tall flowering plant, Impatiens glandulifera, brought from Asia to Europe as a garden plant but now growing wild in Europe, especially on river banks. It is considered invasive and environmentally damaging.
- humanly possible — feasible, practical
- husayn ali mirza — 1817–92, Persian religious leader: founder of Bahāʾī.
- hydraulic radius — the ratio of the cross-sectional area to the perimeter of a pipe, outlet, or the like, through which a fluid is flowing.
- hyperinsulinemia — (medicine) The condition of having an excessively high level of insulin in the blood, usually due to excess production.
- 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.
- 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.
- hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- hypocoristically — In a hypocoristic manner.
- iconoclastically — In an iconoclastic way.
- incontestability — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
- indemnity clause — a clause in a contract that commits one or both parties to indemnify any loss that arises out of the contract
- indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
- indiscriminantly — Misspelling of indiscriminately.
- indiscriminately — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
- inexhaustibility — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
- inextinguishably — In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
- instability line — a nonfrontal line of convective activity in the atmosphere, usually several hundred miles long but of relatively brief duration.
- insubstantiality — not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
- insurance policy — contract that insures sth
- intercrystalline — situated or passing between the crystals of a substance.
- intracytoplasmic — Located in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- isoamyl benzoate — a colorless liquid, C 11 H 15 O 2 , having a sharp, fruitlike odor: used in cosmetics.
- 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.
- journalistically — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- kolyma mountains — a mountain range in NE Siberia, Russia, near the Sea of Okhotsk, rising to over 6000 feet (1830 meters).
- lachryma christi — a table wine produced from grapes grown near Vesuvius, in Italy.
- ladies auxiliary — an association whose members are usually the wives of members of an association with which it is affiliated.
- lake havasu city — a city in W central Arizona.