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14-letter words containing i, l, t, e, y, o

  • methylthionine — as in methylthionine chloride, a dark green dye used as a stain, antiseptic etc
  • metronomically — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
  • metrosexuality — The quality of being metrosexual.
  • microcelebrity — a celebrity whose fame is relatively narrow in scope and likely to be transient
  • modestly sized — moderately sized; not very large, but not small
  • mortality rate — number of deaths in a population
  • mount mckinley — a mountain in S central Alaska: highest peak in North America, 20,310 feet (6190 meters).
  • mutual society — co-operative organization
  • nitrogen cycle — the continuous sequence of events by which atmospheric nitrogen and nitrogenous compounds in the soil are converted, as by nitrification and nitrogen fixation, into substances that can be utilized by green plants, the substances returning to the air and soil as a result of the decay of the plants and denitrification.
  • nitroglycerine — a colorless, thick, oily, flammable, highly explosive, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 5 N 3 O 9 , prepared from glycerol with nitric and sulfuric acids: used chiefly as a constituent of dynamite and other explosives, in rocket propellants, and in medicine as a vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris.
  • non-neutrality — the state of being neutral.
  • nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
  • noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
  • noncrystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
  • nonsensicality — (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
  • nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
  • nontechnically — In a nontechnical manner.
  • novelistically — In a novelistic way.
  • old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
  • oligocythaemia — a condition in which a person lacks red blood cells
  • oligosynthetic — (linguistics) (of a language) using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
  • oriental poppy — a poppy, Papaver orientale, of Asia, having bristly stems and leaves and showy scarlet, pink, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
  • ostentatiously — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
  • osteogenically — By osteogenesis.
  • osteologically — Concerning only the osteological aspects.
  • overanalytical — too analytical
  • overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
  • pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
  • pay television — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
  • performability — the quality of being performable
  • periodontology — periodontics.
  • peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • petty official — a minor official in government, etc
  • phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
  • phenotypically — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
  • phthalocyanine — Also called metal-free phthalocyanine. a blue-green pigment, C 3 2 H 1 8 N 8 , derived from phthalic anhydride.
  • phyllosilicate — any silicate mineral having the tetrahedral silicate groups linked in sheets, each group containing four oxygen atoms, three of which are shared with other groups so that the ratio of silicon atoms to oxygen atoms is two to five.
  • picture layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
  • plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
  • platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
  • police custody — If somebody or something is in police custody, they are kept somewhere secure, under the supervision of police officers, for example in a police station.
  • polite society — sophisticated company
  • polydispersity — the state of being polydisperse
  • polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
  • polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
  • polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
  • preoperatively — in a preoperative context
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