13-letter words containing i, n, s, t, y
- saint gregory — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- saint-exupery — Antoine de [ahn-twan duh] /ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1900–45, French author and aviator.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
- sanctifyingly — in a sanctifying manner
- sand-yachting — the sport of riding in a sand yacht
- sanitary belt — a narrow belt, usually of elastic, for holding a sanitary napkin in place.
- sanitary ware — plumbing fixtures, as sinks or toilet bowls, made of ceramic material or enameled metal.
- saturnalianly — in a saturnalian or dissolute manner
- scientificity — the application of scientific methods and principles
- scoping study — a preliminary study to define the scope of a project
- screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
- scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
- seasonability — fact of being seasonable
- security zone — an area controlled by security forces
- sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
- self-emptying — containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
- self-identify — identify (defs 7, 8): to self-identify as gay; to self-identify with others in the same situation.
- self-identity — the identity or consciousness of identity of a thing with itself.
- self-immunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
- semi-autonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- semisedentary — partially or somewhat sedentary
- semisynthetic — derived synthetically from one or more substances of natural origin.
- sensationally — producing or designed to produce a startling effect, strong reaction, intense interest, etc., especially by exaggerated, superficial, or lurid elements: a sensational novel.
- sententiously — abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
- sentimentally — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
- sequentiality — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- seventy-eight — a cardinal number, 70 plus 8.
- seventy-fifth — next after the seventy-fourth; being the ordinal number for 75.
- seventy-first — next after the seventieth; being the ordinal number for 71.
- seventy-ninth — next after the seventy-eighth; being the ordinal number for 79.
- seventy-sixth — next after the seventy-fifth; being the ordinal number for 76.
- seventy-third — next after the seventy-second; being the ordinal number for 73.
- shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
- significantly — important; of consequence.
- significatory — serving to signify
- silk industry — the industry that is involved with the breeding of silkworms and the manufacture of the silk they produce into thread and fabric
- single-storey — (of a building) having only one floor or level
- sinterability — the capacity to be sintered
- situationally — manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment: The situation of the house allowed for a beautiful view.
- sixty-seventh — next after the sixty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 67.
- speaking type — a device on a medal or coin that has a punning reference to a person or thing.
- spectinomycin — an antibiotic drug, C 1 4 H 2 4 N 2 O 7 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces spectabilis, used in the treatment of susceptible gonorrhea.
- spenta mainyu — the good and creative spirit that is the offspring of Ahura Mazda.
- spiny lobster — any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers.
- splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- sports injury — wound sustained while playing sport
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- sprint medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards, the second and third members run 220 yards each, and the fourth member runs 880 yards.