13-letter words containing l, a, y, e
- royal society — The Royal Society of London for the Advancement of Science, a society through which the British government has supported scientific investigation since 1662: awards four annual medals.
- rr lyrae star — Astronomy. one of a group of pulsating variable stars found in the halo of the Milky Way, with periods between 1.2 and 30 hours; all have approximately the same luminosity and are therefore used for measuring distances.
- rudimentarily — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- running belay — the clipping of the rope through a karabiner attached to a sling, piton, nut, etc, secured to the mountain: used by a leading climber of a team to reduce the length of a possible fall
- sacramentally — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- sacrifice fly — a fly ball when there are fewer than two players out that enables a base runner, usually at third base, to score after the ball is caught.
- safety helmet — protective hard hat
- safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
- safety lintel — an auxiliary lintel concealed behind a visible lintel, arch, etc.
- salary earner — someone who earns a fixed regular payment made by an employer, often monthly, for professional or office work as opposed to manual work
- salary review — the, often annual, assessment or review of the salary or paid to an employee, where decisions are taken on whether the employee's pay should be increased, etc
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
- sandfly fever — a usually mild viral disease occurring in hot, dry areas, characterized by fever, eye pain, and sometimes a rash, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus.
- sanitary belt — a narrow belt, usually of elastic, for holding a sanitary napkin in place.
- scaphocephaly — premature closure of the sagittal suture resulting in a deformed skull having an elongated, keellike shape.
- scarcely ever — almost never, seldom
- schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
- sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
- sea hollyhock — a rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos.
- seasonability — fact of being seasonable
- seaton valley — a region in NE England, in SE Northumberland: consists of a group of former coal-mining villages
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- see you later — an expression of farewell
- selectability — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- self-advocacy — the practice of having mentally handicapped people speak for themselves and control their own affairs, rather than having nonhandicapped people automatically assume responsibility for them
- self-analysis — the application of psychoanalytic techniques and theories to an analysis of one's own personality and behavior, especially without the aid of a psychiatrist or other trained person.
- self-analyzed — having undergone self-analysis.
- self-assembly — Self-assembly is used to refer to furniture and other goods that you buy in parts and that you have to put together yourself.
- self-betrayal — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
- self-flattery — praise and exaggeration of one's own achievements coupled with a denial or glossing over of one's faults or failings; self-congratulation.
- semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
- sensationally — producing or designed to produce a startling effect, strong reaction, intense interest, etc., especially by exaggerated, superficial, or lurid elements: a sensational novel.
- sentimentally — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
- septisyllable — a word made up of seven syllables.
- sequentiality — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- serologically — as pertains to or with respect to serology; in a serological manner
- sexagesimally — into sixtieths
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- sidereal year — year (def 4c).
- silicon alley — an area of New York City in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated
- single-family — designed or suitable for one family of average size: single-family homes.
- sinterability — the capacity to be sintered
- six-yard line — the line marking the limits of the goal area
- sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
- skittle alley — a place where the game of skittles is played