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13-letter words containing l, y, n, e

  • six-yard line — the line marking the limits of the goal area
  • sky-blue pink — a jocular name for a nonexistent, unknown, or unimportant colour
  • sleep hygiene — the habits conducive to getting the right amount and quality of sleep
  • sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
  • 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
  • spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
  • spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
  • 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.
  • squanderingly — in a squandering manner
  • squeaky clean — If you say that someone is squeaky clean, you mean that they live a very moral life and have never done anything wrong.
  • squeaky-clean — scrupulously clean.
  • stanley falls — series of seven cataracts of the upper Congo River, just south of Kisangani
  • stanley knife — A Stanley knife is a very sharp knife that is used to cut materials such as carpet and paper. It consists of a small blade fixed in the end of a handle.
  • stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
  • stentoriously — stentorian.
  • stone parsley — a parsley, Sison amomum, of Eurasia, bearing aromatic seeds that are used as a condiment.
  • string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
  • stylelessness — the quality or state of being styleless
  • subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
  • subserviently — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
  • substantively — a noun.
  • sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
  • sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
  • sunray pleats — bias-cut knife pleats that are narrower at the top than at the bottom, producing a flared effect, used esp for skirts
  • sunspot cycle — the cycle, averaging in duration slightly more than 11 years, in which the frequency of sunspots varies from a maximum to a minimum and back to a maximum again.
  • supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
  • suspensefully — in a suspenseful manner
  • synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • synthetically — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
  • syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
  • tangentiality — pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.
  • telegenically — having physical qualities or characteristics that televise well; videogenic.
  • temporizingly — in a yielding manner
  • ten-yard rule — the rule allowing a referee, when a player disputes the award of a penalty or free kick, to penalize the offending side further by moving the place from which the kick is to be taken ten yards further forward
  • tennis player — sportsperson who plays tennis
  • terminatively — in a finalizing manner
  • the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
  • threateningly — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
  • tin pan alley — the district of a city, especially New York City, where most of the popular music is published.
  • tompot blenny — a variety of blenny (Parablennius gattorugine), with tentacles over its eyes
  • tonsillectomy — the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.
  • torrentiality — the quality or state of being torrential
  • transfusively — in a transfusive manner
  • translucently — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
  • transparently — having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen.
  • transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
  • transversally — transverse.
  • travel agency — a business that accommodates travelers, as by securing tickets, arranging for reservations, and giving information.
  • triethylamine — a colorless, flammable liquid, C 6 H 15 N, used chiefly as a solvent in chemical synthesis.
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