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14-letter words containing l, y, s, e, r

  • expressibility — The quality of being expressible.
  • extrinsicality — The quality of being extrinsic.
  • eyeball search — (jargon)   (Or vgrep) To look for something in a mass of code or data with one's own native optical sensors, as opposed to using some sort of pattern matching software like grep or any other automated search tool. Compare vdiff, desk check.
  • eyre peninsula — a peninsula of South Australia, between the Great Australian Bight and Spencer Gulf
  • falseheartedly — In a falsehearted manner.
  • faraday shield — an enclosure constructed of grounded wire mesh or parallel wires that shields sensitive electrical instruments from electrostatic interference.
  • flanders poppy — corn poppy.
  • fool's-parsley — an Old World fetid, poisonous plant, Aethusa cynapium, resembling parsley.
  • foreseeability — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
  • frictionlessly — In a frictionless way; without friction.
  • gallery forest — a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country.
  • geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
  • granny glasses — round spectacles
  • graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
  • gray sea eagle — a grayish-brown sea eagle, Haliaetus albicilla, of the Old World and Greenland, having a white tail.
  • gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
  • gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
  • gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
  • heterologously — In a heterologous manner.
  • heterophyllous — having different kinds of leaves on the same plant.
  • heterosexually — In a heterosexual way.
  • holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
  • holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
  • holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
  • holy sepulcher — the sepulcher in which the body of Jesus lay between His burial and His resurrection.
  • holy sepulchre — the tomb in which the body of Christ was laid after the Crucifixion
  • hydrocellulose — a gelatinous substance obtained by the partial hydrolysis of cellulose, used chiefly in the manufacture of paper, mercerized cotton, and viscose rayon.
  • hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
  • hydrochlorides — Plural form of hydrochloride.
  • hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
  • hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
  • hypercivilised — extremely or excessively civilized
  • hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hyperrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • hypersexualise — Alternative spelling of hypersexualize.
  • hypersexuality — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
  • hypersexualize — To make extremely sexual; to accentuate the sexuality of.
  • hypersomnolent — sleepy; drowsy.
  • hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
  • hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
  • hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
  • illustratively — In an illustrative manner.
  • impressibility — The quality of being impressible.
  • impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
  • in holy orders — ordained
  • in one's glory — at one's best, happiest, etc.
  • inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
  • indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
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