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14-letter words containing n, o, i, l, y

  • leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • linsey-woolsey — a coarse fabric woven from linen warp, or sometimes cotton, and coarse wool filling.
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
  • living history — any of various activities involving the re-enactment of historical events or the recreation of living conditions of the past
  • logania family — the plant family Loganiaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs of warm regions having usually opposite leaves, clusters of regular flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or fleshy fruit, and including the butterfly bush, Carolina jessamine, logania, and trees of the genus Strychnos, which are the source of curare, nux vomica, and strychnine.
  • logical syntax — syntactics.
  • longevity risk — Longevity risk is the potential risk attached to the increasing life expectancy of policyholders, which can result in higher than expected payouts for insurance companies.
  • longitudinally — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
  • lymphangiogram — an X-ray of the lymphatic system taken after a contrast agent has been injected, often used to diagnose lymphoma
  • lyophilisation — Alternative spelling of lyophilization.
  • lyophilization — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
  • lysogenization — the process of a bacterium becoming lysogenic
  • magniloquently — In a magniloquent manner.
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • mandibulohyoid — (anatomy) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch.
  • manometrically — Using a manometer.
  • marine biology — science of sea life
  • marine geology — the branch of geology dealing with the rocks, sediments, and processes of the floors and margins of the oceans.
  • mayonnaiselike — Resembling mayonnaise.
  • 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.
  • mindbogglingly — In a mindboggling manner; in such a way as to boggle the mind; so as to be beyond comprehension or understanding.
  • minicoy island — a small island in the S Laccadive Islands, off the SW coast of India. 1.25 sq. mi. (3.24 sq. km).
  • minilaparotomy — Surgery. laparotomy with a small incision into the abdomen, often no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm), used especially for tubal ligation.
  • mining geology — geology applied to the exploitation of mineral deposits.
  • modal analysis — Modal analysis is the analysis of a structure to find its natural frequencies of vibration.
  • modelling clay — mouldable substance fixed in a kiln
  • monocarboxylic — containing one carboxyl group.
  • monocratically — In a monocratic manner.
  • monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
  • monolithically — of or relating to a monolith.
  • monomaniacally — In a monomaniacal manner.
  • monophonically — In a monophonic manner.
  • monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
  • moon jellyfish — a coelenterate, Aurelia aurita, inhabiting all seas, having a luminescent milky-pink or milky-orange, umbrellalike disk 3–9 inches (8–23 cm) in diameter.
  • morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
  • morganatically — In a morganatic manner.
  • motivationally — In a motivational manner.
  • mount mckinley — a mountain in S central Alaska: highest peak in North America, 20,310 feet (6190 meters).
  • mountain nyala — a similar and related Ethiopian animal, T. buxtoni, lacking the white crest
  • mylonitization — the geological process which causes the formation of mylonite
  • national party — (in New Zealand) the more conservative of the two main political parties
  • navigationally — in a navigational manner; from a navigational point of view
  • neurogenically — by neural activity
  • neurologically — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
  • neuroradiology — the branch of radiology dealing with the central nervous system
  • 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.
  • nodal analysis — Nodal analysis is a method of analyzing circuits based on defining node voltages as the variables.
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