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13-letter words containing n, o, i, s, y

  • specimen copy — a copy of a document regarded as typical of that type of document
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • spider monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
  • spiny dogfish — any of several dogfish sharks of the genus Squalus, having a spine in front of each of the two dorsal fins, especially S. acanthias, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters.
  • 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.
  • spondylolysis — the destruction of the vertebra
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • sports injury — wound sustained while playing sport
  • staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
  • stentoriously — stentorian.
  • string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
  • subinhibitory — not completely inhibiting
  • suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
  • superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
  • syllabication — to syllabify.
  • symbolic link — (file format)   (SYLK) A Microsoft file format for spreadsheets, (not to be confused with symbolic link). SYLK format existed in one form or another in as early as 1987, and was part of Excel v1.0. It is is an outgrowth of VisiCalc DIF file format. SYLK format is ascii text and represents information about both formula, value, and some formatting information, which makes it something like an RTF for spreadsheets. It is used as a general tabular data exchange format.
  • symbolization — the act or process of symbolizing.
  • synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
  • synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
  • synchondrosis — the joining of two bones by cartilage
  • synchronicity — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
  • synchronistic — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
  • synchronizing — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • 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.
  • synecphonesis — the fusion of two syllables into one
  • synodic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • synophthalmia — cyclopia.
  • syphilization — the act of syphilizing
  • syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
  • systemization — systematize.
  • szent-gyorgyi — Albert [al-bert;; Hungarian ol-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; Hungarian ˈɒl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1893–1986, U.S. biochemist, born in Hungary: Nobel Prize in medicine 1937.
  • tenosynovitis — inflammation of a tendon sheath, as from trauma, repeated strain, or systemic disease.
  • thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
  • time is money — don't waste time
  • tonsillectomy — the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.
  • transitionary — movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change: the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
  • transmisogyny — discrimination or prejudice against transgender women.
  • trinity house — an association that provides lighthouses, buoys, etc, around the British coast
  • unambiguously — plainly, clearly
  • unambitiously — in an unambitious manner
  • unconsciously — not conscious; without awareness, sensation, or cognition.
  • uncustomarily — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
  • unfashionably — in an unfashionable manner
  • unmaliciously — not in a malicious manner
  • unobtrusively — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
  • unofficiously — objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
  • unpromisingly — in a manner that is not showing any promise of favourable development or future success
  • vaginomycosis — a fungous infection of the vagina.
  • winter savory — See under savory2 .
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