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13-letter words containing n, o, s, t, y, l

  • polycistronic — of or relating to the transcription of two or more adjacent cistrons into a single messenger RNA molecule.
  • polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
  • postcranially — affecting the postcranium
  • pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
  • psychoanalyst — a person trained to practice psychoanalysis.
  • punctiliously — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
  • questioningly — In a questioning manner.
  • ray tomlinson — (person)   An engineer at Bolt Beranek and Newman who, in July 1972 while designing the first[?] electronic mail program, chose the commercial at symbol "@" to separate the user name from the computer name.
  • reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
  • relay station — a radio station that receives radio signals and retransmits them, in order to extend their range
  • remonstrantly — in a remonstrant or opposing manner
  • ripstop nylon — a nylon fabric woven with a double thread approximately every quarter inch to prevent the expansion of small rips.
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
  • saxony-anhalt — a state in central Germany. 9515 sq. mi. (24,644 sq. km). Capital: Magdeburg.
  • scotland yard — a short street in central London, England: formerly the site of the London police headquarters, which were removed 1890 to a Thames embankment (New Scotland Yard, ).
  • seasonability — fact of being seasonable
  • seaton valley — a region in NE England, in SE Northumberland: consists of a group of former coal-mining villages
  • sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
  • sensationally — producing or designed to produce a startling effect, strong reaction, intense interest, etc., especially by exaggerated, superficial, or lurid elements: a sensational novel.
  • sententiously — abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
  • shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
  • single-storey — (of a building) having only one floor or level
  • situationally — manner of being situated; location or position with reference to environment: The situation of the house allowed for a beautiful view.
  • 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.
  • spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
  • stentoriously — stentorian.
  • stone parsley — a parsley, Sison amomum, of Eurasia, bearing aromatic seeds that are used as a condiment.
  • subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
  • suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
  • 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.
  • syllabication — to syllabify.
  • symbolization — the act or process of symbolizing.
  • synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
  • synophthalmia — cyclopia.
  • syphilization — the act of syphilizing
  • tonsillectomy — the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.
  • transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
  • tympanoplasty — reconstruction of the eardrum and the bones of the middle ear.
  • unambitiously — in an unambitious manner
  • uncustomarily — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
  • unobtrusively — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
  • unsupportedly — in an unsupported fashion, without support
  • venturesomely — in a venturesome manner
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