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15-letter words containing r, a, i, l, e, y

  • michael faraday — Michael, 1791–1867, English physicist and chemist: discoverer of electromagnetic induction.
  • military police — soldiers who perform police duties
  • mineralogically — With regard to mineralogy.
  • minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
  • minority leader — the party member who directs the activities of the minority party on the floor of a legislative body, as of the U.S. Congress.
  • mixture quality — Mixture quality is the degree to which a mixture is an ideal mixture.
  • morbidity table — A morbidity table is a statistical table that shows the proportion of people that are expected to become sick or injured at each age.
  • mortality table — an actuarial table showing the percentage of persons who die at any given age, compiled from statistics on selected population groups or on former policyholders.
  • mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
  • mulberry family — the plant family Moraceae, characterized by deciduous or evergreen trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having simple, alternate leaves, often milky sap, dense clusters of small flowers, and fruit in the form of a fleshy berry, usually hollow in the center, and including the fig, mulberry, Osage orange, and rubber plant.
  • nanocrystalline — Of, pertaining to, or composed of nanocrystals.
  • net.personality — Someone who has made a name for him or herself on Usenet, through either longevity or attention-getting posts, but doesn't meet the other requirements of net.godhood.
  • neurochemically — In a neurochemical manner or context.
  • neurofibrillary — Of or pertaining to a neurofibril.
  • neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
  • neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
  • neutral density — black, white, or a shade of grey; a colourless tone
  • nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
  • nickel carbonyl — a colorless or yellow, volatile, water-insoluble, poisonous, flammable liquid, Ni(CO) 4 , obtained by the reaction of nickel and carbon monoxide, and used for nickel-plating.
  • non-crystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
  • not necessarily — If you reply 'Not necessarily', you mean that what has just been said or suggested may not be true.
  • nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
  • observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
  • operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
  • orientationally — With regard to orientation.
  • orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
  • over-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
  • overemotionally — In an overemotional manner.
  • overfamiliarity — The state of being overfamiliar.
  • oxytetracycline — a dull-yellow, crystalline antibiotic powder, C 2 2 H 2 4 N 2 O 9 , produced by Streptomyces rimosus, used chiefly in treating infections caused by streptococci, staphylococci, Gram-negative bacilli, rickettsiae, and certain protozoans and viruses.
  • paradise valley — a town in SW Arizona.
  • parenthetically — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
  • parliamentarily — in a parliamentary manner
  • participatively — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
  • paternity leave — a leave of absence from a job for a father to care for a new baby.
  • pearly nautilus — nautilus (def 1).
  • pentaerythritol — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 1 2 O 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of alkyd resins, varnishes, plasticizers, and explosives.
  • perissosyllabic — (of a line of verse) containing more syllables than expected for the metre being used
  • perpendicularly — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • personal injury — injury to an individual
  • phenylhydrazine — a yellow, poisonous liquid or low-melting solid, C 6 H 8 N 2 , used in chemical analysis and organic synthesis.
  • phenylketonuria — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
  • phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
  • phrenologically — in a manner relating to phrenology
  • physical memory — (memory management)   The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
  • picture gallery — place where art is exhibited and sold
  • picture library — A picture library is a collection of photographs that is held by a particular company or organization. Newspapers or publishers can pay to use the photographs in their publications.
  • pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
  • plane surveying — the surveying of areas of limited size, making no corrections for the earth's curvature
  • planimetrically — in a planimetric manner
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