15-letter words containing r, a, i, l, e, y
- roll in the hay — a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- royal air force — aerial branch of British military
- royal engineers — a branch of the British army that undertakes the building of fortifications, mines, bridges, and other engineering works
- sabbatical year — Also called sabbatical leave. (in a school, college, university, etc.) a year, usually every seventh, of release from normal teaching duties granted to a professor, as for study or travel.
- salary increase — an increase in the salary or pay given to an employee
- salisbury steak — ground beef, sometimes mixed with other foods, shaped like a hamburger patty and broiled or fried, often garnished or served with a sauce.
- scarlet lychnis — a plant, Lychnis chalcedonica, of the pink family, having scarlet or sometimes white flowers, the arrangement and shape of the petals resembling a Maltese cross.
- semicrystalline — partly or imperfectly crystalline.
- semicylindrical — of, relating to, or having the shape of a semicylinder
- septentrionally — northwards; in the direction of the north
- serial monogamy — a form of monogamy characterized by several successive, short-term marriages over the course of a lifetime.
- silent majority — the U.S. citizens who supported President Nixon's policies but who were not politically vocal, outspoken, or active: considered by him to constitute a majority.
- simple majority — less than half of the total votes cast but more than the minimum required to win, as when there are more than two candidates or choices.
- social security — (usually initial capital letters) a program of old-age, unemployment, health, disability, and survivors insurance maintained by the U.S. federal government through compulsory payments by specific employer and employee groups.
- special library — a library maintained by an organization, as a business, association, or government agency, to collect materials and provide information of special relevance to the work of the organization.
- stereologically — by way of stereology or in a stereological manner
- stereotypically — in a stereotypical manner
- strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
- subperiosteally — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- subsidiary cell — Immunology. any of various cells of the immune system that work with T or B cells to initiate a specific immune response.
- sulphinpyrazone — a uricosuric drug with molecular formula C23H20N2O3S, used in the treatment of chronic gout
- summer holidays — the time when children do not go to school in the summer
- super-sexuality — sexual character; possession of the structural and functional traits of sex.
- supernaturality — the quality or state of being supernatural; supernaturalism.
- superplasticity — the phenomenon, exhibited by certain metals and alloys usually at high temperatures, of stretching to extreme lengths without breaking
- sylvian fissure — lateral fissure.
- symbol retailer — any member of a voluntary group of independent retailers, often using a common name or symbol, formed to obtain better prices from wholesalers or manufacturers in competition with supermarket chains
- synergistically — pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling synergy: a synergistic effect.
- taylor's series — an infinite sum giving the value of a function f(z) in the neighbourhood of a point a in terms of the derivatives of the function evaluated at a. Under certain conditions, the series has the form f(z) = f(a) + [f′(a)(z – a)]/1! + [f″(a)(z – a)2]/2! + …
- telegraphically — of or relating to the telegraph.
- tensor analysis — the branch of mathematics dealing with the calculus of tensors, especially the study of properties that are unaffected by a change of coordinate system.
- tertiary colour — a colour formed by mixing two secondary colours
- the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
- the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
- therapeutically — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- thioallyl ether — allyl sulfide.
- total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
- transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- tray classifier — A tray classifier is a tank for leaching from a dispersed solid, in which pulp at the bottom of the tank is raked (= moved to the exit) while solvent is forced toward the bottom of the tank.
- trial by battle — a method of trying an accused person or of settling a dispute by a personal fight between the two parties involved or, in some circumstances, their permitted champions, in the presence of a judge. It was introduced to England after the Norman Conquest and abolished in 1819
- tutorial system — a system of education, especially in some colleges, in which instruction is given personally by tutors, who also act as general advisers of a small group of students in their charge.
- umbrella policy — An umbrella policy is a policy that provides excess limits and gives additional excess coverage over the normal limits and coverage of liability policies.
- unanswerability — the quality of not being answerable or contestable
- uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
- unparliamentary — not parliamentary; at variance with or contrary to the methods employed by parliamentary bodies.