0%

16-letter words containing r, y, s, a, n

  • haversian system — a Haversian canal and the series of concentric bony plates surrounding it.
  • hay-scented fern — a fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula, of eastern North America, having brittle, yellow-green fronds.
  • hearsay evidence — testimony based on what a witness has heard from another person rather than on direct personal knowledge or experience.
  • hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
  • husayn ali mirza — 1817–92, Persian religious leader: founder of Bahāʾī.
  • hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
  • hyperinsulinemia — (medicine) The condition of having an excessively high level of insulin in the blood, usually due to excess production.
  • hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hypersexualizing — Present participle of hypersexualize.
  • hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • hypervitaminosis — an abnormal condition caused by an excessive intake of vitamins.
  • hyponitrous acid — an unstable, crystalline acid, H 2 N 2 O 2 .
  • in a brown study — in a reverie or daydream
  • in so many words — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • in the worst way — bad or ill in the highest, greatest, or most extreme degree: the worst person.
  • indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
  • indiscriminantly — Misspelling of indiscriminately.
  • indiscriminately — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
  • insurance policy — contract that insures sth
  • intercrystalline — situated or passing between the crystals of a substance.
  • interest payment — a payment of interest on a loan or mortgage
  • interstratifying — Present participle of interstratify.
  • intracytoplasmic — Located in the cytoplasm of a cell.
  • intrinsic parity — parity1 (def 4b).
  • journalistically — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
  • jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
  • key note speaker — a person who delivers a keynote address.
  • keyman insurance — life insurance taken out by a business firm on an essential or very important employee, with the firm as beneficiary.
  • keynote software — A company which offers software-based business contact directories for people who develop, manufacture, market, or distribute software or multimedia products. E-mail: <[email protected]> (Subject: SEND INDEX).
  • kingfisher daisy — a bushy southern African plant, Felicia bergerana, having grasslike leaves and solitary, bright-blue flowers.
  • latter-day saint — a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  • law of parsimony — a principle according to which an explanation of a thing or event is made with the fewest possible assumptions.
  • lazy standard ml — (language)   (LSML) A lazy varient of SML, allowing cyclic val definitions, by Prateek Mishra <[email protected]>. Not to be confused with LML.
  • lexical analyser — (language)   (Or "scanner") The initial input stage of a language processor (e.g. a compiler), the part that performs lexical analysis.
  • lonely hearts ad — an advertisement placed by someone who is trying to find a lover or a friend
  • magnetic pyrites — Mineralogy. pyrrhotite.
  • magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
  • margin of safety — therapeutic index.
  • marshalling yard — a place or depot where railway wagons are shunted and made up into trains and where engines, carriages, etc, are kept when not in use
  • mechanochemistry — the field of chemistry that deals with the direct conversion of chemical into mechanical energy.
  • mesembryanthemum — any of various chiefly Old World plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, having thick, fleshy leaves and often showy flowers.
  • microcrystalline — minutely crystalline; composed of microscopic crystals.
  • military honours — ceremonies performed by troops in honour of royalty, at the burial of an officer, etc
  • military science — the study of the causative factors and tactical principles of warfare.
  • minstrel gallery — a gallery in a building meant for use by musicians playing to provide background music or entertainment at a feast or other event
  • minute secretary — the person responsible for noting the minutes of a meeting
  • misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
  • missionary ridge — a ridge in NW Georgia and SE Tennessee: Civil War battle 1863.
  • monotransitivity — (grammar) The state or quality of being monotransitive.
  • mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?