13-letter words containing s, a, l, y
- psychoanalyse — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
- psychoanalyst — a person trained to practice psychoanalysis.
- psychoanalyze — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
- psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
- psychological — of or relating to psychology.
- psychotically — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- pusillanimity — the state or condition of being pusillanimous; timidity; cowardliness.
- quality press — the more serious newspapers which give detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society
- quarrelsomely — In a quarrelsome manner.
- quasi-crystal — a group of atoms resembling a crystal but not having symmetrical plane faces
- quasi-totally — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
- quasimilitary — Having certain military aspects.
- 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.
- rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
- rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
- realistically — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- reality-based — (especially of television) portraying or alleging to portray events as they actually happened.
- reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- recrystallize — to become crystallized again.
- relay station — a radio station that receives radio signals and retransmits them, in order to extend their range
- releasability — to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.
- remonstrantly — in a remonstrant or opposing manner
- resectability — the state of being resectable
- residentially — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- restless cavy — a wild guinea pig.
- restoratively — in a restorative manner
- rhyming slang — a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
- risk analysis — A risk analysis is a process of deciding how likely it is that injury, damage, or loss will happen, and what the effects will be if it does happen.
- royal marines — a corps of soldiers specially trained in amphibious warfare
- royal society — The Royal Society of London for the Advancement of Science, a society through which the British government has supported scientific investigation since 1662: awards four annual medals.
- rr lyrae star — Astronomy. one of a group of pulsating variable stars found in the halo of the Milky Way, with periods between 1.2 and 30 hours; all have approximately the same luminosity and are therefore used for measuring distances.
- saccharolytic — of or causing the hydrolysis of sugars.
- sacramentally — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- sacrifice fly — a fly ball when there are fewer than two players out that enables a base runner, usually at third base, to score after the ball is caught.
- sacrificially — pertaining to or concerned with sacrifice.
- safety helmet — protective hard hat
- safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
- safety lintel — an auxiliary lintel concealed behind a visible lintel, arch, etc.
- salary earner — someone who earns a fixed regular payment made by an employer, often monthly, for professional or office work as opposed to manual work
- salary review — the, often annual, assessment or review of the salary or paid to an employee, where decisions are taken on whether the employee's pay should be increased, etc
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
- sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
- san pablo bay — the N part of San Francisco Bay, in W California.
- sanctifyingly — in a sanctifying manner
- sandfly fever — a usually mild viral disease occurring in hot, dry areas, characterized by fever, eye pain, and sometimes a rash, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus.
- sanitary belt — a narrow belt, usually of elastic, for holding a sanitary napkin in place.
- sarcastically — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
- saturnalianly — in a saturnalian or dissolute manner
- saxony-anhalt — a state in central Germany. 9515 sq. mi. (24,644 sq. km). Capital: Magdeburg.