14-letter words containing s, e, c, r, y
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
- inventory cost — Inventory costs are the costs to a business associated with holding stock, or money that is tied up in stock.
- irrespectively — without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
- irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- jefferson city — a city in and the capital of Missouri, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- knacker's yard — a slaughterhouse for horses
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- lawson cypress — Port Orford cedar.
- leiomyosarcoma — (pathology) A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
- macartney rose — a trailing or climbing evergreen rose, Rosa bracteata, of China, having shiny leaves and large, solitary white flowers.
- marasca cherry — the red acid-tasting fruit of the marasca tree, from which maraschino is made
- masonry cement — a mix typically of Portland cement, hydrated lime, and other materials, used to improve the water retention and workability of the cement in masonry work.
- megakaryocytes — Plural form of megakaryocyte.
- mercury switch — an especially quiet switch that opens and closes an electric circuit by shifting a vial containing a pool of mercury so as to cover or uncover the contacts.
- meretriciously — In a meretricious manner.
- microaneurysms — Plural form of microaneurysm.
- microchemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with minute quantities of substances.
- microsporocyte — one of the mother cells that produce four microspores by meiosis.
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
- neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
- neurosecretory — participating in or causal of neurosecretion; pertaining to neurosecretion
- noncrystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
- nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
- oestrous cycle — a hormonally controlled cycle of activity of the reproductive organs in many female mammals. The follicular stage (growth of the Graafian follicles, thickening of the lining of the uterus, secretion of oestrogen, and ovulation, is succeeded by the luteal phase (formation of the corpus luteum and secretion of progesterone), followed by regression and a return to the first stage
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- oyster cracker — a small, round, usually salted cracker, served with oysters, soup, etc.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- percutaneously — through the skin
- peritoneoscopy — an endoscopy examining the peritoneal cavity
- peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- petrochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with petroleum or its products.
- petrophysicist — a person who studies, or is an expert in, petrophysics
- phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
- photochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
- physical layer — (networking) Layer one, the lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The physical layer encompasses details such as electrical and mechanical connections to the network, transmission of binary data as changing voltage levels on wires or similar concepts on other connectors, and data rates. The physical layer is used by the data link layer. Example physical layer protocols are CSMA/CD, token ring and bus.
- phytochemistry — the branch of biochemistry dealing with plants and plant processes.
- piezochemistry — the study of chemical reactions at high pressures
- plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated