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12-letter words containing s, h, i, l, y

  • pennywhistle — a cheap toy whistle orig. sold for a penny
  • phosphatidyl — an atom or group of atoms containing one or more unpaired electrons derived from a phosphatide
  • phycologists — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
  • phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
  • phylogenesis — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
  • physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • physiologies — the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.
  • physiologist — a specialist in physiology.
  • pollyannaish — an excessively or blindly optimistic person.
  • polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
  • polyhedrosis — an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA.
  • polyhistoric — relating to a polyhistor
  • polymorphism — the state or condition of being polymorphous.
  • polystichous — arranged in rows or series.
  • polysulphide — any sulphide of a metal containing divalent anions in which there are chains of sulphur atoms, as in the polysulphides of sodium, Na2S2, Na2S3, Na2S4, etc
  • polytheistic — pertaining to, characterized by, or adhering to polytheism, the doctrine that there is more than one god or many gods: Science thrived in the polytheistic culture of ancient Greece.
  • psychologism — emphasis upon psychological factors in the development of a theory, as in history or philosophy.
  • psychologist — a specialist in psychology.
  • psychologize — to make psychological investigations or speculations, especially those that are naive or uninformed.
  • psychosocial — of or relating to the interaction between social and psychological factors.
  • reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
  • refreshingly — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
  • saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
  • sandy blight — trachoma.
  • schindylesis — an articulation or fibrous joint in which one bone is received into the cleft or slit of another bone
  • schindyletic — relating to the joint in which one bone is received into the cleft or slit of another bone
  • schoolboyish — like or characteristic of a schoolboy
  • scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
  • see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
  • semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
  • seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
  • shareability — the state or property of being able to be shared
  • shellfishery — the industry and commerce of catching, processing, and selling shellfish; raising shellfish for commercial purposes.
  • shillyshally — to show indecision or hesitation; be irresolute; vacillate.
  • shoo-fly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
  • silbury hill — the largest prehistoric artificial mound in Europe, located near Avebury, England, and dating from 2600 b.c.
  • single rhyme — a rhyme of monosyllables, as in heart, part.
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
  • solzhenitsyn — Alexander or Aleksandr (Isayevich) [al-ig-zan-der ee-sahy-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr ee-sah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər iˈsaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr iˈsɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–2008, Russian novelist: Nobel prize 1970; in the U.S. 1974–94.
  • sothic cycle — (in the ancient Egyptian calendar) a period of 1460 Sothic years.
  • sphericality — the state of being a sphere
  • sprightfully — in a sprightful manner
  • stoichiology — the branch of biology concerned with the study of the cellular components of animal tissues
  • stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
  • supply chain — process of manufacture and sale
  • synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
  • synchronical — happening at the same time
  • the olympics — the Olympic Games
  • this-worldly — distinguished by or relating to material or earthly concerns; not spiritual or concerned with life in a future or imaginary world
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