14-letter words containing s, i, l, t, y
- metastatically — In a metastatic manner.
- metrosexuality — The quality of being metrosexual.
- military brush — one of a pair of matched hairbrushes having no handles, especially for men and boys.
- modestly sized — moderately sized; not very large, but not small
- monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- moralistically — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
- multispecialty — (US) Exhibiting or possessing multiple specialties (especially medical specialties).
- mustard family — the plant family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate leaves, acrid or pungent juice, clusters of four-petaled flowers, and fruit in the form of a two-parted capsule, and including broccoli, cabbage, candytuft, cauliflower, cress, mustard, radish, sweet alyssum, turnip, and wallflower.
- mutual society — co-operative organization
- myofibroblasts — Plural form of myofibroblast.
- nihilistically — of or believing in nihilism, or the total rejection of established laws and institutions: An exhibition of nihilistic art—now there's an oxymoron!
- nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
- noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
- noncrystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- nonsensicality — (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
- nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
- novelistically — In a novelistic way.
- nt file system — (file system) (NTFS) The native file system of Windows NT.
- numismatically — Of or relating to coins or currency.
- octosyllabical — Alternative form of octosyllabic.
- oligosynthetic — (linguistics) (of a language) using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
- oppositionally — In terms of, or by means of, opposition.
- optimistically — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- ostentatiously — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
- osteogenically — By osteogenesis.
- osteologically — Concerning only the osteological aspects.
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- pacifistically — from a pacifistic point of view
- party politics — politics based on strict adherence to the policies and principles of a political party regardless of the public interest; partisan loyalism.
- pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
- pay television — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
- pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
- peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
- permissibility — that can be permitted; allowable: a permissible amount of sentimentality under the circumstances; Such behavior is not permissible!
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
- phosphorolytic — of or relating to phosphorolysis
- photocatalysis — the acceleration or retardation of the reaction rate in chemical reactions by light.
- phyllosilicate — any silicate mineral having the tetrahedral silicate groups linked in sheets, each group containing four oxygen atoms, three of which are shared with other groups so that the ratio of silicon atoms to oxygen atoms is two to five.
- phytosociology — the branch of ecology dealing with the origin, composition, structure, and classification of plant communities.
- pigs might fly — If you say 'pigs might fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
- plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
- pleasurability — the characteristic of being pleasurable
- police custody — If somebody or something is in police custody, they are kept somewhere secure, under the supervision of police officers, for example in a police station.
- polite society — sophisticated company
- polydispersity — the state of being polydisperse
- polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
- potato psyllid — a tiny homopterous insect, Paratrioza cockerelli, occurring in some areas of the western U.S., western Canada, and Mexico: a serious pest to potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers, the nymphs acting as vectors in the transmission of psyllid yellows.
- prescriptively — that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.