15-letter words containing s, i, l, t, y
- main royal mast — the part of the mainmast situated immediately above, and generally formed as a single spar with, the main topgallantmast.
- manorial system — manorialism.
- market analysis — the process of determining factors, conditions, and characteristics of a market.
- martensitically — in a martensitic manner
- masochistically — Psychiatry. having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
- master cylinder — the hydraulic pump of an automotive braking system that contains a cylinder and one or two pistons, is actuated by the brake pedal, and supplies hydraulic fluid under pressure to the brakes at each wheel.
- mechanistically — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- mid-lent sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- military school — military academy.
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- monosyllabicity — The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic.
- multical system — E-mail: Richard Snodgrass <[email protected]>.
- multispeciality — Alternative form of multispecialty.
- multitudinously — In a multitudinous way.
- myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
- myofibroblastic — Relating to myofibroblasts.
- nanocrystalline — Of, pertaining to, or composed of nanocrystals.
- natural history — the sciences, as botany, mineralogy, or zoology, dealing with the study of all objects in nature: used especially in reference to the beginnings of these sciences in former times.
- net.personality — Someone who has made a name for him or herself on Usenet, through either longevity or attention-getting posts, but doesn't meet the other requirements of net.godhood.
- neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
- neutral density — black, white, or a shade of grey; a colourless tone
- night-sky light — the faint glow of the night sky, caused by such phenomena as airglow and zodiacal light.
- non-crystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- non-feasibility — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- nonclassicality — The condition of being nonclassical.
- not necessarily — If you reply 'Not necessarily', you mean that what has just been said or suggested may not be true.
- nucleosynthesis — the formation of new atomic nuclei by nuclear reactions, thought to occur in the interiors of stars and in the early stages of development of the universe.
- nucleosynthetic — Of or pertaining to nucleosynthesis.
- null hypothesis — (in the statistical testing of a hypothesis) the hypothesis to be tested.
- observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- oppositionality — Quality of being oppositional.
- pathophysiology — the physiology of abnormal or diseased organisms or their parts; the functional changes associated with a disease or syndrome.
- pearly nautilus — nautilus (def 1).
- pessimistically — pertaining to or characterized by pessimism or the tendency to expect only bad outcomes; gloomy; joyless; unhopeful: His pessimistic outlook kept him from applying for jobs for which he was perfectly qualified.
- phosphorylation — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
- phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
- photoelasticity — the phenomenon of double refraction of polarized light by a transparent substance under elastic stress, used to measure strain in elastic, transparent materials.
- physical optics — the branch of optics concerned with the wave properties of light, the superposition of waves, the deviation of light from its rectilinear propagation in a manner other than that considered by geometrical optics, the interaction of light with matter, and the quantum, corpuscular aspects of light.
- physicalization — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- physiopathology — pathophysiology.
- plastic surgery — the branch of surgery dealing with the repair or replacement of malformed, injured, or lost organs or tissues of the body, chiefly by the transplant of living tissues.
- platitudinously — in a platitudinal manner
- platyhelminthes — a phylum of worms having bilateral symmetry and a soft, usually flattened body, comprising the flatworms.
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- plunket society — the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children
- pluralistically — from a pluralistic point of view
- polycrystalline — (of a rock or metal) composed of aggregates of individual crystals.
- polyisobutylene — a polymer of isobutylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber.
- postapocalyptic — of or like an apocalypse; affording a revelation or prophecy.