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14-letter words containing s, i, l, y

  • foreseeability — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
  • fowl paralysis — Marek's disease.
  • frictionlessly — In a frictionless way; without friction.
  • futuristically — of or relating to the future: a futuristic view of the world.
  • gascoyne-cecil — Robert Arthur Talbot [tawl-buh t] /ˈtɔl bət/ (Show IPA), 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, Salisbury (def 1).
  • geognostically — with reference to a knowledge of the structure of the earth
  • geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
  • ginseng family — the plant family Araliaceae, characterized by often prickly herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having alternate leaves and dense clusters of small, whitish or greenish flowers, and including the devil's-club, ginseng, ivy, schefflera, and wild sarsaparilla.
  • glycogenolysis — (biochemistry) The production of glucose-1-phosphate by splitting a glucose monomer from glycogen using inorganic phosphate.
  • glycosidically — In a glycosidic manner; by means of a glycoside.
  • grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
  • gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
  • gyroscopically — Using a gyroscope.
  • gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
  • happy families — a card game in which the object is to collect the cards (which display images of people) until you have a complete family
  • happy slapping — the practice of attacking, esp slapping, an unsuspecting passer-by and filming it with a mobile camera phone, footage of which is then circulated for the amusement of others
  • health physics — the branch of physics concerned with the health and safety of people in medical, scientific, and industrial work, esp with protection from the biological effects of ionizing radiation
  • hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
  • heliosciophyte — any plant that grows in the shade, but thrives more in the sun
  • histologically — In an histological manner.
  • histopathology — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
  • histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
  • hobbledehoyish — of or like a hobbledehoy
  • holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
  • holiday season — period: November to January
  • holy of holies — a place of special sacredness.
  • holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
  • humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
  • humoristically — In a humoristic way.
  • hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
  • hydrobiologist — someone who studies or specializes in hydrobiology
  • hydrochlorides — Plural form of hydrochloride.
  • hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
  • hydrosulphuric — Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric.
  • hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
  • hypercivilised — extremely or excessively civilized
  • hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hyperrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • hypersexualise — Alternative spelling of hypersexualize.
  • hypersexuality — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
  • hypersexualize — To make extremely sexual; to accentuate the sexuality of.
  • hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
  • hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
  • hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
  • hypocoristical — (rare) synonym of hypocoristic.
  • hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
  • hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
  • hypostatically — In a hypostatic manner.
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