15-letter words containing s, i, y
- food insecurity — an economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
- for pity's sake — You can say for pity's sake to add emphasis to what you are saying, especially when you are annoyed or upset.
- fortysomethings — Plural form of fortysomething.
- fountains abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey near Ripon in Yorkshire: founded 1132, dissolved 1539; landscaped 1720
- frederick soddy — Frederick, 1877–1956, English chemist: Nobel prize 1921.
- free soil party — a former U.S. political party (1848–56) that opposed the extension of slavery in the Territories not yet admitted to statehood.
- free university — a school run informally by and for college students, organized to offer courses and approaches not usually offered in a college curriculum.
- fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
- fungistatically — in a fungistatic manner
- gaia hypothesis — a model of the earth as a self-regulating organism, advanced as an alternative to a mechanistic model.
- gastronomically — the art or science of good eating.
- geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- gesneria family — the plant family Gesneriaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having a basal rosette of usually toothed leaves, tubular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the African violet, gloxinia, and streptocarpus.
- give a monkey's — to care about or regard as important
- gloucester city — a city in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- glyconeogenesis — gluconeogenesis.
- gorlin syndrome — a rare congenital disorder in which cancer destroys the facial skin and causes blindness; skeletal anomalies can also occur
- graphic display — the way in which line drawings and text are displayed
- graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
- gross indecency — sexual offence
- growth industry — an industry that is experiencing rapid growth
- guidance system — The guidance system of a missile or rocket is the device which controls its course.
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- has had its day — If you say that something has had its day, you mean that the period during which it was most successful or popular has now passed.
- hazard analysis — risk assessment
- head-up display — an electronic display of data from instruments or other sources projected at eye level so that a driver or pilot sees it without looking away from the road or course. Abbreviation: HUD.
- heaviside layer — E layer.
- hemiglossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
- hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
- henry cavendish — Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.
- heterosexuality — sexual feeling or behavior directed toward a person or persons of the opposite sex.
- hexylresorcinol — white or yellowish-white, needle-shaped crystals, C 12 H 18 O 2 , used chiefly as an antiseptic and for the expulsion of intestinal worms.
- hillbilly music — folk music combined with elements of popular music in which the banjo, fiddle, and guitar are principal instruments: a type of music that originated in mountain regions of the southern U.S.
- histochemically — In a histochemical manner.
- histomorphology — histology.
- histophysiology — the branch of physiology dealing with tissues.
- holiday clothes — the clothes worn and bought for travelling on holiday, such as swimwear, skiwear, or clothes for hot or cold weather, etc
- holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
- holyhead island — former name of Holy Island (def 2).
- homeostatically — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
- honeymoon suite — a luxurious suite in a hotel designed for honeymooners
- horse artillery — cavalry equipped with artillery
- house physician — a house officer working in a medical as opposed to a surgical discipline
- hydraulic press — a machine permitting a small force applied to a small piston to produce, through fluid pressure, a large force on a large piston.
- hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
- hydrostatically — In a hydrostatic manner.
- hygroscopically — In a hygroscopic way.
- hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
- hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity