14-letter words containing s, o, a, y
- foreseeability — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- fowl paralysis — Marek's disease.
- gallery forest — a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country.
- 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
- glycosidically — In a glycosidic manner; by means of a glycoside.
- go easy on sth — If you tell someone to go easy on something, you are telling them to use only a small amount of it.
- graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
- gynandromorphs — Plural form of gynandromorph.
- 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.
- halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
- have one's say — When one of the people or groups involved in a discussion has their say, they give their opinion.
- hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- heterokaryosis — condition in which a binucleate or multinucleate cell contains genetically dissimilar nuclei.
- heterosexually — In a heterosexual way.
- histologically — In an histological manner.
- histopathology — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
- historiography — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
- histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
- holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
- holiday season — period: November to January
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
- hydroacoustics — the study of sound travelling through water
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hyperkeratosis — Pathology. proliferation of the cells of the cornea. a thickening of the horny layer of the skin.
- hypermicrosoma — dwarfishness.
- hypernephromas — Plural form of hypernephroma.
- hyperresonance — the state or quality of being resonant.
- hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
- hypnotherapist — A practitioner of hypnotherapy.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
- 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.
- hypopotassemia — hypokalemia.
- hypostatically — In a hypostatic manner.
- hypothalamus's — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
- iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.