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14-letter words containing s, o, l, e, y

  • encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
  • endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
  • epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
  • erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
  • eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
  • eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
  • eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
  • exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
  • extensionality — extensional equality
  • feel one's way — to move or advance cautiously, by or as if by groping
  • flanders poppy — corn poppy.
  • fool's-parsley — an Old World fetid, poisonous plant, Aethusa cynapium, resembling parsley.
  • foreseeability — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
  • frictionlessly — In a frictionless way; without friction.
  • 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
  • geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
  • glycogenolysis — (biochemistry) The production of glucose-1-phosphate by splitting a glucose monomer from glycogen using inorganic phosphate.
  • graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
  • gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
  • 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.
  • h.g.j. moseleyHenry Gwyn Jeffreys [gwin] /gwɪn/ (Show IPA), 1887–1915, English physicist: pioneer in x-ray spectroscopy.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • heterologously — In a heterologous manner.
  • heterophyllous — having different kinds of leaves on the same plant.
  • heterosexually — In a heterosexual way.
  • 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 sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
  • holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
  • holy sepulcher — the sepulcher in which the body of Jesus lay between His burial and His resurrection.
  • holy sepulchre — the tomb in which the body of Christ was laid after the Crucifixion
  • hydrocellulose — a gelatinous substance obtained by the partial hydrolysis of cellulose, used chiefly in the manufacture of paper, mercerized cotton, and viscose rayon.
  • hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
  • hydrochlorides — Plural form of hydrochloride.
  • hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
  • hypersomnolent — sleepy; drowsy.
  • hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
  • hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
  • hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
  • impassionately — filled with passion; impassioned.
  • impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
  • in all honesty — You say in all honesty when you are saying something that might be disappointing or upsetting, and you want to soften its effect by emphasizing your sincerity.
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