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15-letter words containing s, p, e, y

  • adenohypophysis — the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
  • aegyptopithecus — a genus of extinct anthropoid ape of the Oligocene Period known from remains found in Egypt.
  • air-superiority — designating a fighter aircraft built for long patrol capability at high altitudes and supersonic speeds, with air-to-air combat as its principal mission.
  • antihypotensive — An antihypotensive is any drug that raises low blood pressure.
  • archiepiscopacy — a form of church government in which power is vested in archbishops.
  • array processor — (processor)   (Or "vector processor") A computer, or extension to its arithmetic unit, that is capable of performing simultaneous computations on elements of an array or table of data in some number of dimensions. The IBM AltiVec (the "Velocity Engine" used in the Apple G4 computers) is a vector processor. Common uses for array processors include analysis of fluid dynamics and rotation of 3d objects, as well as data retrieval, in which elements of a database are scanned simultaneously. Array processors are very rare now (1998).
  • assemblypersons — Plural form of assemblyperson.
  • astrophotometry — the measurement of the intensity of light of celestial objects.
  • atmospherically — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • autostereoscopy — The display of stereoscopic images without the use of special viewing equipment.
  • basses-pyrenees — former name of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
  • battleship gray — a subdued bluish gray.
  • bayeux tapestry — an 11th- or 12th-century embroidery in Bayeux, nearly 70.5 m (231 ft) long by 50 cm (20 inches) high, depicting the Norman conquest of England
  • ben day process — a method of adding texture, shading, or detail to line drawings by overlaying a transparent sheet of dots or any other pattern during platemaking
  • bias (ply) tire — a motor vehicle tire having a foundation of plies of rubberized cords in a crisscross pattern of lines diagonal to the center line of the tread
  • black raspberry — a plant, Rubus occidentalis, of E North America, that has black berry-like fruits
  • braille display — (hardware)   (Or "refreshable braille display", "refreshable display") An electromechanical device that renders braille with tiny, independently controlled pins used to represent the state of dots in braille cells. Each pin, in its "on" state, raises above the top of its hole in the screen; in its "off" state, it drops below the top of its hole. Older systems used tiny solenoids to control the state of the pins; modern systems are piezoelectric. Typical dimensions of a braille display are 1 line of 40 cells, each cell of two-by-eight dots.
  • butler's pantry — a pantry in a large house where crockery, glassware, cutlery, etc is kept
  • cape chelyuskin — a cape in N central Russia, in N Siberia at the end of the Taimyr Peninsula: the northernmost point of Asia
  • cape gooseberry — a tropical American solanaceous plant, Physalis peruviana, naturalized in southern Africa, having yellow flowers and edible yellow berries
  • cassette player — A cassette player is a machine that is used for playing cassettes and sometimes also recording them.
  • chemopsychiatry — the study and application of chemical substances in psychiatry
  • chinese parsley — coriander leaves used as an herb; cilantro
  • chryse planitia — a plain on Mars, the landing site of the Viking I spacecraft.
  • ciliary process — one of the folds on the ciliary body, connected with the suspensory ligament of the crystalline lens.
  • company manners — rules of politeness that people, esp children, are supposed to observe in the presence of other people
  • company pension — a pension scheme run by a company for its employees
  • compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
  • comprehensively — Something that is done comprehensively is done thoroughly.
  • compressibility — the ability to be compressed
  • computer system — a computer or a set of computers that works together
  • correspondently — in a correspondent manner
  • correspondingly — You use correspondingly when describing a situation which is closely connected with one you have just mentioned or is similar to it.
  • couples therapy — a counseling procedure that attempts to improve the adaptation and adjustment of two people who form a conjugal unit.
  • crepuscular ray — a twilight ray of sunlight shining through breaks in high clouds and illuminating dust particles in the air.
  • cricopharyngeus — (anatomy) Part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor, arising from the cricoid cartilage.
  • crispy critters — (jargon)   (Or "Crispy Crittered". From the "Post" breakfast cereal of the same name) hardware which is fried or toast.
  • crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians
  • cryoprotectants — Plural form of cryoprotectant.
  • cyanide capsule — a capsule containing cyanide, traditionally given to spies and others so that they can commit suicide to avoid capture
  • cyanide process — a process for recovering gold and silver from ores by treatment with a weak solution of sodium cyanide
  • cytophotometers — Plural form of cytophotometer.
  • daguerreotypist — an obsolete photographic process, invented in 1839, in which a picture made on a silver surface sensitized with iodine was developed by exposure to mercury vapor.
  • daily newspaper — A daily newspaper is a newspaper that is published every day of the week except Sunday.
  • decomposability — (uncountable) The condition of being decomposable.
  • dephosphorylate — to remove a phosphate group from (an organic compound)
  • deputy minister — (in Canada) the senior civil servant in a government department
  • dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
  • dermatophytosis — a fungal infection of the skin, esp the feet
  • dispassionately — free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.

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