14-letter words containing s, u, r, e, l, y
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- intersexuality — Having the physical features of both sexes.
- irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
- laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
- lifestyle guru — a person hired to give someone advice on various aspects of his or her life, work, and relationships
- meretriciously — In a meretricious manner.
- metrosexuality — The quality of being metrosexual.
- molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- numeral system — any notation for the representation of numerals or numbers.
- nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
- nursery slopes — gentle slopes used by beginners in skiing
- obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- oestrous cycle — a hormonally controlled cycle of activity of the reproductive organs in many female mammals. The follicular stage (growth of the Graafian follicles, thickening of the lining of the uterus, secretion of oestrogen, and ovulation, is succeeded by the luteal phase (formation of the corpus luteum and secretion of progesterone), followed by regression and a return to the first stage
- osmoregulatory — Of or pertaining to osmoregulation.
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- overgenerously — in an overgenerous manner
- percutaneously — through the skin
- peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- pleasurability — the characteristic of being pleasurable
- pleurapophysis — one of the lateral processes of a vertebra forming the ribs
- polygon pusher — (Or "rectangle slinger"). A chip designer who spends most of his or her time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing *lots* of multi-coloured polygons).
- polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
- premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
- preposterously — completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish: a preposterous tale.
- presumptuously — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
- pseudoprostyle — having a colonnade at each end, either very close to the front wall or engaged in it.
- putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
- quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
- quality-assure — to ensure the quality of: Measures are in place to quality-assure our data.
- quaquaversally — in a quaquaversal manner
- querimoniously — in a querimonious manner
- rafferty rules — no rules at all
- read-only user — (jargon) Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information. See twink, terminal junkie, lurker.
- sacrilegiously — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- scarcity value — increased value due to the inadequate supply of something
- sclerophyllous — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- seniority rule — the custom in Congress providing for the assignment of a committee chairpersonship to that member of the majority party who has served on the committee the longest.
- slaughterously — murderously
- slurry reactor — A slurry reactor is a reactor in which contact is achieved by suspending a solid in a liquid.
- south-easterly — A south-easterly point, area, or direction is to the south-east or towards the south-east.
- south-westerly — A south-westerly point, area, or direction is to the south-west or towards the south-west.
- spectacularity — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- steel industry — production of steel
- subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.