16-letter words containing s, y, a, l
- goosefoot family — formerly, the plant family Chenopodiaceae, characterized by often weedy herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, small and inconspicuous flowers, and tiny, dry fruit, and including the beet, glasswort, goosefoot, Russian thistle, saltbush, and spinach; now part of the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae.
- grammar analysis — (language) A program written in ABC for answering such questions as "what are the start symbols of all rules", "what symbols can follow this symbol", "which rules are left recursive", and so on. Includes a grammar of ISO Pascal. Version 1 by Steven Pemberton <[email protected]>. Ports to Unix, MS-DOS, Atari, Macintosh. FTP: ftp.eu.net, ftp.nluug.net programming/languages/abc/examples/grammar/.
- happenstantially — (rare) By happenstance; occurring due to random chance.
- hayes-compatible — (communications) A description of a modem which understands the same set of commands as one made by Hayes.
- heads-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.
- hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
- hendecasyllables — Plural form of hendecasyllable.
- henley-on-thames — a city in SE Oxfordshire, in S England: annual rowing regatta.
- himalayan balsam — a tall flowering plant, Impatiens glandulifera, brought from Asia to Europe as a garden plant but now growing wild in Europe, especially on river banks. It is considered invasive and environmentally damaging.
- hodmezovasarhely — a city in SE Hungary.
- horary astrology — a method through which the answer to a question is sought by casting and interpreting a horoscope for the precise moment one learns of an event, problem, career opportunity, etc.
- humanly possible — feasible, practical
- husayn ali mirza — 1817–92, Persian religious leader: founder of Bahāʾī.
- hydraulic radius — the ratio of the cross-sectional area to the perimeter of a pipe, outlet, or the like, through which a fluid is flowing.
- hydrophyllaceous — belonging to the Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family of plants.
- hyperinsulinemia — (medicine) The condition of having an excessively high level of insulin in the blood, usually due to excess production.
- hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperperistalsis — the progressive wave of contraction and relaxation of a tubular muscular system, especially the alimentary canal, by which the contents are forced through the system.
- hypersexualizing — Present participle of hypersexualize.
- hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- hypocoristically — In a hypocoristic manner.
- iconoclastically — In an iconoclastic way.
- incontestability — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
- indemnity clause — a clause in a contract that commits one or both parties to indemnify any loss that arises out of the contract
- indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
- indiscriminantly — Misspelling of indiscriminately.
- indiscriminately — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
- inexhaustibility — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
- inextinguishably — In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
- instability line — a nonfrontal line of convective activity in the atmosphere, usually several hundred miles long but of relatively brief duration.
- insubstantiality — not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
- insurance policy — contract that insures sth
- intercrystalline — situated or passing between the crystals of a substance.
- intracytoplasmic — Located in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- isoamyl benzoate — a colorless liquid, C 11 H 15 O 2 , having a sharp, fruitlike odor: used in cosmetics.
- it is early days — Early means near the beginning of something such as a piece of work or a process.
- jailhouse lawyer — a prisoner who has taught himself or herself law while serving time, is knowledgeable about technical legal matters, and gives legal advice, especially to fellow prisoners.
- jerusalem cherry — an Old World plant, Solanum pseudocapsicum, of the nightshade family, having white flowers and bearing cherrylike scarlet or yellow fruits, cultivated as an ornamental.
- journalistically — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- kolyma mountains — a mountain range in NE Siberia, Russia, near the Sea of Okhotsk, rising to over 6000 feet (1830 meters).
- krebs urea cycle — urea cycle.
- lachryma christi — a table wine produced from grapes grown near Vesuvius, in Italy.
- ladies auxiliary — an association whose members are usually the wives of members of an association with which it is affiliated.
- lady of pleasure — a prostitute.
- lake havasu city — a city in W central Arizona.
- laparoscopically — By means of laparoscopy.
- laserdisc player — a device that plays laserdiscs