13-letter words containing s, y, l, i
- psychrophilic — (esp of bacteria) showing optimum growth at low temperatures
- punctiliously — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- pusillanimity — the state or condition of being pusillanimous; timidity; cowardliness.
- quality press — the more serious newspapers which give detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society
- quasi-crystal — a group of atoms resembling a crystal but not having symmetrical plane faces
- quasi-totally — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
- quasimilitary — Having certain military aspects.
- questioningly — In a questioning manner.
- ray tomlinson — (person) An engineer at Bolt Beranek and Newman who, in July 1972 while designing the first[?] electronic mail program, chose the commercial at symbol "@" to separate the user name from the computer name.
- rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
- rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
- realistically — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- reality-based — (especially of television) portraying or alleging to portray events as they actually happened.
- reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- recrystallize — to become crystallized again.
- relay station — a radio station that receives radio signals and retransmits them, in order to extend their range
- releasability — to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.
- reminiscently — awakening memories of something similar; suggestive (usually followed by of): His style of writing is reminiscent of Melville's.
- repetitiously — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- resectability — the state of being resectable
- residentially — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- restoratively — in a restorative manner
- restrictively — tending or serving to restrict.
- reversibility — capable of reversing or of being reversed.
- rhyming slang — a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
- ripstop nylon — a nylon fabric woven with a double thread approximately every quarter inch to prevent the expansion of small rips.
- risk analysis — A risk analysis is a process of deciding how likely it is that injury, damage, or loss will happen, and what the effects will be if it does happen.
- royal marines — a corps of soldiers specially trained in amphibious warfare
- royal society — The Royal Society of London for the Advancement of Science, a society through which the British government has supported scientific investigation since 1662: awards four annual medals.
- saccharolytic — of or causing the hydrolysis of sugars.
- sacrifice fly — a fly ball when there are fewer than two players out that enables a base runner, usually at third base, to score after the ball is caught.
- sacrificially — pertaining to or concerned with sacrifice.
- safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
- safety lintel — an auxiliary lintel concealed behind a visible lintel, arch, etc.
- salary review — the, often annual, assessment or review of the salary or paid to an employee, where decisions are taken on whether the employee's pay should be increased, etc
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
- sanctifyingly — in a sanctifying manner
- sanitary belt — a narrow belt, usually of elastic, for holding a sanitary napkin in place.
- sarcastically — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
- saturnalianly — in a saturnalian or dissolute manner
- scalariformly — in a scalariform or ladder-like manner
- schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
- schuylerville — a village in E New York, on the Hudson: scene of Burgoyne's defeat and surrender in the Battle of Saratoga 1777.
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
- seasonability — fact of being seasonable
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
- selectability — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.