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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.
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