15-letter words containing s, y, l
- ulysses s grant — Cary (Archibald Leach) 1904–86, U.S. actor, born in England.
- un-fortuitously — happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
- unadventurously — in an unadventurous manner
- unaesthetically — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
- unanswerability — the quality of not being answerable or contestable
- unapostolically — in an unapostalic manner
- unceremoniously — discourteously abrupt; hasty; rude: He made an unceremonious departure in the middle of my speech.
- uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- uninterestingly — in a way that is not interesting
- unpretentiously — without pretension
- unprogressively — in an unprogressive manner
- unquestioningly — in manner that accepts something without expressing doubt or uncertainty
- unrealistically — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- unsarcastically — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
- untrustworthily — in an untrustworthy manner; not trustworthily
- urban sociology — the sociological study of cities and their role in the development of society.
- vaginal dryness — abnormal dryness of the vagina, caused by lack of natural lubrication
- valentine's day — February 14, observed in honor of St. Valentine as a day for the exchange of valentines and other tokens of affection.
- vascular system — plant tissue consisting of ducts or vessels, that, in the higher plants, forms the system (vascular system) by which sap is conveyed through the plant.
- vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
- venus's-flytrap — a carnivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, native to bogs of North and South Carolina, having roundish leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when certain delicate hairs on them are irritated, as by a fly: the range is now reduced, though the plants are still locally abundant.
- violinistically — in a violinistic manner
- visayan islands — a group of seven large and several hundred small islands in the central Philippines. Chief islands: Negros and Panay. Pop: 15 528 346 (2000). Area: about 61 000 sq km (23 535 sq miles)
- visual literacy — the ability to apprehend or interpret pictures or other visual images.
- voyeuristically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a voyeur or of voyeurism.
- walnut husk fly — any of several fruit flies, as Rhagoletis completa, the larvae of which feed on and discolor walnut husks.
- washington lily — a lily, Lilium washingtonianum, of the western coast of the U.S., having whorled leaves and fragrant, purple-spotted white flowers.
- whiplash injury — the lash of a whip.
- wild strawberry — uncultivated plant bearing red fruit
- winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
- wolf-rayet star — a very hot (35,000–100,000 K) and luminous star in the early stages of evolution, with broad emission lines in its spectrum.
- yellow goatfish — a schooling goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Panama.
- yin-yang school — a school of ancient Chinese philosophers who interpreted history in terms of the influence of the seasons and of five elements: earth, wood, metal, fire, and water.
- yorke peninsula — a peninsula in S Australia between Spencer Gulf and the Gulf of St. Vincent. 160 miles (257 km) long and 20–35 miles (32–56 km) wide.
- yorkshire dales — the valleys of the rivers flowing from the Pennines in W Yorkshire: chiefly Ribblesdale, Swaledale, Nidderdale, Wharfedale, and Wensleydale; tourist area
- yosemite valley — a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in central California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It has an altitude of about 1200 m (4000 ft), with sheer walls rising about another 1200 m (4000 ft).
- young's modulus — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between a stress that acts to change the length of a body and the fractional change in length caused by this force.
- zoophysiologist — an expert in zoophysiology
- zygophyllaceous — belonging to the Zygophyllaceae, the caltrop family of plants.