14-letter words containing s, y, n, a, p
- hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
- impassionately — filled with passion; impassioned.
- impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
- in a pig's eye — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- inauspiciously — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- inescapability — (uncountable) The state or property of being inescapable.
- inseparability — incapable of being separated, parted, or disjoined: inseparable companions.
- inspectability — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- instant replay — Also called, British, action replay. Television. the recording and immediate rebroadcasting of a segment of a live television broadcast, especially of a sports event: an instant replay of the touchdown pass. a segment recorded and immediately rebroadcast.
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
- japanese holly — an evergreen shrub, Ilex crenata, of Japan, having black fruit and box-shaped foliage, widely grown as an ornamental.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- lawson cypress — Port Orford cedar.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- lyophilisation — Alternative spelling of lyophilization.
- make it snappy — apt to snap or bite; snappish, as a dog.
- metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
- metaphysicians — Plural form of metaphysician.
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
- nonpsychiatric — not psychiatric
- nonsymptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
- oppositionally — In terms of, or by means of, opposition.
- paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
- para-synthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parsimoniously — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- passion sunday — the fifth Sunday in Lent, being the second week before Easter.
- pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
- paternity suit — legal dispute over identity of father
- paternity test — an assessment of possible paternity based on a comparison of the genetic markers of the offspring and those of the putative father.
- pay one's dues — owed at present; having reached the date for payment: This bill is due.
- pay television — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
- paying-in slip — a sheet in a paying-in book for writing down and keeping a record of a single deposit into an account
- payment system — a system used to pay or settle financial transactions
- penalty clause — part of contract specifying a forfeit
- penalty stroke — a stroke added to a score for a rule infraction.
- pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
- percutaneously — through the skin
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- pheasant's eye — an annual ranunculaceous plant, Adonis annua (or autumnalis), with scarlet flowers and finely divided leaves: native to S Europe but naturalized elsewhere
- pick one's way — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- play one's ace — to use one's best weapon or resource
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
- porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
- post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.