16-letter words containing s, y, n, o, e
- hypervitaminosis — an abnormal condition caused by an excessive intake of vitamins.
- hypnagogic state — the drowsy period between wakefulness and sleep, during which fantasies and hallucinations often occur.
- in someone's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- in the worst way — bad or ill in the highest, greatest, or most extreme degree: the worst person.
- in utero surgery — surgery performed on a fetus while it is in the womb.
- incomprehensibly — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
- incontestability — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
- insurance policy — contract that insures sth
- internet society — (body) (ISOC) A non-profit, professional membership organisation which facilitates and supports the technical evolution of the Internet, stimulates interest in and educates the scientific and academic communities, industry and the public about the technology, uses and applications of the Internet, and promotes the development of new applications for the system. The Society provides a forum for discussion and collaboration in the operation and use of the global Internet infrastructure. The Internet Society publishes a quarterly newsletter, the Internet Society News, and holds an annual conference, INET. The development of Internet technical standards takes place under the auspices of the Internet Society with substantial support from the Corporation for National Research Initiatives under a cooperative agreement with the US Federal Government.
- irresponsibility — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
- isoamyl benzoate — a colorless liquid, C 11 H 15 O 2 , having a sharp, fruitlike odor: used in cosmetics.
- isobutyl nitrite — butyl nitrite.
- isopropylbenzene — cumene.
- job entry system — (operating system) (JES) An IBM mainframe term. There are really two JESs. JES2 is smaller and simpler, and can handle 99.99% of most jobs that run on IBM's MVS operating system. JES3 is much bigger and requires really big iron to run.
- key note speaker — a person who delivers a keynote address.
- keynote software — A company which offers software-based business contact directories for people who develop, manufacture, market, or distribute software or multimedia products. E-mail: <[email protected]> (Subject: SEND INDEX).
- kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
- lay oneself open — to make oneself vulnerable (to criticism, attack, etc)
- lead by the nose — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- lonely hearts ad — an advertisement placed by someone who is trying to find a lover or a friend
- magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
- margin of safety — therapeutic index.
- mechanochemistry — the field of chemistry that deals with the direct conversion of chemical into mechanical energy.
- microcrystalline — minutely crystalline; composed of microscopic crystals.
- missionary ridge — a ridge in NW Georgia and SE Tennessee: Civil War battle 1863.
- modern synthesis — a consolidation of the results of various lines of investigation from the 1920s through the 1950s that supported and reconciled the Darwinian theory of evolution and the Mendelian laws of inheritance in terms of natural selection acting on genetic variation.
- monkey's wedding — a combination of sunshine and light rain
- monocotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the monocotyledons.
- monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
- montagu's blenny — a small blenny, Coryphoblennius galerita, found among rocks in shallow water
- monterey cypress — a tree, Cupressus macrocarpa, of southern California, being pyramid-shaped in youth, but spreading in age: occurs naturally in only two groves on the coast of Monterey County, California, but is cultivated extensively.
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- mount erymanthus — a mountain in SW Greece, in the NW Peloponnese. Height: 2224 m (7297 ft)
- myelosuppression — (medicine) A reduction of bone marrow activity that leads to a lower concentration of platelets, red blood cells and white blood cells.
- neo-christianity — any interpretation of Christianity based on the prevalent philosophy of a given period.
- network analysis — a mathematical method of analyzing complex problems, as in transportation or project scheduling, by representing the problem as a network of lines and nodes.
- neurohypophyseal — Relating to the neurohypophysis.
- neurohypophysial — Relating to the neurohypophysis.
- neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
- nicoya peninsula — a peninsula in NW Costa Rica, on the Pacific Ocean.
- nine-days wonder — something that arouses great interest, but only for a short period
- non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- non-transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
- nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- not by any means — in no way, by no method
- observationality — The property of being observational.
- on your doorstep — If a place is on your doorstep, it is very near to where you live. If something happens on your doorstep, it happens very close to where you live.
- one's salad days — If you refer to your salad days, you are referring to a period of your life when you were young and inexperienced.
- one-party system — a political system in which only one party is allowed