16-letter words containing s, y, n, o, i
- 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.
- incombustibility — The quality or state of being incombustible.
- 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.
- intracytoplasmic — Located in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- 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.
- journalistically — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
- kolyma mountains — a mountain range in NE Siberia, Russia, near the Sea of Okhotsk, rising to over 6000 feet (1830 meters).
- law of parsimony — a principle according to which an explanation of a thing or event is made with the fewest possible assumptions.
- luminosity class — a classification of stars of a given spectral type according to their luminosity, breaking them down into dwarfs, giants, and supergiants.
- 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.
- military honours — ceremonies performed by troops in honour of royalty, at the burial of an officer, etc
- misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
- misogynistically — In a misogynistic manner.
- missionary ridge — a ridge in NW Georgia and SE Tennessee: Civil War battle 1863.
- mobility housing — houses designed or adapted for people who have difficulty in walking but are not necessarily chairbound
- 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
- monohybrid cross — the offspring of individuals that differ with respect to a particular gene pair.
- monopolistically — In a monopolistic manner.
- monosyllabically — In single syllables.
- monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
- monotransitivity — (grammar) The state or quality of being monotransitive.
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- 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.
- 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
- nitrosylsulfuric — of or derived from nitrosylsulfuric acid.
- 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.
- nonphysiological — of or relating to physiology.
- observationality — The property of being observational.