13-letter words containing s, y, n
- justin martyr — Saint, a.d. c100–163? early church historian and philosopher.
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
- keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
- key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
- kidney stones — an abnormal stone, or concretion, composed primarily of oxalates and phosphates, found in the kidney.
- kidney-shaped — having the general shape of a long oval indented at one side; reniform: a kidney-shaped swimming pool.
- kim young sam — born 1927, president of South Korea 1993–98.
- kinesitherapy — a movement-based therapy
- king's bounty — a grant, given in the royal name, to a mother of triplets.
- king's yellow — a yellow or red crystalline substance, As 2 S 3 , occurring in nature as the mineral orpiment, and used as a pigment (king's yellow) and in pyrotechnics.
- kingsley amis — Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- know by sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- kyrie eleison — (italics) the brief petition “Lord, have mercy,” used in various offices of the Greek Orthodox Church and of the Roman Catholic Church.
- labyrinthitis — inflammation of the inner ear, or labyrinth, characterized by dizziness, nausea, and visual disturbances.
- lady's mantle — any of various rosaceous plants of the N temperate genus Alchemilla, having small green flowers
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- languishingly — In a languishing manner.
- laryngologist — A person who studies or specializes in laryngology; a subspeciality of otorhinolaryngology.
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- levy en masse — the conscription of the civilian population in large numbers in the face of impending invasion
- libyan desert — a desert in N Africa, in E Libya, W Egypt, and NW Sudan, W of the Nile: part of the Sahara. About 650,000 sq. mi. (1,683,500 sq. km).
- listenability — pleasant to listen to: soft, listenable music.
- lonely hearts — of or for people seeking counseling or companionship to bring love or romance into their lives: a lonely-hearts column in the newspaper.
- lonely-hearts — of or for people seeking counseling or companionship to bring love or romance into their lives: a lonely-hearts column in the newspaper.
- lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
- lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
- lymphangiomas — Plural form of lymphangioma.
- macrodynamics — Large-scale dynamics.
- magnanimously — In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.
- meaninglessly — In a meaningless manner; nonsensically.
- mend o's ways — If someone who has been behaving badly mends their ways, they begin to behave well.
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- merry dancers — the aurora borealis
- mesmerizingly — In a way or to an extent that mesmerizes.
- messenger boy — A messenger boy is a boy who is employed to take messages to people.
- messianically — the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
- meta-analysis — a research study that combines and analyzes statistics gathered from multiple independent studies
- metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- microanalyses — Plural form of microanalysis.
- microanalysis — Chemistry. the analysis of very small samples of substances.
- microaneurysm — An extremely small aneurysm.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- midi-pyrénées — a region of SW France: consists of N slopes of the Pyrenees in the south, a fertile lowland area in the west crossed by the River Garonne, and the edge of the Massif Central in the north and east
- milton keynes — a residential district in S England, near London, established in the 1960s.
- ministerially — In the character or capacity of a minister.
- misemployment — Wrong or mistaken employment.
- mistrustingly — In a mistrusting manner.