14-letter words containing s, y, n
- benday process — a process for adding tone or shading, as in reproducing drawings, by the overlay on the plate of patterns, as of dots
- betray oneself — to reveal one's true character, intentions, etc
- beyond dispute — not open to dispute or question; settled
- beyond measure — If you say that something has changed or that it has affected you beyond measure, you are emphasizing that it has done this to a great extent.
- billy no-mates — a person with no friends
- binary fission — asexual reproduction in unicellular organisms by division into two daughter cells
- biocybernetics — the branch of cybernetics that deals with the control and communication systems of living organisms
- bird sanctuary — an area of land in which birds are protected and encouraged to breed
- body mechanics — body exercises that are intended to improve one's posture, stamina, poise, etc.
- body snatching — the act or practice of robbing a grave to obtain a cadaver for dissection.
- bonded-whiskey — something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- born yesterday — brought forth by birth.
- boundary-stone — a stone marking a boundary, sometimes giving information such as the initials of the local authority in whose jurisdiction the boundary is
- brandy snifter — snifter (def 1).
- britney spears — beers
- broken society — a perceived or apparent general decline in moral values
- business cycle — the recurrent fluctuation between boom and depression in the economic activity of a capitalist country
- business reply — a form of mail, as a postcard, letter, or envelope, usually sent as an enclosure, and which can be mailed back by respondents without their having to pay postage.
- by a long shot — People sometimes use the expression by a long shot to emphasize the opinion they are giving.
- by the numbers — in prescribed sequence of movements and accompanied by a count
- canary islands — a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the NW coast of Africa, forming an Autonomous Community of Spain. Capital: Las Palmas. Pop: 1 944 700 (2003 est)
- cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
- cash-and-carry — A cash-and-carry is a large shop where you can buy goods in larger quantities and at lower prices than in ordinary shops. Cash-and-carries are mainly used by people in business to buy goods for their shops or companies.
- caucasian lily — a tall lily plant, Lilium monadelphum, having large, fragrant, drooping golden-yellow flowers.
- cayman islands — three coral islands in the Caribbean Sea northwest of Jamaica: a dependency of Jamaica until 1962, now a UK Overseas Territory. Capital: George Town. Pop: 53 737 (2013 est). Area: about 260 sq km (100 sq miles)
- charge density — the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface
- chemosynthesis — the formation of organic material by certain bacteria using energy derived from simple chemical reactions
- chemosynthetic — That utilizes chemosynthesis.
- children's day — the second Sunday in June, celebrated by Protestant churches with special programs for children: first started in the U.S. in 1868.
- chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
- china syndrome — a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
- cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
- christian year — a year in the ecclesiastical calendar, used especially in reference to the various feast days and special seasons.
- chromodynamics — a theory that describes how gluons and their forces bind quarks together to form protons, neutrons, etc.
- chrysanthemums — Plural form of chrysanthemum.
- cisnormativity — (LGBT, neologism) The assumption that all human beings are cisgender, i.e. have a gender identity which matches the sex they were assigned at birth.
- clinopyroxenes — Plural form of clinopyroxene.
- cognoscibility — capable of being known.
- come one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- compromisingly — In a compromising manner.
- conchyliaceous — Alternative form of conchylaceous.
- conclusionally — the last main division of a discourse, usually containing a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion or decisions reached.
- concupiscently — In a concupiscent manner; with concupiscence.
- condensed type — a typeface narrower than the standard type for the series
- condescendency — Condescendence.
- confessionally — in a confessional manner
- coniferophytes — Plural form of coniferophyte.