14-letter words containing s, y, r, o
- electrosurgery — Surgery using a high-frequency electric current to heat and so cut tissue with great precision.
- emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
- empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
- energy obesity — the practice of being wasteful of energy in the form of electricity, fossil fuels, etc, in one's day-to-day life
- epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
- erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
- erythrocytosis — Polycythemia.
- erythropoiesis — The production of red blood cells.
- every so often — now and again
- exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
- fairy primrose — a tender primrose, Primula malacoides, of China, having hairy leaves and small, pink or lilac-colored flowers.
- family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
- femtochemistry — (chemistry) the study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers.
- ferry crossing — the act or instance of travelling across the sea by ferry
- flanders poppy — corn poppy.
- flying colours — conspicuous success; triumph
- fool's-parsley — an Old World fetid, poisonous plant, Aethusa cynapium, resembling parsley.
- foreseeability — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
- founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
- four-eyed fish — a small, surface-swimming fish, Anableps anableps, inhabiting shallow, muddy streams of Mexico and Central America, having each eye divided, with the upper half adapted for seeing in air and the lower half for seeing in water.
- fowl paralysis — Marek's disease.
- frictionlessly — In a frictionless way; without friction.
- gallery forest — a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country.
- geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
- geosynchronous — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
- graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
- gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
- gynandromorphs — Plural form of gynandromorph.
- gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
- gyroscopically — Using a gyroscope.
- gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
- henry st. john — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- heterokaryosis — condition in which a binucleate or multinucleate cell contains genetically dissimilar nuclei.
- heterologously — In a heterologous manner.
- heterophyllous — having different kinds of leaves on the same plant.
- heterosexually — In a heterosexual way.
- heterozygosity — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- hinoki cypress — an evergreen tree, Chamaecyparis obtusa, of Japan, having scalelike leaves and orange-brown cones, grown for timber and as an ornamental.
- histochemistry — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- historiography — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
- histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
- holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- holy sepulcher — the sepulcher in which the body of Jesus lay between His burial and His resurrection.