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15-letter words containing s, y, r, t, i

  • master cylinder — the hydraulic pump of an automotive braking system that contains a cylinder and one or two pistons, is actuated by the brake pedal, and supplies hydraulic fluid under pressure to the brakes at each wheel.
  • maternity dress — a dress worn by a pregnant woman and which is designed to allow for the changes in body size which take place during pregnancy
  • medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
  • merry christmas — well-wishes for Christmas season
  • microdiscectomy — (surgery) microdecompression.
  • microseismicity — The state of being microseismic.
  • microsporocytes — Plural form of microsporocyte.
  • military school — military academy.
  • mirror symmetry — symmetry about a plane (mirror plane) that divides the object or system into two mutual mirror images
  • modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
  • montgomeryshire — a historic county in Powys, in central Wales.
  • more's the pity — If you add more's the pity to a comment, you are expressing your disappointment or regret about something.
  • morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
  • moving stairway — escalator (def 1).
  • myofibroblastic — Relating to myofibroblasts.
  • myristicivorous — feeding on nutmeg
  • nanocrystalline — Of, pertaining to, or composed of nanocrystals.
  • nasopharyngitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx.
  • natural history — the sciences, as botany, mineralogy, or zoology, dealing with the study of all objects in nature: used especially in reference to the beginnings of these sciences in former times.
  • net.personality — Someone who has made a name for him or herself on Usenet, through either longevity or attention-getting posts, but doesn't meet the other requirements of net.godhood.
  • neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
  • neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
  • neutral density — black, white, or a shade of grey; a colourless tone
  • non-crystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
  • nonpsychiatrist — a person who is not a psychiatrist
  • nonstationarity — The condition of being nonstationary.
  • north yorkshire — a county in NE England. 3208 sq. mi. (8309 sq. km).
  • not necessarily — If you reply 'Not necessarily', you mean that what has just been said or suggested may not be true.
  • nyquist theorem — (communications)   A theorem stating that when an analogue waveform is digitised, only the frequencies in the waveform below half the sampling frequency will be recorded. In order to reconstruct (interpolate) a signal from a sequence of samples, sufficient samples must be recorded to capture the peaks and troughs of the original waveform. If a waveform is sampled at less than twice its frequency the reconstructed waveform will effectively contribute only noise. This phenomenon is called "aliasing" (the high frequencies are "under an alias"). This is why the best digital audio is sampled at 44,000 Hz - twice the average upper limit of human hearing. The Nyquist Theorem is not specific to digitised signals (represented by discrete amplitude levels) but applies to any sampled signal (represented by discrete time values), not just sound.
  • observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
  • onychocryptosis — a form of nail disease in which nails are ingrown
  • open university — higher education by correspondence
  • ornithorhynchus — the platypus.
  • orthopsychiatry — an approach to psychiatry concerned with the study and treatment of behavioral disorders, especially of young people.
  • oversensitivity — excessively or unduly sensitive.
  • oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
  • parasympathetic — pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves and ganglia that arise from the cranial and sacral regions and function in opposition to the sympathetic system, as in inhibiting heartbeat or contracting the pupil of the eye.
  • pearly nautilus — nautilus (def 1).
  • periodic system — a system of classification of the elements based on the periodic law.
  • petit serjeanty — serjeanty in which the tenant renders services of an impersonal nature to the king, as providing him annually with an implement of war, as a lance or bow.
  • petty bourgeois — petit bourgeois
  • phosphorylation — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
  • phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
  • physiotherapist — physical therapy.
  • plastic surgery — the branch of surgery dealing with the repair or replacement of malformed, injured, or lost organs or tissues of the body, chiefly by the transplant of living tissues.
  • play favourites — to display favouritism
  • pluralistically — from a pluralistic point of view
  • polycrystalline — (of a rock or metal) composed of aggregates of individual crystals.
  • postoperatively — occurring after a surgical operation.
  • poststimulatory — following stimulation
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