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14-letter words containing t, o, l, s, y

  • donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
  • dorsoventrally — In a dorsoventral manner.
  • double density — floppy disk
  • doubly serrate — biserrate
  • dry-stone wall — A dry-stone wall is a wall that has been built by fitting stones together without using any cement.
  • ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
  • electrosensory — Of or pertaining to the ability of a biological organism to perceive electrical impulses.
  • electrosurgery — Surgery using a high-frequency electric current to heat and so cut tissue with great precision.
  • empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
  • enantiostylous — in the manner of enantiostyly
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • encyclopedists — Plural form of encyclopedist.
  • epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
  • erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
  • eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
  • eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
  • extensionality — extensional equality
  • family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
  • fashionability — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
  • fissionability — capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission: a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material.
  • foreseeability — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
  • 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.
  • geognostically — with reference to a knowledge of the structure of the earth
  • geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
  • graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
  • grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
  • gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
  • 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.
  • halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
  • hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
  • heliosciophyte — any plant that grows in the shade, but thrives more in the sun
  • heterologously — In a heterologous manner.
  • heterophyllous — having different kinds of leaves on the same plant.
  • heterosexually — In a heterosexual way.
  • histologically — In an histological manner.
  • histopathology — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
  • histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
  • holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
  • holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
  • holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
  • humoristically — In a humoristic way.
  • hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
  • hydrobiologist — someone who studies or specializes in hydrobiology
  • hypersomnolent — sleepy; drowsy.
  • hypocoristical — (rare) synonym of hypocoristic.
  • hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
  • hypostatically — In a hypostatic manner.
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