16-letter words containing y, a, g, i
- hyperoxygenation — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
- hypersexualizing — Present participle of hypersexualize.
- hyperventilating — Present participle of hyperventilate.
- hypnagogic image — an image experienced by a person just before falling asleep, which often resembles a hallucination
- hypnagogic state — the drowsy period between wakefulness and sleep, during which fantasies and hallucinations often occur.
- imaginary number — Also called imaginary, pure imaginary number. a complex number having its real part equal to zero.
- immunohematology — the study of blood and blood-forming tissue in relation to the immune response.
- immunoregulatory — Of or pertaining to immunoregulation.
- inauguration day — the day on which the president of the United States is inaugurated, being January 20 of every year following a year whose number is divisible by four. Prior to the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution (ratified February 6, 1933), it was March 4.
- indecency charge — an accusation of committing indecency
- indefatigability — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
- inextinguishably — In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
- inflationary gap — the excess of total spending in an economy over the value, at current prices, of the output it can produce
- interstratifying — Present participle of interstratify.
- irregular galaxy — a galaxy with no specific form and a relatively low mass.
- ivyleaf geranium — a geranium plant, pelargonium peltatum, with trailing leaves and white, pink, red, or violet flowers
- kentucky windage — a method of correcting for windage, gravity, etc., by aiming a weapon to one side of the target instead of by adjusting the sights.
- kingfisher daisy — a bushy southern African plant, Felicia bergerana, having grasslike leaves and solitary, bright-blue flowers.
- knowledgeability — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- latent ambiguity — uncertainty that arises when a seemingly clear written instrument is matched against an extrinsic fact, as when a description of something being sold fits two different items.
- legal dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the various branches of the legal profession, as civil law, criminal law, and corporate law. A comprehensive legal dictionary adds to its body of standard English entries many words and phrases that have made their way into modern legal practice from law French and Latin and are rarely found in a general English monolingual dictionary. Such a specialized dictionary is useful not only for law students and for attorneys themselves, but for members of the lay public who require legal services. Legal dictionaries published in print follow the normal practice of sorting entry terms alphabetically, while electronic dictionaries, such as the online Dictionary of Law on Dictionary.com, allow direct, immediate access to a search term.
- lithographically — In the manner of lithography.
- living daylights — having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.
- lymphangiectasia — (medicine) dilation of the lymphatic vessels.
- lymphangiectasis — Alt form lymphangiectasia.
- lymphangiography — x-ray visualization of lymph vessels and nodes following injection of a contrast medium.
- macroclimatology — the study of the climatic conditions of a large area.
- magnetic anomaly — a departure from the normal magnetic field of the earth.
- magnetic pyrites — Mineralogy. pyrrhotite.
- magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
- magnifying glass — a lens that produces an enlarged image of an object.
- malpighian layer — the deep, germinative layer of the epidermis.
- mammographically — Using a mammograph, by means of mammograph.
- margin of safety — therapeutic index.
- marginal utility — the extra utility or satisfaction derived by a consumer from the consumption of the last unit of a commodity.
- marshalling yard — a place or depot where railway wagons are shunted and made up into trains and where engines, carriages, etc, are kept when not in use
- mayfield heights — a city in N Ohio, near Cleveland.
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- megalomaniacally — In a megalomaniacal manner.
- meteorologically — In meteorological terms; in the context of weather.
- methodologically — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- microclimatology — the study of a microclimate.
- microgametophyte — (biology) Any gametophyte that develops from a microspore.
- microphotography — microfilm (def 1).
- migratory locust — any of several locusts that migrate in great swarms, especially Locusta migratoria, of Africa and Asia.
- minstrel gallery — a gallery in a building meant for use by musicians playing to provide background music or entertainment at a feast or other event
- misogynistically — In a misogynistic manner.
- missionary ridge — a ridge in NW Georgia and SE Tennessee: Civil War battle 1863.
- money laundering — Money laundering is the crime of processing stolen money through a legitimate business or sending it abroad to a foreign bank, to hide the fact that the money was illegally obtained.
- mongolian idiocy — (no longer in technical use) Down syndrome.