12-letter words containing y, e, i, s
- insufferably — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- intensifying — Present participle of intensify.
- intercessory — having the function of interceding: an intercessory prayer.
- interestedly — In an interested manner.
- interpsychic — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- intersensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- intersociety — intersocietal
- intervarsity — any first-string team, especially in sports, that represents a school, college, university, or the like: He is on the varsity in tennis and in debating.
- intestinally — occurring in or affecting the intestines.
- ipecac syrup — a preparation containing ipecac in a syrupy medium, used as an emetic.
- iridescently — In an iridescent manner.
- iron pyrites — pyrite; fool's gold.
- irremissibly — In an irremissible manner; unpardonably.
- irresistably — Misspelling of irresistibly.
- irresistibly — not resistible; incapable of being resisted or withstood: an irresistible impulse.
- irresolutely — In an irresolute or wavering manner.
- irresolvably — In an irresolvable manner.
- irreversibly — not reversible; incapable of being changed: His refusal is irreversible.
- iskander bey — Scanderbeg.
- isoenzymatic — isoenzymic
- isoperimetry — the study of isoperimeters.
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- james dickey — James, 1923–97, U.S. poet and novelist.
- japanese ivy — Boston ivy
- jersey giant — one of a breed of large domestic chickens raised primarily for their meat, originally black but now with a white variety, developed in New Jersey by interbreeding Langshans and large Asiatic fowl.
- job security — chances of staying in employment
- just quietly — between you and me; confidentially
- karyokinesis — mitosis.
- keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
- kidney stone — an abnormal stone, or concretion, composed primarily of oxalates and phosphates, found in the kidney.
- kiss goodbye — to kiss in taking leave
- koussevitzky — Serge [sairzh] /sɛərʒ/ (Show IPA), (Sergei Alexandrovich Koussevitsky) 1874–1951, Russian orchestra conductor in the U.S.
- lady-slipper — cypripedium
- ladylikeness — Ladylike behaviour.
- lawyer's wig — the shaggy ink-cap
- lawyerliness — Quality of being lawyerly.
- lay siege to — attack
- left-justify — If printed text is left-justified, each line begins at the same distance from the left-hand edge of the page or column.
- leucocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- liberty ship — a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons.
- licentiously — In a licentious manner, rowdily, overwhelmed by passion and without control of appetites (especially sexual appetites).
- life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
- likely story — dubious account
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- loosely-knit — associated or linked in a loose way
- lyme disease — an acute inflammatory disease caused by a tick-borne spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi , characterized by recurrent episodes of decreasing severity in which joint swelling, fever, and rash occur, sometimes with cardiac or nervous system complications.
- lysogenicity — the quality or condition of being lysogenic
- lysolecithin — any compound of lecithin produced by the removal of one of the fatty acid groups by hydrolysis
- majestically — characterized by or possessing majesty; of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand: the majestic Alps.