14-letter words containing y, e, i, s
- instrumentally — By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
- insufficiently — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- insusceptively — in an insusceptive manner
- intempestively — in an intempestive manner
- intempestivity — the state or quality of being intempestive
- intensionality — (logic, mathematics) The condition of having an intension.
- intersexuality — Having the physical features of both sexes.
- intersterility — the state of being insterile
- interstitially — In an interstitial way.
- intransigently — In an intransigent manner.
- intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
- introversively — In an introversive manner.
- inventory cost — Inventory costs are the costs to a business associated with holding stock, or money that is tied up in stock.
- irrespectively — without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
- irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- isothiocyanate — a chemical compound containing the univalent radical –NCS.
- issue a policy — If an insurer issues a policy, they create an insurance policy and provide it to a customer.
- jefferson city — a city in and the capital of Missouri, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- jersey barrier — a type of concrete barricade used especially as a highway divider to protect each side from traffic crossing over.
- keystone joist — a reinforced-concrete joist with sloping sides and the top wider than the bottom.
- kidney disease — medical condition affecting the kidneys
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- lady's-slipper — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, the flowers of which have a protruding petal somewhat resembling a slipper: all species are reduced in numbers, some greatly.
- lady's-thistle — a composite plant, Silybum marianum, of the Mediterranean region, having glossy, spiny leaves and purplish-red flower heads.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- lee's birthday — Jan. 19, Robert E. Lee's birthday, a legal holiday in several Southern states
- legalistically — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- leiomyosarcoma — (pathology) A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
- leucocytolysis — the destruction of leucocytes
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
- lifestyle guru — a person hired to give someone advice on various aspects of his or her life, work, and relationships
- linsey-woolsey — a coarse fabric woven from linen warp, or sometimes cotton, and coarse wool filling.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- longevity risk — Longevity risk is the potential risk attached to the increasing life expectancy of policyholders, which can result in higher than expected payouts for insurance companies.
- lysogenization — the process of a bacterium becoming lysogenic
- major seminary — a Roman Catholic theological college devoted to training for the priesthood and usually offering a six-year program emphasizing philosophy and theology.
- make it snappy — apt to snap or bite; snappish, as a dog.
- man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
- mayonnaiselike — Resembling mayonnaise.
- meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
- mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
- megascopically — macroscopically
- meniscocytosis — sickle cell anemia.
- mercury switch — an especially quiet switch that opens and closes an electric circuit by shifting a vial containing a pool of mercury so as to cover or uncover the contacts.
- meretriciously — In a meretricious manner.
- metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state