16-letter words containing y, e, n, i, s
- conversationally — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
- cost-efficiently — cost-effective.
- cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
- critical density — the density of matter that would be required to halt the expansion of the universe
- crossopterygians — Plural form of crossopterygian.
- cryopreservation — the storage of blood or living tissues at extremely cold temperatures, often -196 degrees Celsius.
- crystalline lens — a biconvex transparent elastic structure in the eye situated behind the iris, serving to focus images on the retina
- cycle of erosion — the hypothetical sequence of modifications to the earth's surface by erosion, from the original uplift of the land to the ultimate low plain, usually divided into the youthful, mature, and old stages
- cytotechnologist — a technician who specializes in identifying cells and cellular abnormalities.
- debating society — a club, e.g. at a school or university, which regularly holds debates
- deconstructively — In a deconstructive manner.
- delaying tactics — techniques used to delay sth
- dental hygienist — a dentist's assistant skilled in dental hygiene
- depolymerisation — (chemistry) alternative spelling of depolymerization.
- destroying angel — a white slender very poisonous basidiomycetous toadstool, Amanita virosa, having a pronounced volva, frilled, shaggy stalk, and sickly smell
- dialysis machine — device: kidney treatment
- display terminal — Visual Display Unit
- dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
- duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
- dynamic response — The dynamic response of a machine, structure, or process is how it reacts over time to something that is done to it.
- eclipsing binary — a variable star whose changes in brightness are caused by periodic eclipses of two stars in a binary system.
- electrosynthesis — synthesis produced by means of an electric current
- energy-intensive — using large amount of energy
- enthusiastically — In an enthusiastic manner.
- ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
- evangelistically — In an evangelistic manner.
- exhaust analysis — An exhaust analysis is an examination of the constituents of an engine's gases, vapors, and particulates.
- expressionlessly — Without expression; in an expressionless way.
- flabbergastingly — Surprisingly, astonishingly or amazingly.
- fourier analysis — the expression of any periodic function as a sum of sine and cosine functions, as in an electromagnetic wave function. Compare Fourier series.
- fraternity house — a house occupied by a college or university fraternity.
- french polynesia — a French overseas territory in the S Pacific, including the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, and other scattered island groups. 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
- friendly islands — Tonga
- friendly society — law: mutual group providing benefits
- gender dysphoria — a psychological condition marked by significant emotional distress and impairment in life functioning, caused by a lack of congruence between gender identity and biological sex assigned at birth.
- generalisability — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of generalizability.
- get one's eye in — to become accustomed to the conditions, light, etc, with a consequent improvement in one's performance
- giant's causeway — a large body of basalt, unusual in displaying perfect columnar jointing, exposed on a promontory on the northern coast of Northern Ireland.
- guy fawkes night — In Britain, Guy Fawkes Night is the evening of 5th November, when many people have parties with bonfires and fireworks. It began as a way of remembering the attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Guy Fawkes Night is often referred to as 'Bonfire Night'.
- happenstantially — (rare) By happenstance; occurring due to random chance.
- harvey firestone — Harvey Samuel, 1868–1938, U.S. industrialist and rubber manufacturer.
- haversian system — a Haversian canal and the series of concentric bony plates surrounding it.
- hearsay evidence — testimony based on what a witness has heard from another person rather than on direct personal knowledge or experience.
- hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
- humanly possible — feasible, practical
- huygens eyepiece — an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses, the plane sides of which both face the eye.
- hydrogen sulfide — a colorless, flammable, water-soluble, cumulatively poisonous gas, H 2 S, having the odor of rotten eggs: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals, in metallurgy, and as a reagent in laboratory analysis.
- hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
- hypercorrections — Plural form of hypercorrection.
- hyperinsulinemia — (medicine) The condition of having an excessively high level of insulin in the blood, usually due to excess production.