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15-letter words containing y, e, n, i

  • benzyl chloride — a colorless, corrosive liquid, C 7 H 7 Cl, used chiefly as an intermediate in the synthesis of benzyl compounds.
  • benzyl fluoride — a colorless liquid, C 7 H 7 F, used in organic synthesis.
  • beyond question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
  • bicycle touring — the activity of touring on a bicycle
  • bidirectionally — in a bidirectional manner
  • big bang theory — In astronomy the big bang theory is a theory that suggests that the universe was created as a result of an extremely large explosion.
  • big sandy creek — a river in central Colorado, flowing NE and SE to the Arkansas River near Lamar: site of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. 200 miles (322 km) long.
  • biomechanically — from a biomechanical point of view
  • biting housefly — a two-winged fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, having the mouthparts adapted for biting, and commonly a household and stable pest.
  • blended whiskey — whiskey that is a blend of straight whiskey and neutral spirits or of two or more straight whiskeys
  • blessed trinity — Trinity (def 1).
  • body mass index — A person's body mass index is a measurement that represents the relationship between their weight and their height.
  • britneyfication — the effect on clothes and fashions of following the revealing styles favoured by the US pop singer Britney Spears (born 1981)
  • brooklyn bridge — a suspension bridge over the East River, in New York City, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn: built 1867–84. 5989 feet (1825 meters) long.
  • byzantine chant — liturgical plainsong identified with the Eastern Orthodox Church and dating from the Byzantine Empire.
  • cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
  • calcined baryta — baryta (def 1).
  • calcined-baryta — Also called calcined baryta, barium oxide, barium monoxide, barium protoxide. a white or yellowish-white poisonous solid, BaO, highly reactive with water: used chiefly as a dehydrating agent and in the manufacture of glass.
  • calcium cyanide — a white or grayish-black compound, Ca(CN) 2, used as an insecticide and rodent poison.
  • cancel a policy — If you cancel a policy, you terminate a contract of insurance.
  • cape chelyuskin — a cape in N central Russia, in N Siberia at the end of the Taimyr Peninsula: the northernmost point of Asia
  • carcinogenicity — any substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer.
  • cardinal system — a system of coding navigational aids by shape, color, and number, according to their positions relative to navigational hazards.
  • carrying charge — the opportunity cost of unproductive assets, such as goods stored in a warehouse
  • cassini-huygens — a NASA-ESA spacecraft launched in 1997 to study Saturn and its moons; Cassini entered orbit around the planet in 2004 and released the Huygens probe which landed on Titan in 2005
  • celandine poppy — a poppy, Stylophorum diphyllum, of the east-central U.S., having one pair of deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers.
  • centrosymmetric — having symmetry with a central point
  • ceylon cinnamon — the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, especially the bark of C. zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) used as a spice, or that of C. loureirii (Saigon cinnamon) used in medicine as a cordial and carminative.
  • chantilly-sauce — a town in N France, N of Paris: lace manufacture.
  • charles simonyi — (person)   Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
  • charles tiffany — Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
  • chimney swallow — another name for common swallow
  • chimney-pot hat — a high silk hat; top hat.
  • chinese parsley — coriander leaves used as an herb; cilantro
  • cholecystokinin — a hormone secreted by duodenal cells that stimulates the contraction of the gall bladder and secretion of pancreatic enzymes
  • cholinergically — in a cholinergic manner
  • chryse planitia — a plain on Mars, the landing site of the Viking I spacecraft.
  • cineangiography — the use of motion-picture recording to trace the passage of dye through blood vessels, for the diagnosis of heart and blood vessel disease
  • cinemicrography — the making of a film through the lens of a microscope
  • cineradiography — the filming of motion pictures through a fluoroscope or x-ray machine.
  • circumambiently — in a circumambient manner
  • clinically dead — having no respiration, no heartbeat, and with no contraction of the pupils when exposed to a strong light
  • coenzymatically — from a coenzymatic point of view
  • coinstantaneity — the act of taking place at exactly the same moment
  • commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
  • communicatively — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
  • community chest — a fund raised by voluntary contribution for local welfare activities
  • company officer — a captain or lieutenant serving in a company.
  • company pension — a pension scheme run by a company for its employees
  • compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
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