14-letter words containing y, e, n, t
- kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
- keynote speech — opening address at a conference
- keystone joist — a reinforced-concrete joist with sloping sides and the top wider than the bottom.
- keystone state — Pennsylvania (used as a nickname).
- kinetic energy — the energy of a body or a system with respect to the motion of the body or of the particles in the system.
- kinetic theory — the theory that the minute particles of all matter are in constant motion and that the temperature of a substance is dependent on the velocity of this motion, increased motion being accompanied by increased temperature: according to the kinetic theory of gases, the elasticity, diffusion, pressure, and other physical properties of a gas are due to the rapid motion in straight lines of its molecules, to their impacts against each other and the walls of the container, to weak cohesive forces between molecules, etc.
- kitty-cornered — cater-cornered
- laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
- lattice energy — chemistry: strength of bonds holding ionic solid together
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- learn by heart — memorize
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- letting agency — a business which leases properties on behalf of their owners
- leucocytopenia — leucopenia
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- literary agent — a person who manages the business affairs of an author
- loan repayment — a repayment of part of a loan, usually monthly
- 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.
- low technology — any technology utilizing equipment and production techniques that are relatively unsophisticated (opposed to high technology).
- lysogenization — the process of a bacterium becoming lysogenic
- macartney rose — a trailing or climbing evergreen rose, Rosa bracteata, of China, having shiny leaves and large, solitary white flowers.
- magniloquently — In a magniloquent manner.
- make it snappy — apt to snap or bite; snappish, as a dog.
- malcontentedly — in a discontented manner
- man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- manipulatively — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- manometrically — Using a manometer.
- mare tyrrhenum — (Tyrrhenian Sea) an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- market economy — a capitalistic economic system in which there is free competition and prices are determined by the interaction of supply and demand.
- masonry cement — a mix typically of Portland cement, hydrated lime, and other materials, used to improve the water retention and workability of the cement in masonry work.
- maternity home — a house in which a pregnant woman can live until her baby is born, esp one for women who became pregnant out of wedlock and whose baby is going to be put up for adoption
- maternity ward — hospital room for new mothers
- matrimony vine — any plant belonging to the genus Lycium, of the nightshade family, species of which are cultivated for their foliage, flowers, and berries.
- mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
- mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
- medicamentally — in a manner that relates to medicaments
- megatechnology — high technology that is developing rapidly
- melton mowbray — a town in central England, in Leicestershire: pork pies and Stilton cheese. Pop: 25 554 (2001)
- meniscocytosis — sickle cell anemia.
- mental cruelty — behaviour that causes distress to another person but that does not involve physical assault
- metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
- metalloenzymes — Plural form of metalloenzyme.
- metaphysicians — Plural form of metaphysician.
- methoxybenzene — anisole.
- methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.