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

  • gene technology — manipulation of DNA
  • genetic fallacy — the fallacy of confusing questions of validity and logical order with questions of origin and temporal order.
  • geomagnetically — In a geomagnetic way; through geomagnetism.
  • geotectonically — from a geotectonic point of view
  • get any good of — to handle to good effect
  • governmentality — (sociology) The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced.
  • grand serjeanty — serjeanty in which the tenant rendered services of a personal, honorary nature to the king, as carrying his sword or banner.
  • grandiloquently — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • great synagogue — (according to Jewish tradition) a council of 120 members, established by Ezra, that directed the Jews chiefly in religious matters, c450–c200 b.c., and made significant contributions to the Jewish liturgy and Bible.
  • green with envy — If you say that someone is green with envy, you mean that they are very envious indeed.
  • greenback party — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
  • greenbottle fly — any of several metallic-green blowflies, as Phaenicia sericata.
  • griffith-joyner — Florence, known as Flojo. 1959–98, US sprinter, winner of two gold medals at the 1988 Olympic Games
  • guidance system — The guidance system of a missile or rocket is the device which controls its course.
  • hale and hearty — in good health
  • hautes-pyrenees — a department in SW France. 1751 sq. mi. (4535 sq. km). Capital: Tarbes.
  • hay conditioner — either of two machines, one designed to crush stems of hay, the other to break and bend them, in order to cause more rapid and even drying
  • heartbreakingly — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
  • heavenly father — a term used to address or refer to God
  • heavy breathing — stertorous breathing or breathing done with difficulty
  • heliocentricity — measured or considered as being seen from the center of the sun.
  • hemadynamometer — An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury.
  • hematoporphyrin — a porphyrin made by treating haemoglobin with acid, used to treat cancer in photodynamic therapy
  • hemicraniectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the cranium to enable brain surgery; hemicraniotomy.
  • hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
  • heterogeneously — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
  • high technology — any technology requiring the most sophisticated scientific equipment and advanced engineering techniques, as microelectronics, data processing, genetic engineering, or telecommunications (opposed to low technology).
  • holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
  • honey tangerine — a citrus fruit with a deep-orange pulp, formed by crossing a tangerine and a sweet orange hybrid; Murcott
  • honeycomb tripe — a part of the inner lining of the stomach of the steer, calf, hog, or sheep, resembling a honeycomb in appearance and considered a table delicacy.
  • honeymoon suite — a luxurious suite in a hotel designed for honeymooners
  • hype-carbonated — (of a product or service) overvalued as a result of relentless marketing and PR or intensive media exposure
  • hyper-emotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
  • hyper-energetic — possessing or exhibiting energy, especially in abundance; vigorous: an energetic leader.
  • hyperactivation — (biology) A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
  • hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
  • hypercorrection — the substitution, in an inappropriate context, of a pronunciation, grammatical form, or usage thought by the speaker or writer to be appropriate, resulting usually from overgeneralizing in an effort to replace seemingly incorrect forms with correct ones, as the substitution of between you and I for between you and me, by analogy with you and I as the subject of a sentence.
  • hyperexcitement — excessive or extreme excitement
  • hyperextensible — Capable of being stretched and extended.
  • hyperfemininity — the quality of being feminine; womanliness.
  • hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • hyperinvolution — a decrease in the size of an organ following enlargement, usually used to describe the shrinking of the uterus after childbirth
  • hyperproduction — an increased or excessive production or output
  • hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
  • hypersensitized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersensitize.
  • hyperventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperventilate.
  • hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
  • hypoproteinemia — an abnormally low concentration of protein in the blood.
  • hyposensitivity — low or diminished sensitivity to stimulation.
  • hypoventilating — Present participle of hypoventilate.
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