13-letter words containing y, e, n
- hyperrational — characterized by excessive rationality
- hyperromantic — extremely or excessively romantic
- hypersalinity — an excess of salt in a saline solution
- hypersplenism — an abnormal condition characterized by an enlarged spleen that prematurely destroys red blood cells or platelets.
- hypersthenite — a person who possesses an excess of muscle strength
- hypertensives — Plural form of hypertensive.
- hypertonicity — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
- hypervigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- hypervirulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
- hyphenization — the act or use of hyphenation
- hyponatraemia — a condition in which there is a low concentration of sodium in the blood
- hypoperfusion — (medicine) Decreased perfusion of blood through an organ.
- hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
- hyposensitive — low or diminished sensitivity to stimulation.
- hyposensitize — to cause (a person) to become less sensitive to (a substance producing an allergic reaction); desensitize.
- hypothecating — Present participle of hypothecate.
- hypothecation — to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
- hypothesising — Present participle of hypothesise.
- hypothesizing — to form a hypothesis.
- hypoventilate — (intransitive) To undergo hypoventilation.
- hysteranthous — relating to a plant whose flowers open before its leaves
- iceland poppy — any of various widely cultivated arctic poppies, esp Papaver nudicaule, with white or yellow nodding flowers
- ichneumon fly — any of numerous wasplike insects of the family Ichneumonidae, the larvae of which are parasitic on caterpillars and immature stages of other insects.
- iconic memory — the temporary persistence of visual impressions after the stimulus has been removed
- identity card — a card for identifying the bearer, giving name, address, and other personal data.
- identity disc — a disc bearing details that serve to identify its wearer
- identity sign — the symbol (≡), designating identity, not equality.
- imaginatively — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- immune system — a diffuse, complex network of interacting cells, cell products, and cell-forming tissues that protects the body from pathogens and other foreign substances, destroys infected and malignant cells, and removes cellular debris: the system includes the thymus, spleen, lymph nodes and lymph tissue, stem cells, white blood cells, antibodies, and lymphokines.
- immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
- impecuniosity — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- impecuniously — In an impecunious manner.
- impermanently — In an impermanent manner.
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- impertinently — intrusive or presumptuous, as persons or their actions; insolently rude; uncivil: a brash, impertinent youth.
- importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- improvidently — In an improvident manner.
- in perpetuity — the state or character of being perpetual (often preceded by in): to desire happiness in perpetuity.
- in the pay of — If you say that someone is in the pay of a certain person or group, you disapprove of the fact that they are being paid by and are working for that person or group, often secretly or illegally.
- in the way of — similar to, like
- in-perpetuity — the state or character of being perpetual (often preceded by in): to desire happiness in perpetuity.
- inadvertently — unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
- inappreciably — In an inappreciable manner.
- inattentively — not attentive; negligent.
- incentive pay — additional pay, a higher wage, or a bonus paid to promote the productivity of an employee.
- incompetently — not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate.
- inconceivably — not conceivable; unimaginable; unthinkable.
- incongruently — not congruent.
- inconsciently — in an inconscient manner