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13-letter words containing y, e, n

  • rankine cycle — the hypothetical cycle of a steam engine in which all heat transfers take place at constant pressure and in which expansion and compression occur adiabatically.
  • re-employment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
  • re-entry visa — a visa that allows someone to enter a country again several times
  • reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
  • recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
  • referentially — having reference: referential to something.
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • relay station — a radio station that receives radio signals and retransmits them, in order to extend their range
  • relief agency — an organization that provides aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
  • reminiscently — awakening memories of something similar; suggestive (usually followed by of): His style of writing is reminiscent of Melville's.
  • remonstrantly — in a remonstrant or opposing manner
  • remonstratory — characterized by protest or expostulation
  • repetitionary — of the nature of repetition, repetitious
  • residentially — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
  • resynchronize — to synchronize again
  • retainability — to keep possession of.
  • retromingency — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
  • reverentially — of the nature of or characterized by reverence; reverent: reverential awe.
  • revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
  • rhesus monkey — animal: macaque
  • roentgenology — the branch of medicine dealing with diagnosis and therapy through x-rays.
  • rotary engine — an engine, as a turbine, in which the impelling fluid produces torque directly rather than by acting upon reciprocating parts.
  • royal marines — a corps of soldiers specially trained in amphibious warfare
  • rudimentarily — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
  • running belay — the clipping of the rope through a karabiner attached to a sling, piton, nut, etc, secured to the mountain: used by a leading climber of a team to reduce the length of a possible fall
  • sacramentally — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
  • safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
  • safety lintel — an auxiliary lintel concealed behind a visible lintel, arch, etc.
  • safety margin — something required to ensure safety
  • safety screen — a screen covering a work area and protecting people and equipment from fire and other danger
  • saint gregory — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
  • saint-exupery — Antoine de [ahn-twan duh] /ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1900–45, French author and aviator.
  • salary earner — someone who earns a fixed regular payment made by an employer, often monthly, for professional or office work as opposed to manual work
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • sandfly fever — a usually mild viral disease occurring in hot, dry areas, characterized by fever, eye pain, and sometimes a rash, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus.
  • sanitary belt — a narrow belt, usually of elastic, for holding a sanitary napkin in place.
  • sanitary ware — plumbing fixtures, as sinks or toilet bowls, made of ceramic material or enameled metal.
  • scientificity — the application of scientific methods and principles
  • screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
  • screen memory — a childhood memory, perhaps recalled falsely, that screens out a more distressing recollection.
  • seasonability — fact of being seasonable
  • seaton valley — a region in NE England, in SE Northumberland: consists of a group of former coal-mining villages
  • secondary era — the period from the beginning of the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous
  • security zone — an area controlled by security forces
  • sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
  • see one's way — to find it possible and be willing (to do something)
  • self-analysis — the application of psychoanalytic techniques and theories to an analysis of one's own personality and behavior, especially without the aid of a psychiatrist or other trained person.
  • self-analyzed — having undergone self-analysis.
  • self-deifying — to make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity; personify as a deity: to deify a beloved king.
  • self-emptying — containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
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