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13-letter words containing y, e, t, s

  • 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.
  • schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
  • schizomycetes — any of numerous microorganisms of the subkingdom (or phylum) Schizophyta, kingdom Monera, comprising the bacteria.
  • school system — state education
  • scientificity — the application of scientific methods and principles
  • sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
  • 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.
  • sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
  • seasonability — fact of being seasonable
  • seaton valley — a region in NE England, in SE Northumberland: consists of a group of former coal-mining villages
  • secretaryship — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
  • security firm — a firm which provides guards for buildings, and other security services and personnel
  • security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
  • security risk — a person considered by authorities as likely to commit acts that might threaten the security of a country.
  • security zone — an area controlled by security forces
  • sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
  • see you later — an expression of farewell
  • selectability — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
  • self-betrayal — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
  • self-emptying — containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
  • self-flattery — praise and exaggeration of one's own achievements coupled with a denial or glossing over of one's faults or failings; self-congratulation.
  • self-identify — identify (defs 7, 8): to self-identify as gay; to self-identify with others in the same situation.
  • self-identity — the identity or consciousness of identity of a thing with itself.
  • self-immunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
  • self-security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
  • semi-autonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
  • semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
  • semisedentary — partially or somewhat sedentary
  • semisynthetic — derived synthetically from one or more substances of natural origin.
  • sensationally — producing or designed to produce a startling effect, strong reaction, intense interest, etc., especially by exaggerated, superficial, or lurid elements: a sensational novel.
  • sententiously — abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
  • sentimentally — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
  • septisyllable — a word made up of seven syllables.
  • sequentiality — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
  • seventeenthly — in the seventeenth place
  • seventy-eight — a cardinal number, 70 plus 8.
  • seventy-fifth — next after the seventy-fourth; being the ordinal number for 75.
  • seventy-first — next after the seventieth; being the ordinal number for 71.
  • seventy-ninth — next after the seventy-eighth; being the ordinal number for 79.
  • seventy-seven — a cardinal number, 70 plus 7.
  • seventy-sixth — next after the seventy-fifth; being the ordinal number for 76.
  • seventy-third — next after the seventy-second; being the ordinal number for 73.
  • seventy-three — a cardinal number, 70 plus 3.
  • shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
  • shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • sigmoidectomy — surgical removal of the sigmoid colon
  • silky terrier — one of an Australian breed of toy dogs having a long, silky, blue coat with tan markings and erect ears, a topknot, and a docked tail.
  • silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
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