13-letter words containing y, i, p, e
- spy satellite — an orbiting satellite used to carry out surveillance of an enemy country or military formations from space
- spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
- stargazey pie — a Cornish fish pie served with the head of the fish protruding through the crust
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
- subspeciality — a particular area of expertise within a specialism
- sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
- sunny side up — (of an egg) fried without breaking the yolk or being turned over, with the yolk remaining visible and somewhat liquid inside.
- sunny-side up — (of an egg) fried without breaking the yolk or being turned over, with the yolk remaining visible and somewhat liquid inside.
- superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity
- superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
- superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
- superlatively — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- superlobbyist — someone who lobbies on behalf of another
- superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
- supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
- supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
- superphysical — above or beyond what is physical; hyperphysical.
- sympiesometer — a barometer using a gas, rather than a vacuum, to measure pressure
- synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
- synecphonesis — the fusion of two syllables into one
- temporizingly — in a yielding manner
- tennis player — sportsperson who plays tennis
- tin pan alley — the district of a city, especially New York City, where most of the popular music is published.
- tissue typing — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
- tricarpellary — having three carpels.
- trigger happy — ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
- trigger-happy — ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
- triple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of trisyllabic feet.
- tropical year — year (def 4b).
- tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
- type ii error — the error made in the statistical testing of a hypothesis by accepting the null hypothesis when it is actually false.
- type locality — Biology. the locality in which a type specimen was collected.
- type specimen — an individual organism from which the description of a species has been prepared.
- typhoid fever — Also called typhoid fever. an infectious, often fatal, febrile disease, usually of the summer months, characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration, caused by the typhoid bacillus, which is usually introduced with food or drink.
- tyrian purple — Also called Tyrian dye. a highly prized crimson or purple dye of classical antiquity, originally obtained at great expense from a certain shellfish: later shown to be an indigo derivative and synthetically produced, and now replaced by other synthetic dyes.
- unappealingly — in an unappealing manner
- unexplainably — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- unimpeachably — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
- uniparentally — in a uniparental manner
- unperceivably — imperceptibly
- unperceivedly — without being perceived; so as not to be perceived
- unpredictably — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- unrepentingly — in an unrepenting or impenitent manner
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.