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14-letter words containing y, i, p, e

  • schizophyceous — belonging to the Schizophyceae, a group of unicellular bluish-green algae, occurring in both salt and fresh water and often causing pollution of drinking water.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • semi-paralysis — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
  • semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
  • sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
  • seropositivity — the quality or state of being seropositive
  • serpentiningly — in a winding or sinuous manner
  • sesquipedality — given to using long words.
  • sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
  • shirley temple — Shirley (Shirley Temple Black) 1928–2014, U.S. film actress, famous for child roles during the 1930s, and diplomat.
  • sitting pretty — (of a bird) occupying a nest of eggs for hatching.
  • slippery slope — a dangerous and irreversible course: the slippery slope from narcotics to prison.
  • spectacularity — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
  • spellbindingly — in a spellbinding manner
  • spending money — money for small personal expenses.
  • spinning jenny — an early spinning machine having more than one spindle, enabling a person to spin a number of yarns simultaneously.
  • spiny anteater — echidna.
  • spuyten duyvil — ship canal between N Manhattan Island & the mainland, connecting the Hudson & Harlem rivers
  • spy-in-the-sky — of or relating to a surveillance camera mounted on an aircraft or orbiting satellite
  • styptic pencil — a pencil-shaped stick of a paste containing alum or a similar styptic agent, used to stanch the bleeding of minor cuts.
  • sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
  • sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
  • sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
  • superciliously — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
  • supereminently — in a supereminent manner; to a supereminent degree
  • superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
  • superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • superintensity — the quality of being extremely intense
  • superior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned above a receptacle of a flower, as in members of the mint family.
  • superseniority — seniority that is granted or held without regard to age or service.
  • supersexuality — the quality of having a strong sexual appetite
  • supersymmetric — pertaining to supersymmetry
  • surprise party — a party or celebration planned for someone as a surprise.
  • susceptibility — state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.
  • suspensibility — capable of being suspended.
  • symmetric lisp — A parallel Lisp in which environments are first-class objects. It is implemented in Common LISP. E-mail: Suresh Jagannathan <[email protected]>.
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • symphonic poem — a form of tone poem, scored for a symphony orchestra, in which a literary or pictorial “plot” is treated with considerable program detail: originated by Franz Liszt in the mid-19th century and developed especially by Richard Strauss.
  • synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
  • synaptic cleft — the small gap, measured in nanometers, between an axon terminal and any of the cell membranes in the immediate vicinity.
  • tailgate party — A tailgate party is a social gathering at which food is served from or near a vehicle, especially in a parking lot before a sports game.
  • telepathically — communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
  • telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
  • telescopically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
  • teletypewriter — a telegraphic apparatus by which signals are sent by striking the letters and symbols of the keyboard of an instrument resembling a typewriter and are received by a similar instrument that automatically prints them in type corresponding to the keys struck. Abbreviation: TTY.
  • terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
  • the cryptozoic — the Cryptozoic era
  • the public eye — If someone is in the public eye, many people know who they are, because they are famous or because they are often mentioned on television or in the newspapers.
  • the top thirty — the thirty best-selling pop music recordings at any particular time
  • threepenny bit — a twelve-sided British coin of nickel-brass, valued at three old pence, obsolete since 1971
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