14-letter words containing y, i, t, e, n
- sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
- seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
- serpentiningly — in a winding or sinuous manner
- seventy-eighth — next after the seventy-seventh; being the ordinal number for 78.
- silky anteater — an arboreal, tropical American anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, about the size of a rat, having a prehensile tail, glossy, golden fur, and two toes on each forelimb.
- simultaneously — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- single density — a disk with the normal capacity for storage
- sit-down money — social security benefits
- sitting pretty — (of a bird) occupying a nest of eggs for hatching.
- south tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 151 700 (2003 est). Area: 64 sq km (25 sq miles)
- 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
- stay the night — If you stay the night in a place, you sleep there for one night.
- stay-in strike — sit-down strike.
- steel industry — production of steel
- sticky fingers — an inclination or tendency to steal or pilfer
- stirling cycle — a highly efficient thermodynamic cycle in which air or an inert gas is compressed and expanded
- styling mousse — a light foamy substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
- styptic pencil — a pencil-shaped stick of a paste containing alum or a similar styptic agent, used to stanch the bleeding of minor cuts.
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
- 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.
- superintensity — the quality of being extremely intense
- superseniority — seniority that is granted or held without regard to age or service.
- suspensibility — capable of being suspended.
- 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.
- synthesization — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- synthetic fuel — fuel in the form of liquid or gas (synthetic natural gas) manufactured from coal or in the form of oil extracted from shale or tar sands.
- syrian hamster — golden hamster.
- systematicness — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- take inventory — count stock or belongings
- tandem bicycle — a bicycle for two or more persons, having seats and corresponding sets of pedals arranged in tandem, especially popular in the 19th century.
- tanen taunggyi — a mountain range in NW Thailand and SE Burma, rising to a height of 7000 feet (2134 meters).
- tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
- telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
- tenzing norgay — 1914–86, Nepalese mountaineer. With Sir Edmund Hillary, he was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest (1953)
- teratogenicity — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
- terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
- testamentarily — in a testamentary manner
- the windy city — Chicago, Illinois
- theocentricity — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
- theory of mind — Psychology, Philosophy. the ability to interpret one’s own and other people’s mental and emotional states, understanding that each person has unique motives, perspectives, etc.: People with autism seem to lack theory of mind. Abbreviation: ToM, TOM.
- theriogenology — the branch of veterinary medicine encompassing all aspects of reproduction.
- thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- thirty-seventh — next after the thirty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 37.