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14-letter words containing y, n

  • interpupillary — between the pupils of the eyes: interpupillary distance.
  • interrelatedly — in an interrelated manner
  • intersexuality — Having the physical features of both sexes.
  • intersterility — the state of being insterile
  • interstitially — In an interstitial way.
  • intertextually — In an intertextual way.
  • intimidatingly — In an intimidating manner.
  • intolerability — not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
  • intoxicatingly — causing or capable of causing intoxication: intoxicating beverages.
  • intracardially — in an intracardial manner
  • intracranially — In an intracranial way.
  • intractability — not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
  • intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
  • intransigently — In an intransigent manner.
  • intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
  • intransitivity — (grammar) The state or quality of being intransitive.
  • intrapulmonary — (anatomy) Within the material of the lungs.
  • intrinsicality — The state of being intrinsic; inherence.
  • introductorily — By way of introduction.
  • introversively — In an introversive manner.
  • inventory cost — Inventory costs are the costs to a business associated with holding stock, or money that is tied up in stock.
  • invigoratingly — In an invigorating manner.
  • irreconcilably — incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible: irreconcilable differences.
  • isentropically — in an isentropic manner
  • isocyanic acid — an unstable acid, CHNO, tautomeric with cyanic acid, known only in the form of its salts.
  • isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
  • isothiocyanate — a chemical compound containing the univalent radical –NCS.
  • japanese holly — an evergreen shrub, Ilex crenata, of Japan, having black fruit and box-shaped foliage, widely grown as an ornamental.
  • jefferson city — a city in and the capital of Missouri, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
  • jelly doughnut — a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam and sometimes sprinkled with powdered sugar.
  • jerry-building — the act of building (houses, flats, etc) badly using cheap materials
  • jingoistically — (manner) In a jingoistic manner.
  • john of leyden — Lucas van Leyden.
  • johnny smokers — a plant Geum triflorum, of the rose family, native to North America, having purplish flowers and silky-plumed fruit.
  • johnny-jump-up — any of certain violets, especially Viola pedunculata, having variously colored flowers.
  • junior varsity — a university, college, or school team that consists of players who lack the qualifications or skill necessary for the varsity and compete against other teams of similar composition or ability.
  • keep an eye on — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • kenilworth ivy — a European climbing vine, Cymbalaria muralis, of the figwort family, having irregularly lobed leaves and small, lilac-blue flowers.
  • kentucky derby — a horse race for three-year-olds, run annually since 1875, on the first Saturday in May, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.: the first race in the Triple Crown.
  • kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
  • kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
  • keynote speech — opening address at a conference
  • keystone joist — a reinforced-concrete joist with sloping sides and the top wider than the bottom.
  • keystone state — Pennsylvania (used as a nickname).
  • kidney disease — medical condition affecting the kidneys
  • kidney failure — loss of renal function
  • kidney machine — artificial kidney.
  • kinetic energy — the energy of a body or a system with respect to the motion of the body or of the particles in the system.
  • kinetic theory — the theory that the minute particles of all matter are in constant motion and that the temperature of a substance is dependent on the velocity of this motion, increased motion being accompanied by increased temperature: according to the kinetic theory of gases, the elasticity, diffusion, pressure, and other physical properties of a gas are due to the rapid motion in straight lines of its molecules, to their impacts against each other and the walls of the container, to weak cohesive forces between molecules, etc.
  • king's highway — a highway built by the national government.
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