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15-letter words containing y, s

  • insubstantially — In an insubstantial manner.
  • insurrectionary — of, relating to, or of the nature of insurrection.
  • interparoxysmal — occurring in the period or periods between paroxysms.
  • interpersonally — of or pertaining to the relations between persons: He has strong interpersonal skills.
  • intertwistingly — by intertwisting
  • interuniversity — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
  • intervisibility — the state or fact of being visible.
  • intramuscularly — In an intramuscular manner; within a muscle.
  • intransigeantly — intransigently
  • intravascularly — Within a blood vessel.
  • introspectively — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
  • introspectivity — The quality of being introspective.
  • inversion layer — a layer of the atmosphere in which there is a temperature inversion, with the layer tending to prevent the air below it from rising, thus trapping any pollutants that are present.
  • ionospherically — by the ionosphere
  • irreprehensibly — in an irreprehensible manner
  • irresistibility — not resistible; incapable of being resisted or withstood: an irresistible impulse.
  • irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
  • irreversibility — not reversible; incapable of being changed: His refusal is irreversible.
  • island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
  • isle of sheppey — an island in SE England, off the N coast of Kent in the Thames estuary: separated from the mainland by The Swale, a narrow channel. Chief towns: Sheerness, Minster. Pop: 37 852 (2001 est). Area: 80 sq km (30 sq miles)
  • isoamyl acetate — a colorless liquid, C 7 H 14 O 2 , used in flavorings, perfumery, and as a solvent. Compare banana oil (def 1).
  • isopropyl ether — a colorless, volatile, flammable, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O, used chiefly as a solvent for waxes, fats, and resins.
  • isopropyl group — the univalent group C 3 H 7 , an isomer of the propyl group.
  • isothiocyanates — Plural form of isothiocyanate.
  • isotope geology — the study and application of stable and radioactive isotopes to geological processes and their time scales
  • it's early days — If you say about something that might be true that it is early days, you mean that it is too soon for you to be completely sure about it.
  • italian cypress — a tall Eurasian cypress, cupressus sempervirens, native to the eastern Mediterranean region
  • janissary music — music characteristic of or imitative of that played by a Turkish military band, typically employing cymbals, triangles, bass drum, and Turkish crescents.
  • japanese oyster — a commercial oyster, Ostrea gigas, of the Pacific coast of North America, introduced from Japan.
  • jayhawker state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
  • jewelers' putty — putty powder.
  • jog sb's memory — If something or someone jogs your memory, they cause you to suddenly remember something that you had forgotten.
  • john chrysostom — Saint John, a.d. 347?–407, ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople.
  • jubilate-sunday — Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.
  • justice in eyre — a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
  • kailyard school — a school of writers describing homely life in Scotland, with much use of Scottish dialect: in vogue toward the close of the 19th century.
  • kaleyard school — a group of writers who depicted the sentimental and homely aspects of life in the Scottish Lowlands from about 1880 to 1914. The best known contributor to the school was J. M. Barrie
  • kentish tracery — tracery, originating in Kent in the 14th century, having cusps with split ends.
  • keyboard skills — ability to input information using a keyboard
  • keyes technique — a system of treating periodontal diseases by eliminating specific disease-related microorganisms, primarily through nonsurgical therapy that is regulated and adjusted in accordance with microscopic or cultural findings in subgingival plaque specimens.
  • keyhole surgery — operation done by laparoscopy
  • keying sequence — a sequence made up of letters or numbers that can encode or decode a polyalphabetic substitution cipher one letter at a time.
  • keynote address — a speech, as at a political convention, that presents important issues, principles, policies, etc.
  • keynote speaker — sb: gives opening speech
  • keystone comedy — a short film of the silent era, often featuring the Keystone Kops.
  • kinesthesiology — The medical and therapeutic study of the movement of muscles and joints.
  • kinesthetically — In a kinesthetic way, or in terms of kinesthetics.
  • labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
  • lackadaisically — without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic: a lackadaisical attempt.
  • ladies' gallery — a gallery in the old House of Commons set aside for women spectators
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