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15-letter words containing y, s

  • lady's bedstraw — a Eurasian rubiaceous plant, Galium verum, with clusters of small yellow flowers
  • lady's-earrings — any of several plants having pendent flowers thought to resemble earrings, as the jewelweed or the fuchsia.
  • laser chemistry — the use of a laser to initiate and control chemical reactions.
  • laser ring gyro — a system of aerial navigation in which rotation is sensed by the measuring of the frequency shift of laser light in a closed circuit in a horizontal plane
  • laundry service — clothes-washing business
  • lay oneself out — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
  • legacy software — legacy system
  • lesser dionysia — (in ancient Attica) the wine feasts, processions, and dramatic performances composing one of the festivals honoring Dionysus, held in the middle of December.
  • let yourself go — If you let yourself go, you relax and behave much more freely than usual.
  • leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
  • leyland cypress — a fast-growing cypress, Cupressocyparis leylandii, that is a hybrid produced by crossing the macrocarpa with the Nootka cypress (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis): widely grown for hedging
  • library science — the study of the organization and administration of a library and of its technical, informational, and reference services.
  • lifestyle block — a semi-rural property comprising a house and land for small-scale farming
  • listed security — a security that is quoted on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and appears in its Official List of Securities
  • lleyn peninsula — a peninsula in NW Wales between Cardigan Bay and Caernarfon Bay
  • look-say method — a method of teaching beginners to read by memorizing and recognizing whole words, rather than by associating letters with sounds
  • lopez y fuentes — Gregorio [gre-gaw-ryaw] /grɛˈgɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1966, Mexican writer.
  • lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
  • lose your heart — If you lose your heart to someone, you fall in love with them.
  • loyalty islands — a group of coral islands in the S Pacific belonging to the French territory of New Caledonia. 761 sq. mi. (1970 sq. km).
  • luminous energy — light1 (def 2a).
  • lymphoid tissue — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
  • machinery steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
  • macro-sociology — the sociological study of large-scale social systems and long-term patterns and processes.
  • macroscopically — visible to the naked eye. Compare microscopic (def 1).
  • main royal mast — the part of the mainmast situated immediately above, and generally formed as a single spar with, the main topgallantmast.
  • malay peninsula — a peninsula in SE Asia, consisting of W (mainland) Malaysia and the S part of Thailand.
  • manorial system — manorialism.
  • marfan syndrome — a hereditary disorder characterized by abnormally elongated bones, especially in the extremities, hypermotility of the joints, and circulatory and eye abnormalities.
  • marine surveyor — a person who carries out surveys of ships to determine seaworthiness, etc
  • market analysis — the process of determining factors, conditions, and characteristics of a market.
  • martensitically — in a martensitic manner
  • masculine rhyme — a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
  • masochistically — Psychiatry. having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
  • mass psychology — the study of the behavior of large groups of people.
  • master cylinder — the hydraulic pump of an automotive braking system that contains a cylinder and one or two pistons, is actuated by the brake pedal, and supplies hydraulic fluid under pressure to the brakes at each wheel.
  • maternity dress — a dress worn by a pregnant woman and which is designed to allow for the changes in body size which take place during pregnancy
  • maundy thursday — the Thursday of Holy Week, commemorating Jesus' Last Supper and His washing of the disciples' feet upon that day.
  • meantone system — a system for tuning keyboard instruments, used before the development of tuning by equal temperament and considered practical only for tonalities of not more than two sharps or flats.
  • mechanistically — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
  • mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
  • medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
  • menstrual cycle — (in women of reproductive age) the cycle of physiological changes affecting the reproductive organs that takes place typically over a month and includes ovulation, thickening of the lining of the womb and menstruation if fertilization of the egg has not occurred
  • merry christmas — well-wishes for Christmas season
  • mesometeorology — the study of atmospheric phenomena of relatively small size, as thunderstorms or tornadoes, and of the detailed structure of larger disturbances.
  • methylcellulose — a grayish-white powder prepared from cellulose that swells to a highly viscous colloidal solution in water: used as a food additive and in water paints, leather tanning, and cosmetics.
  • microcosmically — in a microcosmic manner
  • microdiscectomy — (surgery) microdecompression.
  • microphysically — in a microphysical manner
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