15-Letter Words Containing Y

Measurement related

Microphysical

By the microscope; with minute inspection; in a microscopic manner.

MICROSEISMIC

Microsporocyte

A leaflike structure that bears microsporangia.

""According to the principles of, or with reference to, mineralogy.""

Miscellaneous

English word

Monomolecular

MONOSPECIFIC

""MONOSYLLABIC Being a monosyllable, or composed of monosyllables; as, a monosyllabic word; a monosyllabic language. as, a monosyllabic word; a monosyllabic language.""

Morphological

Mouthwatering

Multitudinous

Necromantical

NEUROFIBRILLAR

""Pl. neurohypophyses (-s z ) The posterior portion of the pituitary gland, having a rich supply of nerve fibers and releasing oxytocin and vasopressin.""

""Pl. neurohypophyses (-s z ) The posterior portion of the pituitary gland, having a rich supply of nerve fibers and releasing oxytocin and vasopressin.""

Neuropathical

The branch of physiology that deals with the functions of the nervous system.

Nerves

Study of the link between behaviour and brain function

Nitroglycerine

AVAILABILITY The quality of being available; availableness.

BELLIGERENCY The quality of being belligerent.

Nonbiological

""CONTEMPORARY Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.""

Type of pension plan

Nonelectrolyte

FLAMMABILITY The quality of being flammable; inflammability.

Not inflammatory.

""Inflected form of INFLATIONARY Inflected form of INFLATION The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.""

PSYCHIATRIST

SPECIFICALLY In a specific manner.

NUCLEOPHILIC

Plural or third person singular

The process by which heavier chemical elements are synthesized from hydrogen nuclei in the interiors of stars.

The process by which heavier chemical elements are synthesized from hydrogen nuclei in the interiors of stars.

Observational

One of the cells comprising the oligodendroglia.

""ONTOGENETIC Of or pertaining to ontogenesis; as, ontogenetic phenomena. as, ontogenetic phenomena.""

Orientational

ORTHODONTIC Of or pertaining to orthodontics or orthodontia.

Medical Specialties ()

Plural or third person singular

OSTEOPATHIC Of or pertaining to osteopathy.

Overclassify

With too much aplomb

Yet more contempt generated by such presumption (wordplay)

Overidentify

""SENSITIVITY The quality or state of being sensitive; used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver. as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.""

Making it seem easy

Ovoviviparous

Arthritis drug [41 points]

""A broad-spectrum antibiotic, C 22 H 24 N 2 O 9 , derived from the actinomycete Streptomyces rimosus and used to treat a variety of bacterial infections.""

Palynological

Pantheistical

PARAGENETIC

Paramyxovirus

""Of, relating to, or affecting the parasympathetic nervous system: parasympathetic activity; parasympathetic agents.""

In brackets

Play the clarinet randomly as a diversion

Work ethic following a payment matey's pocketed (thus?)

In both senses also called physiopathology . The functional changes associated with or resulting from disease or injury.

In an itinerant fashion

How this word fits in

With great insight

With discernment

Pessimistical

(used with a sing. verb) The study of the action or effects of drugs on living organisms.

Pl. pharmacotherapies Treatment of disease through the use of drugs.

Phenylbutazone

""Abbr. PKU A genetic disorder in which the body lacks the enzyme necessary to metabolize phenylalanine to tyrosine. Left untreated, the disorder can cause brain damage and progressive mental retardation as a result of the accumulation of phenylalanine and its breakdown products.""

""Abbr. PKU A genetic disorder in which the body lacks the enzyme necessary to metabolize phenylalanine to tyrosine. Left untreated, the disorder can cause brain damage and progressive mental retardation as a result of the accumulation of phenylalanine and its breakdown products.""

Phenylthiourea

In a manner befitting Socrates one loyal Polish chap's not acting rashly

PHONOGRAMIC

PHOSPHORYLATE

""PHOSPHORYLATE PHOSPHORYL The radical PO, regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds. PO, regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds.""

PHOSPHORYLATE

Photochemical

PHOTOMETRIC

PHOTOSYNTHESIZE

PHOTOTACTIC

""Telegraphy by means of light, as by the heliograph or the photophone. Also, less properly, telephotography.""

PHOTOTROPIC Same as Heliotropic. Heliotropic.

PHOTOTYPESET

Phthalocyanine

""Involving the principles of both physics and chemistry; dependent on, or produced by, the joint action of physical and chemical agencies.""

Of or pertaining to physiography.

In a physiological manner.

See pathophysiology .

Physiotherapy

Helper of the sick

One who treats by massage and exercise

Occupational doctor

Phytochemical

PHYTOFLAGELLATE

The study of the geographic distribution of plants. Also called geobotany .

The study of the geographic distribution of plants. Also called geobotany .

PHYTOPATHOGEN

PHYTOPLANKTON

Phytotoxicity

PINOCYTOTIC

Planimetrical

Platinocyanide

How a cliche may come across

PLATYHELMINTH

Delegate with full power

What's my line: #3

Robert Murphy, on occasion.

Plethysmograph

""The study, by means of the plethysmograph, of the variations in size of a limb, and hence of its blood supply.""

PLURALISTIC

Plutocratical

Plural or third person singular

Polyacrylamide

""CRYSTALLINE Consisting, or made, of crystal.""

""ELECTROLYTE A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.""

Polymerisation

Polymerization

POLYMORPHIC Polymorphous.

Polynucleotide

Polysaccharide

DIET FOOD CLAIM (wordplay)

Like some fat

Fat parrot talking with extra capacity

*Like the 'Hunger Games' trilogy

*Like the "Hunger Games" trilogy

Postoperative

English word

PRAYERFULNESS prayerful

Prefigurative

Prehistorical

Premillennial

Prepositional

SYNAPTICALLY synaptical

In a manner differing from normal

Extraordinarily.

Mysteriously retreat, run away in friendly surrounds

In a dubious way

In a way fraught with trouble

; Chiefly British Variant of program .

The state of being in proportion.

In proper ratio

In a balanced way

In favour of part at city having the same ratio

Act of converting

""PROTEOLYTIC Converting proteid or albuminous matter into soluble and diffusible products, as peptones.""

Protoporphyrin

Pl. pseudopregnancies See false pregnancy .

PSYCHEDELIC

Psychiatrical

Psychoacoustic

Treating on a couch, perhaps [38 points]

Studying on a couch (wordplay)

So, zany chap lying around, listening to one on the couch (wordplay)

""Pl. psychobiographies A biography that analyzes the psychological makeup, character, or motivations of its subject: "We are given a kind of psychobiography which ultimately pictures a deeply egotistical individual, unable to tolerate anyone else's success" (Leon Botstein).""

Psychobiology

""Biology the study of the relations or interrelations between body and mind, especially as exhibited in the nervous system. ; psychobiologist, ; psychobiologic, psychobiological,""

Psychochemical

PSYCHOGENIC

Pl. psychohistories A psychological or psychoanalytic interpretation or study of historical events or persons: the psychohistory of the Nazi era.

Psychohistory

Psycholinguist

According to the science of mind

Psychology

Psychoneurotic

""Medical Specialties Medicine. the science of the diseases of the mind. ; psychopathologist, psychopathist, ; psychopathologie, psychopathological,""

Stimuli-response researcher

PSYCHOSEXUAL

Psychosurgery

Plural or third person singular

""(Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Self-help) a form of psychotherapy intended to release the patient's full potential by focusing on the positive rather than the negative""

Psychotherapy

Healer with issues (wordplay)

One who treats mental disorders

One dealing with issues

""Tending to induce hallucinations, delusions, or other symptoms of a psychosis. Used of a drug.""

In a cowardly way

Electricity developed by means of heat; the science which treats of electricity thus developed.

Pyrotechnical

Celebration of a 400th anniversary

2007 for Jamestown

RADIOAUTOGRAPH

Radiochemical

RADIOMETRIC

Telegraphy using the radiant energy of radio waves; wireless telegraphy; -- the term adopted for use by the Radiotelegraphic Convention of 1912.

Reactionaryism

The quality or condition of being recognizable.

Capable of or qualified for reconciliation: reconcilable differences.

""Inflected form of CRYSTALLIZING Inflected form of CRYSTALLIZE To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.""

Reduplicative

To become aware of (something forgotten) again; bring back to one's consciousness; recall

Remonstrative

""Inflected form of MYTHOLOGIZING Inflected form of MYTHOLOGIZE To relate, classify, and explain, or attempt to explain, myths; to write upon myths.""

Cloning, for example

""Inflected form of SYSTEMATIZING Inflected form of SYSTEMATIZE To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically; to methodize; as, to systematize a collection of plants or minerals; to systematize one's work; to systematize one's ideas. as, to systematize a collection of plants or minerals; to systematize one's work; to systematize one's ideas.""

In a retrogressive manner.

In a backward-looking manner

With nostalgia

'Tainted love' is pretty clever with hindsight

Revolutionary

""RITUALISTIC Pertaining to, or in accordance with, a ritual; adhering to ritualism.""

ROENTGENOGRAPH

Sanctimonious

SAPROPHYTIC Feeding or growing upon decaying anomal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.

Sculpturesque

""Half crystalline; said of certain cruptive rocks composed partly of crystalline, partly of amorphous matter.""

""CYLINDRICAL Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder.""

DOCUMENTARY Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing.

""PORNOGRAPHY Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies.""

By chance

Any nice requests played for this anniversary (wordplay)

In a hilarious manner

Silvicultural

SOCIALISTIC

Sociocultural

SOLIPSISTIC