Words whose 14th letter is Y

Line 7784 - <Iatrochemistry (n.) Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles.

> Line 11736 - <Phytolithology (n.) The branch of science which treats of fossil plants; -- usually called paleobotany, sometimes paleophytology.

> Line 12099 - <Polyautography (n.) The act or practice of multiplying copies of one's own handwriting, or of manuscripts, by printing from stone, -- a species of lithography.

> Line 12103 - <Polycarpellary (a.) Composed of several or numerous carpels; -- said of such fruits as the orange.

> Line 13100 - <Rectangularity (n.) The quality or condition of being rectangular, or right-angled.

> Line 17955 - <Xylopyrography (n.) The art or practice of burning pictures on wood with a hot iron; -- called also poker painting. See Poker picture, under Poker.

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