14-letter words containing a, c, e, s, o
- anchorage dues — money paid so that a ship can anchor somewhere
- ancient wisdom — pre-Christian knowledge, philosophy, and beliefs
- andrew jackson — Andrew ("Old Hickory") 1767–1845, U.S. general: 7th president of the U.S. 1829–37.
- androcephalous — having a human head
- androdioecious — (of a plant species) having hermaphrodite and male flowers on separate plants
- andromonoecism — the condition of being andromonoecious
- anne of cleves — 1515–57, the fourth wife of Henry VIII of England: their marriage (1540) was annulled after six months
- anticensorship — opposed to a policy or programme of censoring
- anticonvulsive — preventing or alleviating convulsions
- anticorrosives — Plural form of anticorrosive.
- antineoplastic — acting against tumours
- apocryphalness — the quality of being apocryphal
- aposematically — in an aposematic manner
- appendectomies — Plural form of appendectomy.
- approach stage — the stage of landing when a plane is approaching the runway
- aquifoliaceous — related to the Aquifoliaceae family of plants, the only living genus of which is the holly (Ilex) genus
- arborsculpture — The art and craft technique of growing and shaping tree trunks.
- archaeologists — Plural form of archaeologist.
- archaeometrist — a person who uses archaeometry
- archiepiscopal — of or associated with an archbishop
- architectonics — the science of architecture
- arctic monkeys — British rock group (formed 2002): comprising Alex Turner (born 1986; vocals, guitar), Jamie Cook (born 1985, guitar), Matt Helders (born 1986, drums, vocals) and Nick O'Malley (born 1985, bass guitar); their albums include Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), and AM (2013)
- area vasculosa — that part of the area opaca in which the blood cells and vessels are formed.
- arms inspector — a person who carries out an arms inspection
- arthrocentesis — The clinical procedure of using a syringe to collect synovial fluid from a joint capsule, used in the diagnosis of gout, arthritis, and synovial infections.
- ascending node — the node through which an orbiting body passes as it moves to the north (opposed to descending node).
- assault course — An assault course is an area of land covered with obstacles such as walls which people, especially soldiers, use to improve their skills and strength.
- assistance dog — a dog that has been specially trained to live with and accompany a disabled person, carrying out such tasks as prompting them to take medication or assisting them to cross a road
- associableness — The state or quality of being associable.
- associated gas — Associated gas is raw natural gas that comes through crude oil wells.
- asthenospermic — (medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile.
- asthenospheric — relating to the asthenosphere
- astigmatoscope — an instrument for determining the presence and severity of astigmatism.
- astrochemistry — the study of the chemistry of celestial bodies and space, esp by means of spectroscopy
- astrocompasses — Plural form of astrocompass.
- at close range — If you see or hit something at close range or from close range, you are very close to it when you see it or hit it. If you do something at a range of half a mile, for example, you are half a mile away from it when you do it.
- at one's mercy — compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner.
- at second hand — If you experience something at second hand, you are told about it by other people rather than experiencing it yourself.
- at the cost of — at the expense of losing
- atlas autocode — (language) The Autocode for the Ferranti Atlas, which may have been the first commercial computer with hardware-paged virtual memory. Whereas other autocodes were basically assembly languages, Atlas Autocode was high-level and block-structured, resembling a cross between Fortran and ALGOL 60. It had call-by value, loops, declarations, complex numbers, pointers, heap and stack storage generators, dynamic arrays, and extensible syntax.
- audio-cassette — a cassette of tape on which sound only is recorded
- audiocassettes — Plural form of audiocassette.
- auspiciousness — The state or quality of being auspicious or successful.
- autoconfiscate — (software, jargon) A term coined by Noah Friedman meaning to set up or modify a source-code distribution so that it configures and builds using the GNU project's autoconf/automake/libtools suite.
- autodesk, inc. — (company) The distributors of the AutoCAD CAD package. Address: Sausalito, CA, USA.
- autodestructed — Simple past tense and past participle of autodestruct.
- avariciousness — The state or quality of being avaricious.
- aztec two-step — Montezuma's revenge
- bachelor chest — a chest of drawers, esp., one for men's shirts, sweaters, underwear, etc.
- backside-front — backend-to.