14-letter words containing a, c, o, s, t, e
- halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
- hamito-semitic — denoting or belonging to this family of languages
- have a stomack — to be pregnant
- hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- hepatectomised — Alt form hepatectomized.
- hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
- hepatopancreas — a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
- improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
- in case of sth — If you do something or have something in case of a particular thing, you do it or have it because that thing might happen or be true.
- incarcerations — Plural form of incarceration.
- incautiousness — The quality of being incautious.
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- inconsequentia — Trivia; items or facts of little or no importance.
- innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
- insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
- interactionism — a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other.
- interactionist — a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other.
- intercessional — an act or instance of interceding.
- interiorscaper — One who works in interiorscaping.
- intersectional — of or relating to to an intersection, or a place where two or more roads, lines, or elements meet: intersectional traffic flow.
- intracutaneous — within the skin.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- isothiocyanate — a chemical compound containing the univalent radical –NCS.
- jack crosstree — jack1 (def 9b).
- jackson method — (programming) A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
- jacobite glass — an English drinking glass of the late 17th or early 18th century, engraved with Jacobite mottoes and symbols.
- john constable — John, 1776–1837, English painter.
- justinian code — the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.
- kakistocracies — Plural form of kakistocracy.
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- lacrosse stick — stick: for lacrosse
- lake constance — a lake in W Europe, bounded by S Germany, W Austria, and N Switzerland, through which the Rhine flows. Area: 536 sq km. (207 sq miles)
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
- leukocytoblast — the precursor cell to a mature leukocyte
- lexicalisation — Alternative spelling of lexicalization.
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- llano estacado — a large plateau in the SW United States, in W Texas and SE New Mexico: cattle-grazing region. About 1000–5000 feet (300–1500 meters) above sea level.
- macartney rose — a trailing or climbing evergreen rose, Rosa bracteata, of China, having shiny leaves and large, solitary white flowers.