14-letter words containing a, d, s, p
- squared splice — square splice.
- stand the pace — to keep up with the speed or rate of others
- standard pitch — concert pitch
- stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
- streptodornase — a deoxyribonuclease, obtained from hemolytic streptococci, used in medicine for decomposing blood clots and fibrinous and purulent matter.
- striped marlin — a marlin, Tetrapturus audax, of the Pacific Ocean, having the sides of the body marked with dark blue vertical stripes, valued for sport and food.
- sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
- sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
- sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
- sulphuric acid — Sulphuric acid is a colourless, oily, and very powerful acid.
- sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
- sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
- superabundance — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
- superinsulated — highly insulated
- supersaturated — to increase the concentration of (a solution) beyond saturation; saturate abnormally.
- swamp milkweed — a coarse milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, growing in swampy places from eastern North America to Colorado, having ball-like clusters of rose-purple flowers.
- the hispanidad — the common values and cultural attitudes shared between and linking Spain and the other Spanish-speaking countries of the world
- tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
- toreador pants — women's close-fitting slacks that extend to or slightly above the calf, styled after the pants traditionally worn by Spanish bullfighters.
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed
- underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
- understrapping — subordinate or inferior
- undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
- unpersonalized — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- unpreparedness — the state of being prepared; readiness.
- unpresidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- up-to-dateness — (of persons, buildings, etc.) keeping up with the times, as in outlook, information, ideas, appearance, or style.
- upper sideband — the frequency band above the carrier frequency, within which fall the spectral components produced by modulation of a carrier wave
- upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
- v-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall followed by a correspondingly sharp rise
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- ville-de-paris — a department in N France. 41 sq. mi. (106 sq. km). Capital: Paris.
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
- waste disposal — A waste disposal or a waste disposal unit is a small machine in a kitchen sink that chops up vegetable waste.
- waste products — the useless products of bodily processes
- well-practised — having or having been habitually or frequently practised in order to improve skill or quality
- west hempstead — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- wide-spreading — spreading over or covering a large area: wide-spreading showers; wide-spreading ivy.
- window display — an arrangement of items in a shop window
- yuppie disease — any of a number of debilitating long-lasting viral disorders associated with stress, such as chronic fatigue syndrome, whose symptoms include muscle weakness, chronic tiredness, and depression
- zeno's paradox — any of various versions of a paradox regarding the relation of the discrete to the continuous and requiring the concept of limit for its satisfactory explanation.