14-letter words containing a, m, i, n, o, s
- arrondissement — the largest administrative subdivision of a department
- assembly point — a designated place where people have been told to wait after evacuating a building in the event of a fire or other emergency
- associationism — a theory that all mental activity is based on connections between basic mental events, such as sensations and feelings
- asthenospermia — (medicine) Loss or reduction in the strength or energy of sperm cells, hence infertility. Not always infertile many are subfertile.
- asthenospermic — (medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile.
- astronomically — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- axiomatisation — the process of reducing down to a system of basic truths, or axioms
- balsaminaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Balsaminaceae, a family of flowering plants, including balsam and touch-me-not, that have irregular flowers and explosive capsules
- baptismal font — a large bowl for baptismal water, usually mounted on a pedestal
- base community — (especially in South America) a group of people taking part in religious devotions and Bible study, who seek to apply this in their socioeconomic and political situation.
- bildungsromane — a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist.
- billy no-mates — a person with no friends
- bioinformatics — the branch of information science concerned with large databases of biochemical or pharmaceutical information
- bioregionalism — the conviction that environmental and social policies should be determined by the bioregion rather than economics or politics
- black diamonds — carbonado1 .
- block sampling — the selection of a corpus for statistical literary analysis by random selection of a starting point and consideration of the continuous passage following it
- blue mountains — a mountain range in the US, in NE Oregon and SE Washington. Highest peak: Rock Creek Butte, 2773 m (9097 ft)
- body mechanics — body exercises that are intended to improve one's posture, stamina, poise, etc.
- bring onstream — To bring onstream a plant, mine, oilfield, etc. is to start production there.
- cahokia mounds — the largest group of prehistoric Indian earthworks in the US, located northeast of East St Louis
- cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
- calumniousness — Calumny.
- caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
- carcinomatosis — a condition characterized by widespread dissemination of carcinomas or by a carcinoma that affects a large area
- carcinosarcoma — a malignant tumour composed of carcinoma and sarcoma
- castrametation — the art of designing and laying out an encampment
- chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
- china syndrome — a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
- chinook salmon — a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, valued as a food fish
- cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
- chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
- chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
- chromodynamics — a theory that describes how gluons and their forces bind quarks together to form protons, neutrons, etc.
- cinnamon sedge — an angler's name for a small caddis fly, Limnephilus lunatus, having pale hind wings, that frequents sluggish water
- cinnamon stick — a rolled strip of the dried aromatic bark of the tropical Asian lauraceous tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, used as a spice for flavouring food and drink
- cinnamon stone — essonite
- cinnamon toast — buttered toast made with sugar and cinnamon
- cisnormativity — (LGBT, neologism) The assumption that all human beings are cisgender, i.e. have a gender identity which matches the sex they were assigned at birth.
- cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
- clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
- cochairmanship — the position of being one of the two chairmen of an organization
- coma berenices — a faint constellation in the N hemisphere between Ursa Major and Boötes containing the Coma Cluster a cluster of approximately 1000 galaxies, at a mean distance of 300 million light years
- combinableness — The quality or state of being combinable.
- comma position — angulation (def 3).
- comma-position — an angular part, position, or formation.
- commandantship — the office of a commandant
- commemorations — Plural form of commemoration.
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- commensuration — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commiserations — Plural form of commiseration.