14-letter words containing a, n, c, e, s, t
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
- insecticidally — in an insecticidal manner
- inspectability — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- instant access — the ability or access to withdraw (money from a bank) whenever needed
- instant camera — a usually portable camera that produces a finished picture shortly after each exposure. Compare Polaroid (def 2).
- insular celtic — a partly geographical, partly genetic grouping of Celtic languages that consists of those spoken in the British Isles in ancient times and those descended from them.
- insurrectional — Pertaining to insurrection.
- intensive care — the use of specialized equipment and personnel for continuous monitoring and care of the critically ill.
- 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.
- interinsurance — reciprocal insurance.
- interiorscaper — One who works in interiorscaping.
- interracialism — action or policy for establishing equality and cooperation between different racial groups.
- intersectional — of or relating to to an intersection, or a place where two or more roads, lines, or elements meet: intersectional traffic flow.
- interval scale — a scale of measurement of data according to which the differences between values can be quantified in absolute but not relative terms and for which any zero is merely arbitrary: for instance, dates are measured on an interval scale since differences can be measured in years, but no sense can be given to a ratio of times
- intracutaneous — within the skin.
- intransigeance — intransigence
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- isothiocyanate — a chemical compound containing the univalent radical –NCS.
- jackass gunter — a gunter having a wire rope with a traveler in place of the usual upper iron.
- jackson method — (programming) A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
- john constable — John, 1776–1837, English painter.
- justinian code — the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.
- kitchen scales — a set of scales used in cooking
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- 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)
- lance sergeant — a sergeant of the lowest rank.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- lend-lease act — the matériel and services supplied by the U.S. to its allies during World War II under an act of Congress (Lend-Lease Act) passed in 1941: such aid was to be repaid in kind after the war.
- lexicalisation — Alternative spelling of lexicalization.
- licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- 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.
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- macartney rose — a trailing or climbing evergreen rose, Rosa bracteata, of China, having shiny leaves and large, solitary white flowers.
- machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
- machine stitch — a stitch created by a sewing machine
- machine-stitch — to sew on a sewing machine.
- macronutrients — Plural form of macronutrient.
- magnetic storm — a temporary disturbance of the earth's magnetic field, induced by radiation and streams of charged particles from the sun.
- magnetic strip — a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip: a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- magnetostatics — the branch of magnetics that deals with magnetic fields that do not vary with time (magnetostatic fields)
- majesticalness — the glory or majesty of someone or something
- make no secret — If you make no secret of something, you tell others about it openly and clearly.
- make the scene — the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
- masonry cement — a mix typically of Portland cement, hydrated lime, and other materials, used to improve the water retention and workability of the cement in masonry work.
- massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.