14-letter words containing a, p, o, s, t, l
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
- exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
- expansion bolt — a bolt that expands on tightening, enabling it to be secured into an unthreaded hole
- expansion slot — (hardware) A connector in a computer into which an expansion card can be plugged. The connector supplies power to the card and connects it to the data bus, address bus and control signals of the motherboard.
- exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
- explorationist — a person involved in exploration, esp of oil, gas, etc
- expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
- extrapolations — Plural form of extrapolation.
- false position — a situation in which a person is forced to act or seems to be acting against his principles or interests
- false positive — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test indicated a condition or finding that does not exist: a false-positive for syphilis. a person who receives this test result.
- false-positive — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test indicated a condition or finding that does not exist: a false-positive for syphilis. a person who receives this test result.
- family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
- fetal position — a bodily posture resembling that of the fetus in the uterus, in which the body is curled with head and limbs drawn in, sometimes assumed in states of fear or emotional withdrawal.
- field hospital — an organization of medical personnel with medical equipment for establishing a temporary hospital at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat.
- file separator — (character) (FS) ASCII character 28.
- flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
- flashing point — flash point (def 1).
- foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
- foolscap sheet — a sheet of foolscap paper
- football pools — If you do the football pools, you take part in a gambling competition in which people try to win money by guessing the results of football matches.
- galactic poles — either of the two opposite points on the celestial sphere that are farthest north and south of the Milky Way.
- galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
- galactopoiesis — increasing the secretion of milk.
- gallinas point — a cape in NE Colombia: the northernmost point of South America
- galvanoplastic — pertaining to reproduction by electrotypy.
- galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
- galveston plan — commission plan.
- hale telescope — the 200-inch (508-cm) reflector at the Palomar Observatory.
- haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
- hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
- heteroplasties — Plural form of heteroplasty.
- histopathology — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
- histoplasmosis — an infectious disease of the reticuloendothelial system, caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum and characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- homotransplant — allograft.
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
- hospital drama — a TV programme or series based on events in a hospital
- hospital light — hopper casement.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hospital train — a military train equipped to transport wounded troops to a hospital.
- hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
- hypocoristical — (rare) synonym of hypocoristic.
- hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
- hypostatically — In a hypostatic manner.
- hypothalamus's — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
- impassionately — filled with passion; impassioned.
- interpolations — Plural form of interpolation.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- isolated point — Mathematics. a point in a set such that the neighborhood of the point is devoid of any other points belonging to the set.