14-letter words containing a, s, e, y, p
- speech therapy — treatment for speaking disorders
- sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
- spiny anteater — echidna.
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- statutory rape — sexual intercourse or other sexual relations with a person under the legal age of consent, which age varies in different states. See also rape1 (def 1).
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- 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.
- supererogatory — going beyond the requirements of duty.
- superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned above a receptacle of a flower, as in members of the mint family.
- supernaturally — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
- supersexuality — the quality of having a strong sexual appetite
- supplementally — supplementary.
- supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
- surprise party — a party or celebration planned for someone as a surprise.
- sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- symmetry plane — reflection plane.
- synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
- synaptic cleft — the small gap, measured in nanometers, between an axon terminal and any of the cell membranes in the immediate vicinity.
- system program — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
- telescopically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
- thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- transplanetary — farther from the sun than a given planet.
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- tripersonality — the state or condition of being tripersonal; existence in three persons, as the Godhead.
- trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
- undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- unspecifically — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
- up one's alley — a passage, as through a continuous row of houses, permitting access from the street to backyards, garages, etc.
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- venus' flytrap — a white-flowered swamp plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the sundew family, native to the Carolinas, having sensitive leaves with two hinged blades that snap shut, often trapping insects
- 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