14-letter words containing a, s, o
- antaphrodisiac — Capable of reducing the sex drive.
- anthropologist — a person who specializes in anthropology
- anthropophagus — A cannibal, especially in legends or fables.
- anthropophuism — the attribution of human qualities to gods
- anthroposphere — noosphere.
- anti bolshevik — a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
- anti-bolshevik — a person who is opposed to Bolshevism
- anti-bourgeois — opposed to anyone or anything considered bourgeois
- anti-communist — a person who is opposed to Communism
- anti-dogmatism — dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.
- anti-formalist — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- anti-socialist — a person who opposes socialism.
- anti-sociality — unwilling or unable to associate in a normal or friendly way with other people: He's not antisocial, just shy.
- antiaggression — opposing aggressive behaviour
- antialcoholism — the doctrine of being opposed to alcoholic drink
- anticensorship — opposed to a policy or programme of censoring
- anticoagulants — Also, anticoagulative [an-tee-koh-ag-yuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv, an-tahy-] /ˌæn ti koʊˈæg yəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪv, ˌæn taɪ-/ (Show IPA). preventing coagulation, especially of blood.
- anticonvulsant — any of a class of drugs used to prevent or abolish convulsions
- anticonvulsive — preventing or alleviating convulsions
- anticorrosives — Plural form of anticorrosive.
- anticyclolysis — the weakening or extinction of an anticyclone.
- antidepression — alleviating or preventing depression
- antiforeignism — the policy or practice of showing hostility toward foreigners, foreign customs, etc.
- antihistorical — opposed to history or to methods which emphasize or require historical study
- antihomosexual — opposed to homosexual people and behaviour
- antilogarithms — Plural form of antilogarithm.
- antimicrobials — Plural form of antimicrobial.
- antimonarchist — opposed to a monarchy
- antimoniferous — Containing or producing antimony.
- antimonopolist — opposed to monopoly
- antineoplastic — acting against tumours
- antiphlogistic — of or relating to the prevention or alleviation of inflammation
- antipositivism — The view in social science that the social realm may not be subject to the same methods of investigation as the natural world.
- antipositivist — Relating to antipositivism.
- antiprotozoals — Plural form of antiprotozoal.
- antipsychotics — Plural form of antipsychotic.
- antispasmodics — Plural form of antispasmodic.
- antisubversion — opposed to or acting against subversion
- antoninus pius — 86–161 ad, emperor of Rome (138–161); adopted son and successor of Hadrian
- anyone's guess — something difficult to predict
- apheliotropism — a tendency of certain plants to turn away from the sun; negative heliotropism
- aphoristically — in an aphoristic manner
- aphthous fever — foot-and-mouth disease.
- apocalypticism — the belief in apocalyptic prophecy
- apocryphalness — the quality of being apocryphal
- aposematically — in an aposematic manner
- apostrophizing — Present participle of apostrophize.
- appendectomies — Plural form of appendectomy.
- apple polisher — a sycophant; toady
- apple-polisher — to curry favor with someone, especially in an obsequious or flattering manner.