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14-letter words containing a, s, o

  • acoenaesthesia — loss of the physical awareness of one's body.
  • acoustic nerve — either one of the eighth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from the organs of hearing and from the semicircular canals to the brain.
  • acoustic shock — a condition characterized by dizziness and partial hearing loss suffered by some people exposed to sudden loud noises over telephone or radio headsets; associated esp with workers in call centres
  • across country — If you travel across country, you travel through country areas, avoiding major roads and towns.
  • across the way — If something is across the way, it is nearby on the opposite side of a road or area.
  • acta sanctorum — a collection of lives of the saints edited by Jesuit scholars and first published in Antwerp in 1643
  • actinobacillus — a bacillus causing disease in animals
  • actinomycetous — of or relating to the actinomycetes
  • active shooter — a person who is presently using a gun to shoot people in a confined and populated area.
  • adder's-tongue — any of several terrestrial ferns of the genus Ophioglossum, esp O. vulgatum, that grow in the N hemisphere and have a spore-bearing body that sticks out like a spike from the leaf: family Ophioglossaceae
  • address strobe — (storage)   (AS) One of the input signals of a memory device, especially semiconductor memory, which is asserted to tell the memory device that the address inputs are valid. Upon receiving this signal the selected memory device starts the memory access (read/write) indicated by its other inputs. It may be driven directly by the processor or by a memory controller.
  • adenosclerosis — (medicine) The hardening of a gland.
  • adipose tissue — loose connective tissue in which fat cells accumulate.
  • adjutant stork — a large Indian stork, Leptoptilus dubius, having a pinkish-brown neck and bill, a large naked pouch under the throat, and a military gait.
  • administration — Administration is the range of activities connected with organizing and supervising the way that an organization or institution functions.
  • administrators — A person responsible for running a business, organization, etc.
  • adscititiously — In an adscititious way.
  • advantageously — providing an advantage; furnishing convenience or opportunity; favorable; profitable; useful; beneficial: an advantageous position; an advantageous treaty.
  • adventitiously — associated with something by chance rather than as an integral part; extrinsic.
  • adverse action — An adverse action notice is an official explanation by a financial institution of why they are refusing to grant credit to someone.
  • aerenchymatous — having or consisting of aerenchyma
  • aeroballistics — the ballistics of projectiles dropped, launched, or fired from aircraft
  • aerodynamicist — an expert in aerodynamics.
  • aeroelastician — a specialist in the science of aeroelasticity
  • aeroelasticity — the science that studies how inertial, elastic, and aerodynamic forces interact
  • aeroplane spin — a wrestling attack in which a wrestler lifts his opponent onto his shoulders and spins around, leaving the opponent dizzy
  • aerosolisation — The process by which a material, usually a solid or liquid, is dispersed into an aerosol form.
  • aerosolization — the production or dispersal of an aerosol
  • aesthesiogenic — able to stimulate or produce sensation
  • africanthropus — a genus of hominids of eastern Africa, assumed from a number of now lost skull fragments to have been a form of archaic Homo : no longer in technical use.
  • afro-pessimism — the belief that the provision of aid to African countries is futile
  • aftersensation — an afterimage.
  • age of consent — The age of consent is the age at which a person can legally agree to having a sexual relationship.
  • agglomerations — Plural form of agglomeration.
  • agrifoodstuffs — the foods produced by agriculture
  • agroindustrial — of or relating to agroindustry
  • agrostological — of or relating to agrostology
  • ailanthus moth — a large moth (Philosamia cynthia) native to E Asia and now established in the E U.S., whose larvae (ailanthus silkworms) feed on ailanthus leaves and produce an inferior silk in making their cocoons
  • air suspension — a type of suspension powered by a pump or compressor that pressurizes the air, intended to give a smooth ride
  • air-to-surface — launched from an aircraft and directed at a land target
  • aircraftswoman — a woman holding a noncommissioned rank in the RAF.
  • alai mountains — mountain range in S Kyrgyzstan: highest peak, c. 19,500 ft (5,944 m)
  • alaska pollock — walleye pollock.
  • alcohol abuser — someone who drinks too much alcohol
  • all fools' day — April Fools' Day
  • all souls' day — a day of prayer (Nov 2) for the dead in purgatory
  • all systems go — ready for action
  • allelomorphism — the state of being or the passing on of allelomorphs
  • allhallows eve — Halloween.
  • alloiostrophos — irregularly divided, not in a regular pattern of strophe and antistrophe
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