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14-letter words containing a, t, e, s, i, n

  • sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
  • sunshine state — Florida (used as a nickname).
  • super-rational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
  • superannuation — the act of superannuating.
  • superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
  • supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
  • superessential — beyond or above essence; transcending being
  • superimportant — extremely important
  • superinflation — hyperinflation.
  • superinsulated — highly insulated
  • superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • 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.
  • synthesization — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • syrian hamster — golden hamster.
  • systematicness — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
  • take in stride — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
  • take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
  • tax concession — tax reduction
  • tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
  • teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
  • technicalities — technical methods and vocabulary
  • telangiectasis — chronic dilatation of the capillaries and other small blood vessels.
  • telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
  • telejournalist — a journalist who writes for or broadcasts on television
  • tendovaginitis — the swelling of both a tendon and its sheath
  • tergiversation — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • term insurance — an insurance policy that provides coverage for a limited period, the value payable only if a loss occurs within the term, with nothing payable upon its expiration.
  • terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
  • terminus a quo — the end from which; beginning; starting point; earliest limiting point.
  • test marketing — to offer (a new product) for sale, usually in a limited area, in order to ascertain and evaluate consumer response.
  • testamentarily — in a testamentary manner
  • testimonialize — to honor (someone) by giving or doing something testimonial.
  • tetanus toxoid — an inactivated form of tetanus toxin obtained from Clostridium tetani, used to produce an active immunity to the toxin.
  • text messaging — sending typed mobile phone messages
  • that's an idea — that is worth considering
  • that's done it — an exclamation of frustration when something is ruined
  • the grenadines — a chain of about 600 islets in the Caribbean, part of the Windward Islands, extending for about 100 km (60 miles) between St Vincent and Grenada and divided administratively between the two states. Largest island: Carriacou
  • the hispanidad — the common values and cultural attitudes shared between and linking Spain and the other Spanish-speaking countries of the world
  • the humanities — the study of literature, philosophy, and the arts
  • the resistance — an illegal organization fighting for national liberty in a country under enemy occupation, esp in France during World War II
  • the samaritans — a voluntary organization which offers counselling to people in despair, esp by telephone
  • the stannaries — a tin-mining district of Devon and Cornwall, formerly under the jurisdiction of special courts
  • the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
  • the visitation — the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth: Luke 1:39-56
  • the-bostonians — a novel (1886) by Henry James.
  • the-suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
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