14-letter words containing a, y, o, u, s
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
- postcopulatory — of or relating to the period of time following copulation
- primary source — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- psychoacoustic — relating to psychoacoustics
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- read-only user — (jargon) Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information. See twink, terminal junkie, lurker.
- rotary shutter — a camera shutter consisting of a rotating disk pierced with a slit that passes in front of the lens to expose the film or plate.
- sacrilegiously — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- sceuophylacium — a place where sacred vessels are kept
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
- simultaneously — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- slaughterously — murderously
- slurry reactor — A slurry reactor is a reactor in which contact is achieved by suspending a solid in a liquid.
- snowy mountain — of or relating to the Snowy Mountains of Australia or their inhabitants
- sodium cyanide — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaCN, prepared by heating sodium amide with charcoal: used chiefly in casehardening alloys, in the leaching and flotation of ore, and in electroplating.
- south ayrshire — a council area of SW Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde: comprises the S part of the historical county of Ayrshire; formerly part of Strathclyde Region (1975–96): chiefly agricultural, with fishing and tourism. Administrative centre: Ayr. Pop: 111 580 (2003 est). Area: 1202 sq km (464 sq miles)
- south-easterly — A south-easterly point, area, or direction is to the south-east or towards the south-east.
- staphylococcus — any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus, occurring in pairs, tetrads, and irregular clusters, certain species of which, as S. aureus, can be pathogenic for humans.
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- statutory body — a body set up by the government to consider evidence and make judgements in some field of activity
- 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).
- stony tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 1550 km (960 miles) long
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subcutaneously — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
- sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
- supererogatory — going beyond the requirements of duty.
- superior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned above a receptacle of a flower, as in members of the mint family.
- supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
- tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
- thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
- thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
- thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- treasury stock — outstanding shares of stock reacquired and held by the issuing corporation.
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- ultra-royalist — a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
- unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
- unconscionably — not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- unionist party — (formerly, in Northern Ireland) the major Protestant political party, closely identified with union with Britain. It formed the Northern Ireland Government from 1920 to 1972