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14-letter words containing e, s

  • achilles' heel — a portion, spot, area, or the like, that is especially or solely vulnerable: His Achilles heel is his quick temper.
  • acid phosphate — superphosphate (def 1).
  • acleistocardia — a failure of the foramen ovale of the heart to close.
  • 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.
  • acquired taste — If you describe something as an acquired taste, you mean that a lot of people do not like it when they first experience it, but often start to like it more when they get to know it better.
  • across the way — If something is across the way, it is nearby on the opposite side of a road or area.
  • actinomycetous — of or relating to the actinomycetes
  • active service — Someone who is on active service is taking part in a war as a member of the armed forces.
  • active shooter — a person who is presently using a gun to shoot people in a confined and populated area.
  • adaptativeness — Adaptability.
  • 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.
  • addressability — (computing) The capability of a microprocessor etc. to deal with values of a certain size using a single instruction.
  • adenosclerosis — (medicine) The hardening of a gland.
  • adipose tissue — loose connective tissue in which fat cells accumulate.
  • adjunctiveness — The state or quality of being adjunctive.
  • administrative — Administrative work involves organizing and supervising an organization or institution.
  • admissibleness — The state or quality of being admissible.
  • adrenal glands — one of a pair of ductless glands, located above the kidneys, consisting of a cortex, which produces steroidal hormones, and a medulla, which produces epinephrine and norepinephrine.
  • adriatic (sea) — arm of the Mediterranean, between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula
  • 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.
  • advertisements — Plural form of advertisement.
  • aegean islands — the islands of the Aegean Sea, including the Cyclades, Dodecanese, Euboea, and Sporades. The majority are under Greek administration
  • aeneas silvius — Also, Aeneas Sylvius. literary name of Pius II.
  • 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
  • affectlessness — the inability to have or show emotion or feeling
  • afro-pessimism — the belief that the provision of aid to African countries is futile
  • aftersensation — an afterimage.
  • against nature — If you say that something is against nature, you think that it is unnatural.
  • age of consent — The age of consent is the age at which a person can legally agree to having a sexual relationship.
  • agesilaus (ii) — 442?-360? b.c.; king of Sparta during the decline of its supremacy in ancient Greece
  • agglomerations — Plural form of agglomeration.
  • aggrandisement — an act or instance of aggrandizing, or increasing in size, or intensity: aggrandizement of mercantile trade in the early colonies.
  • aggressiveness — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
  • agnes de mille — Agnes (George) 1908–93, U.S. choreographer and dancer (niece of Cecil B. De Mille).
  • agribusinesses — Plural form of agribusiness.
  • aguascalientes — a state in central Mexico. Pop: 943 506 (2000). Area: 5471 sq km (2112 sq miles)
  • air stewardess — a stewardess on an airliner
  • air suspension — a type of suspension powered by a pump or compressor that pressurizes the air, intended to give a smooth ride
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