14-letter words containing i, n, t, e
- age of anxiety — a symphony (1949) by Leonard Bernstein.
- 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.
- aggrandizement — If someone does something for aggrandizement, they do it in order to get power, wealth, and importance for themselves.
- agrotechnician — a specialist in the science and technology of agriculture, farm production, or the like.
- aguascalientes — a state in central Mexico. Pop: 943 506 (2000). Area: 5471 sq km (2112 sq miles)
- air controller — a military person assigned to monitor, manage, etc. aircraft within a specified region
- air equivalent — a measure of the effectiveness of a material in absorbing nuclear radiation, expressed as the thickness of an air layer (at 0° C and 1 atmosphere) causing the same absorption.
- airborne alert — a state of military alert wherein combat-equipped aircraft are flying and prepared for action.
- airconditioned — Alternative spelling of air-conditioned.
- airconditioner — Alternative form of air conditioner.
- airplane cloth — a strong, plain-weave cloth of linen or cotton, originally used for airplane wings
- airport lounge — an area in an airport which has seats, and sometimes other services such as toilets and refreshments, and where passengers wait for their plane
- alarm reaction — the first stage of the general adaptation syndrome, in which the body responds to stress by exhibiting shock.
- album-oriented — of or designating a format featuring rock songs from LPs and CDs rather than singles, especially mainstream rock music.
- albumenization — An alternative form of albuminization.
- aleutian range — a mountain range extending along the eastern coast of the Alaska Peninsula. Highest peak, Mt. Katmai, 6715 feet (2047 meters).
- alexander city — a city in E Alabama.
- alimentiveness — the desire to eat, or the instinct to find, food
- alkaline earth — any of the divalent electropositive metals beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium, belonging to group 2A of the periodic table
- allegorization — to make into an allegory; narrate allegorically.
- alliance party — a non-sectarian Northern Irish political party founded in 1970
- alpha centauri — a binary star, the brightest star in the constellation Centaurus: magnitude, -0.27: it is the nearest of the stars that are visible to the naked eye, except for the sun
- alpine bistort — Also called snakeweed. a European plant, Polygonum bistorta, of the buckwheat family, having a twisted root, which is sometimes used as an astringent.
- alpine currant — an ornamental shrub, Ribes alpinum, of Europe, having greenish-yellow flowers and scarlet fruit.
- alumina cement — a quick-setting cement with a large bauxite content.
- amateurishness — The quality of being amateurish.
- ambitransitive — (of a verb) Able to be used transitively or intransitively without requiring morphological change.
- american cloth — a glazed or waterproofed cotton cloth
- american lotus — water chinquapin (def 1).
- american party — an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
- american twist — a service in which the ball is spun so as to bounce high and to the left of the receiver.
- amillennialist — A believer in amillennialism.
- aminopeptidase — an enzyme produced by the glands of the small intestine
- amphotericin b — an antibiotic compound, C46H73NO20, used in treating certain diseases caused by parasitic fungi, such as systemic candidiasis
- amrit ceremony — the ceremony of initiation into the Khalsa, at which amrit is drunk by and sprinkled on the heads of candidates for initiation
- amusement ride — a device at a fair, theme park, etc that people can ride in
- amylobarbitone — Obsolete spelling of amobarbital.
- an early night — If you have an early night, you go to bed early. If you have a late night, you go to bed late.
- anaesthetising — Present participle of anaesthetise.
- anaesthetizing — Present participle of anaesthetize.
- anagrammatized — Simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize.
- anal retentive — a person who exhibits anal personality traits
- anal-retentive — having an anal character.
- anathematizing — Present participle of anathematize.
- ancient lights — the legal right to receive, by a particular window or windows, adequate and unobstructed daylight
- ancient regime — ancien régime.
- ancient wisdom — pre-Christian knowledge, philosophy, and beliefs
- and everything — You say 'and everything' after mentioning a particular thing or list of things to indicate that they are only examples and that other things are also involved.
- and no mistake — certainly