14-letter words containing i, s, o, t, n, c
- artisoft, inc. — (company, networking) A company, known for the LANtastic range of networking products. Originally providers of proprietary, peer-to-peer network hardware and software for small installations, Artisoft now also sells Ethernet and Novell-compatible hardware and software. Telephone: +1 (800) 809 1257. Address: Tucson, Arizona, USA; Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
- assistance dog — a dog that has been specially trained to live with and accompany a disabled person, carrying out such tasks as prompting them to take medication or assisting them to cross a road
- associationism — a theory that all mental activity is based on connections between basic mental events, such as sensations and feelings
- associationist — a person who is a member of a group or organization
- asthenospermic — (medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile.
- asthenospheric — relating to the asthenosphere
- astronomically — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- asynchronicity — (uncountable) The state of being asynchronous.
- asynchronistic — Not synchronistic.
- autoconfiscate — (software, jargon) A term coined by Noah Friedman meaning to set up or modify a source-code distribution so that it configures and builds using the GNU project's autoconf/automake/libtools suite.
- autodesk, inc. — (company) The distributors of the AutoCAD CAD package. Address: Sausalito, CA, USA.
- backside-front — backend-to.
- balto-slavonic — a hypothetical subfamily of Indo-European languages consisting of Baltic and Slavonic. It is now generally believed that similarities between them result from geographical proximity rather than any special relationship
- base community — (especially in South America) a group of people taking part in religious devotions and Bible study, who seek to apply this in their socioeconomic and political situation.
- basso continuo — continuo.
- bioaeronautics — the use of aircraft in the discovery, development, and protection of natural and biological resources
- biocybernetics — the branch of cybernetics that deals with the control and communication systems of living organisms
- bioelectronics — a branch of electronics that deals with electronic devices, implants, etc. used in medicine and biological research
- bioinformatics — the branch of information science concerned with large databases of biochemical or pharmaceutical information
- biolinguistics — the study of language functions as they relate to or derive from the biological characteristics of an organism.
- bioluminescent — the production of light by living organisms.
- bioprospecting — searching for plant or animal species for use as a source of commercially exploitable products, such as medicinal drugs
- body snatching — the act or practice of robbing a grave to obtain a cadaver for dissection.
- branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
- breeding stock — animals specifically kept to breed from
- broken society — a perceived or apparent general decline in moral values
- bronchiectasis — chronic dilation of the bronchi or bronchial tubes, which often become infected
- bronchospastic — of or relating to bronchospasms
- cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
- capitalisation — The act or process of capitalising.
- caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
- carcinomatosis — a condition characterized by widespread dissemination of carcinomas or by a carcinoma that affects a large area
- cardiocentesis — surgical puncture of the heart
- cartoonishness — The state or condition of being cartoonish.
- castrametation — the art of designing and laying out an encampment
- categorisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of categorization.
- censure motion — a motion in a deliberative body to censure someone
- centralisation — Alternative spelling of centralization.
- certifications — Plural form of certification.
- chase pointers — (programming) To determine a chain of memory locations where each location holds a pointer to the next, starting from some initial pointer, e.g. traversing a linked list or other graph structure. This may be performed by a computer executing a program or by a programmer going through a core dump or using a debugger.
- chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
- chemosynthesis — the formation of organic material by certain bacteria using energy derived from simple chemical reactions
- chemosynthetic — That utilizes chemosynthesis.
- cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
- cholinesterase — an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine to choline and acetic acid
- chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
- christ's thorn — a thorny euphorbiaceous Madagascan shrub, Euphorbia milii var. splendens, cultivated as a hedging shrub or pot plant, having flowers with scarlet bracts
- christ's-thorn — any of certain Old World thorny shrubs or small trees supposed to have been used for Christ's crown of thorns, as the Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi, or the jujube, Ziziphus jujuba.
- christocentric — having as the theological focal point the teachings and practices of Jesus Christ.
- chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).