14-letter words containing i, s, t
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- africanthropus — a genus of hominids of eastern Africa, assumed from a number of now lost skull fragments to have been a form of archaic Homo : no longer in technical use.
- aftersensation — an afterimage.
- against nature — If you say that something is against nature, you think that it is unnatural.
- 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.
- agriculturists — Plural form of agriculturist.
- agrifoodstuffs — the foods produced by agriculture
- agroindustrial — of or relating to agroindustry
- agrostological — of or relating to agrostology
- aguascalientes — a state in central Mexico. Pop: 943 506 (2000). Area: 5471 sq km (2112 sq miles)
- ailanthus moth — a large moth (Philosamia cynthia) native to E Asia and now established in the E U.S., whose larvae (ailanthus silkworms) feed on ailanthus leaves and produce an inferior silk in making their cocoons
- air stewardess — a stewardess on an airliner
- air-to-surface — launched from an aircraft and directed at a land target
- aircraftswoman — a woman holding a noncommissioned rank in the RAF.
- airtsy-mairtsy — affected; effeminate
- alai mountains — mountain range in S Kyrgyzstan: highest peak, c. 19,500 ft (5,944 m)
- aldus manutius — 1450–1515, Italian printer, noted for his fine editions of the classics. He introduced italic type
- alimentiveness — the desire to eat, or the instinct to find, food
- alloiostrophos — irregularly divided, not in a regular pattern of strophe and antistrophe
- allosterically — In an allosteric manner.
- 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.
- altruistically — unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic).
- alumosilicates — Plural form of alumosilicate.
- amateurishness — The quality of being amateurish.
- ambidextrously — In an ambidextrous manner.
- ambisinistrous — clumsy or unskillful with both hands.
- ambitransitive — (of a verb) Able to be used transitively or intransitively without requiring morphological change.
- amebic colitis — a type of dysentery caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica, characterized especially by ulceration of the large intestine.
- american lotus — water chinquapin (def 1).
- 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
- amount at risk — the difference between the reserve of a life-insurance policy and its face amount.
- amphiarthroses — a joint permitting only slight motion, as that between the vertebrae.
- amphiarthrosis — a type of articulation permitting only slight movement, as between the vertebrae of the backbone
- amphiprostylar — Amphiprostyle.
- amphiprostyles — Plural form of amphiprostyle.
- amplifications — Plural form of amplification.
- amusement ride — a device at a fair, theme park, etc that people can ride in
- anaesthetising — Present participle of anaesthetise.