14-letter words containing l, o, s
- alternate host — a host, other than the usual or primary host, on which a parasitic organism can sustain itself.
- alto saxophone — the third highest member of the saxophone family
- alumosilicates — Plural form of alumosilicate.
- amadis of gaul — the title character of a medieval prose romance in Spanish
- ambidextrously — In an ambidextrous manner.
- 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).
- aminoglycoside — of or relating to amino sugars in glycosidic linkage.
- amphiprostylar — Amphiprostyle.
- amphiprostyles — Plural form of amphiprostyle.
- amplifications — Plural form of amplification.
- anaglyphoscope — a pair of spectacles for viewing an anaglyph.
- androcephalous — having a human head
- anesthesiology — the science of anesthesia and anesthetics
- angle of slide — the minimum slope, measured in degrees from the horizontal, at which loose solid material will start to slide or flow.
- angle of stall — critical angle (def 2).
- anglo-saxonism — Saxonism.
- angustifoliate — having thin or narrow leaves
- anisic alcohol — a colorless liquid, the para form of C 8 H 10 O 2 , having a hawthornlike odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of perfume.
- anisodactylous — Zoology. having the toes unlike, or unequal in number.
- anne of cleves — 1515–57, the fourth wife of Henry VIII of England: their marriage (1540) was annulled after six months
- antagonistical — Alternative form of antagonistic.
- anthropologist — a person who specializes in anthropology
- anti bolshevik — a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
- anti-bolshevik — a person who is opposed to Bolshevism
- anti-formalist — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- anti-socialist — a person who opposes socialism.
- anti-sociality — unwilling or unable to associate in a normal or friendly way with other people: He's not antisocial, just shy.
- antialcoholism — the doctrine of being opposed to alcoholic drink
- anticoagulants — Also, anticoagulative [an-tee-koh-ag-yuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv, an-tahy-] /ˌæn ti koʊˈæg yəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪv, ˌæn taɪ-/ (Show IPA). preventing coagulation, especially of blood.
- anticonvulsant — any of a class of drugs used to prevent or abolish convulsions
- anticonvulsive — preventing or alleviating convulsions
- anticyclolysis — the weakening or extinction of an anticyclone.
- antihistorical — opposed to history or to methods which emphasize or require historical study
- antihomosexual — opposed to homosexual people and behaviour
- antilogarithms — Plural form of antilogarithm.
- antimicrobials — Plural form of antimicrobial.
- antimonopolist — opposed to monopoly
- antineoplastic — acting against tumours
- antiphlogistic — of or relating to the prevention or alleviation of inflammation
- antiprotozoals — Plural form of antiprotozoal.
- apheliotropism — a tendency of certain plants to turn away from the sun; negative heliotropism
- aphoristically — in an aphoristic manner
- apocalypticism — the belief in apocalyptic prophecy
- apocryphalness — the quality of being apocryphal
- aposematically — in an aposematic manner
- apple polisher — a sycophant; toady
- apple-polisher — to curry favor with someone, especially in an obsequious or flattering manner.
- apsidal motion — the rotation of the major axis of an eccentric orbit in the plane of the orbit.
- aquifoliaceous — related to the Aquifoliaceae family of plants, the only living genus of which is the holly (Ilex) genus