14-letter words containing n, i, a, s, e, r
- anticensorship — opposed to a policy or programme of censoring
- anticorrosives — Plural form of anticorrosive.
- antidepressant — An antidepressant is a drug which is used to treat people who are suffering from depression.
- antidepression — alleviating or preventing depression
- antienergistic — resisting applied energy
- antifederalism — Alternative form of anti-federalism.
- antifederalist — a person who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 and thereafter allied with Thomas Jefferson's Antifederal Party, which opposed extension of the powers of the federal Government
- antifilibuster — a person or method in opposition to filibustering
- antiforeignism — the policy or practice of showing hostility toward foreigners, foreign customs, etc.
- antiliberalism — a political ideology opposed to liberalism
- antimoniferous — Containing or producing antimony.
- antiperistasis — a real or imagined process in which one part increases the force of an opposing part
- antiperspirant — an astringent substance applied to the skin to reduce or prevent perspiration
- antiseparatist — a person who opposes separatism
- antisubversion — opposed to or acting against subversion
- antiuniversity — a group or institution which disregards the established traditions or practices of university education
- apple islander — a native or inhabitant of Tasmania
- apportionments — Plural form of apportionment.
- apprehensively — uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.
- apprenticeship — Someone who has an apprenticeship works for a fixed period of time for a person who has a particular skill in order to learn the skill. Apprenticeship is the system of learning a skill like this.
- arabian desert — a desert in E Egypt, between the Nile, the Gulf of Suez, and the Red Sea: mountainous parts rise over 1800 m (6000 ft). Area: about 220 000 sq km (85 000 sq miles)
- archimandrites — Plural form of archimandrite.
- architectonics — the science of architecture
- arctic monkeys — British rock group (formed 2002): comprising Alex Turner (born 1986; vocals, guitar), Jamie Cook (born 1985, guitar), Matt Helders (born 1986, drums, vocals) and Nick O'Malley (born 1985, bass guitar); their albums include Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), and AM (2013)
- ardent spirits — spirits, such as rum, whisky, etc
- argumentations — Plural form of argumentation.
- armamentariums — Plural form of armamentarium.
- arms inspector — a person who carries out an arms inspection
- arresting gear — any mechanism or device for bringing something to a stop, as an airplane landing on an aircraft carrier.
- arriere-pensee — an unrevealed thought or intention
- arrondissement — the largest administrative subdivision of a department
- arthrocentesis — The clinical procedure of using a syringe to collect synovial fluid from a joint capsule, used in the diagnosis of gout, arthritis, and synovial infections.
- articulateness — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- artificialness — the condition of being non-natural, unnatural or spurious
- asian-american — of or connected with Americans of Asian ancestry
- asseveratingly — in an asseverating or affirming manner
- asthenospermia — (medicine) Loss or reduction in the strength or energy of sperm cells, hence infertility. Not always infertile many are subfertile.
- asthenospermic — (medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile.
- asthenospheric — relating to the asthenosphere
- at one's peril — If you say that someone does something at their peril, you are warning them that they will probably suffer as a result of doing it.
- attractiveness — providing pleasure or delight, especially in appearance or manner; pleasing; charming; alluring: an attractive personality.
- audience share — the percentage of households with television sets in use or tuned to a particular station during a specific period of time.
- audio response — a computer response that is audible rather than textual or graphical
- austrian shade — a window shade in which the fabric falls in a series of puffy festoons created by vertical rows of shirring.
- autoregression — (mathematics) An autoregressive process that is used to model many types of natural behaviour.
- avariciousness — The state or quality of being avaricious.
- axis-ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
- backing singer — a singer providing a vocal accompaniment for a pop singer or pop number
- backscattering — the scattering of rays or particles at angles to the original direction of motion of greater than 90°
- backside-front — backend-to.