14-letter words containing n, l, s, t
- anti-sterility — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
- anti-stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
- antialcoholism — the doctrine of being opposed to alcoholic drink
- anticapitalism — opposition to capitalism
- anticapitalist — opposed to or against the principles or practice of capitalism
- 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.
- 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
- antihistorical — opposed to history or to methods which emphasize or require historical study
- antihomosexual — opposed to homosexual people and behaviour
- antiliberalism — a political ideology opposed to liberalism
- antilogarithms — Plural form of antilogarithm.
- antimicrobials — Plural form of antimicrobial.
- antimilitarism — the opposition to militarism or to war between states
- antimilitarist — opposed to militarism
- antimonopolist — opposed to monopoly
- antineoplastic — acting against tumours
- antiphlogistic — of or relating to the prevention or alleviation of inflammation
- antiphrastical — the use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning.
- antiprotozoals — Plural form of antiprotozoal.
- antiradicalism — the opposition to radicalism
- antiscriptural — opposed to or contradicting scripture
- antiseptically — with the aid of antiseptics.
- antisyphilitic — acting against syphilis
- apsidal motion — the rotation of the major axis of an eccentric orbit in the plane of the orbit.
- articulateness — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- artificialness — the condition of being non-natural, unnatural or spurious
- asphalt jungle — an expression used to refer to a city environment, which emphasizes its dangerous nature
- assault weapon — any of various automatic and semiautomatic military firearms utilizing an intermediate-power cartridge, designed for individual use. Compare assault rifle.
- assaultiveness — the condition of being assaultive
- assembly plant — An assembly plant is a factory where large items such as cars are put together, usually using parts which have been made in other factories.
- assembly point — a designated place where people have been told to wait after evacuating a building in the event of a fire or other emergency
- assert oneself — to insist on one's rights, or on being recognized
- asseveratingly — in an asseverating or affirming manner
- astronomically — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- at a loose end — If you are at a loose end, you are bored because you do not have anything to do and cannot think of anything that you want to do. In American English, you usually say that you are at loose ends.
- at close range — If you see or hit something at close range or from close range, you are very close to it when you see it or hit it. If you do something at a range of half a mile, for example, you are half a mile away from it when you do it.
- at one's elbow — within easy reach
- at one's heels — just behind or following closely
- 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.
- attainableness — The state or quality of being attainable.
- augean stables — the stables, not cleaned for 30 years, where King Augeas kept 3000 oxen. Hercules diverted the River Alpheus through them and cleaned them in a day
- austrian blind — a window blind consisting of rows of vertically gathered fabric that may be drawn up to form a series of ruches
- autotransplant — autograft.
- axial skeleton — the bones that together comprise the skull and the vertebral column
- ballistic wind — a single wind vector that would have the same net effect on the trajectory of a projectile as the varying winds encountered in flight.