14-letter words containing n, o, s, u, t, a
- basso continuo — continuo.
- beauty contest — A beauty contest is a competition in which young women are judged to decide which one is the most beautiful.
- bioaeronautics — the use of aircraft in the discovery, development, and protection of natural and biological resources
- blood and guts — dealing with or depicting war or violence, especially in a lurid manner: a blood-and-guts movie.
- blood-and-guts — dealing with or depicting war or violence, especially in a lurid manner: a blood-and-guts movie.
- blue mountains — a mountain range in the US, in NE Oregon and SE Washington. Highest peak: Rock Creek Butte, 2773 m (9097 ft)
- bophuthatswana — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in N South Africa: consisted of six separate areas; declared independent by South Africa in 1977 although this was not internationally recognized; abolished in 1993. Capital: Mmabatho
- boundary-stone — a stone marking a boundary, sometimes giving information such as the initials of the local authority in whose jurisdiction the boundary is
- bulk transport — the transport of large quantities of goods or commodities in lorries, ships, or by rail
- bust one's ass — Informal. to burst. to go bankrupt. to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort: She was determined to make straight A's or bust.
- cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
- casual contact — the level of contact at which a person is not subject to contracting a communicable disease from another, especially nonsexual contact with a person infected with a venereal disease.
- coastguardsman — Coast Guard (def 3).
- commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- commensuration — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- common assault — an action that causes a person to fear that he or she is in danger of violent attack
- communications — the ways in which human beings communicate
- communitarians — Plural form of communitarian.
- conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- conceptualises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualise.
- conceptualists — Plural form of conceptualist.
- conceptualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualize.
- confabulations — Plural form of confabulation.
- configurations — Plural form of configuration.
- conjugate axis — the axis of a hyperbola perpendicular to the transverse axis at a point equidistant from the foci.
- connaturalness — connaturality
- conquistadores — one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
- constabularies — Plural form of constabulary.
- constabulatory — (obsolete) A constabulary.
- constitutional — Constitutional means relating to the constitution of a particular country or organization.
- constructional — the act or art of constructing.
- consubstantial — (esp of the three persons of the Trinity) regarded as identical in substance or essence though different in aspect
- consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
- consular agent — a consul of one of the lower grades
- consultantship — the office or function of a consultant
- consultatively — of or relating to consultation; advisory.
- contagiousness — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- contextualised — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- contextualises — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- contextualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contextualize.
- contractualism — any of various theories that justify moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty.
- contradictious — inclined to contradict; contentious
- contrapuntists — Plural form of contrapuntist.
- contumaciously — stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
- coronal suture — the serrated line across the skull between the frontal bone and the parietal bones
- cosi fan tutte — a comic opera (1790) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- costume change — a change of costume by an actor
- cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
- cotransduction — the simultaneous transfer of multiple genes from one bacterium to another by a single bacteriophage