14-letter words containing o, d, s, a, n
- good samaritan — a person who gratuitously gives help or sympathy to those in distress. Luke 10:30–37.
- grade crossing — an intersection of a railroad track and another track, a road, etc., at the same level.
- great-grandson — a grandson of one's son or daughter.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- gynandromorphs — Plural form of gynandromorph.
- hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- headstrongness — The property of being headstrong, stubbornness.
- heart and soul — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- hexosaminidase — the enzymes that catalyse the metabolism of gangliosides
- highs and lows — If you refer to the highs and lows of someone's life or career, you are referring to both the successful or happy times, and the unsuccessful or bad times.
- hold sb's hand — If you ask someone to hold your hand at an event that you are worried about, you ask them to support you by being there with you.
- hold to ransom — to keep (prisoners, property, etc) in confinement until payment for their release is made or received
- holiday season — period: November to January
- holland finish — an oil and sizing or starch finish applied to cotton fabrics to increase their opacity and strength.
- home and hosed — definitely safe or successful
- household name — a person or thing that is very well known
- howland island — an island in the central Pacific, near the equator: U.S. meteorological station and airfield. 1 sq. mi. (2.6 sq. km).
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
- idiosyncracies — Plural form of idiosyncracy.
- idiosyncrasies — a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
- idolatrousness — The quality of being idolatrous.
- immoderateness — The quality of being immoderate, lack of moderation or temperance.
- impersonalised — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
- in a good seam — doing well, esp financially
- in good season — early enough
- inboard brakes — Inboard brakes are brakes located close to the center of the vehicle rather than at the wheel hub.
- inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- indigenisation — Alternative spelling of indigenization.
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
- inordinateness — The quality of being inordinate; unreasonable excess.
- inside forward — one of two attacking players whose usual position is between the center forward and one of the wings.
- instead of sth — If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- ionian islands — a group of Greek islands including Corfu, Levkas, Ithaca, Cephalonia, Paxos, and Zante off the W coast of Greece, and Cerigo off the S coast.
- irrationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of irrationalise.
- island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- isocyanic acid — an unstable acid, CHNO, tautomeric with cyanic acid, known only in the form of its salts.