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14-letter words containing o, n, a, p

  • stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
  • stop consonant — a consonant sound that is made while stopping the airway
  • stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
  • stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
  • stopping train — a train that stops at local stations as well as the main ones
  • storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
  • streptodornase — a deoxyribonuclease, obtained from hemolytic streptococci, used in medicine for decomposing blood clots and fibrinous and purulent matter.
  • sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • subspontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
  • sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
  • sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
  • sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
  • sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
  • super-rational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
  • superabsorbent — extremely or unusually absorbent: superabsorbent fibers.
  • superannuation — the act of superannuating.
  • superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
  • supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
  • superimportant — extremely important
  • superinflation — hyperinflation.
  • superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
  • supra-national — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
  • sycophantishly — in a sycophantish manner
  • synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
  • synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
  • taínaron, cape — Matapan
  • take exception — to make objections (to); demur (at)
  • tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
  • tape transport — transport (def 12).
  • tarpon springs — a town in W Florida.
  • telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
  • telephone call — contact by phone
  • telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
  • temperate zone — the part of the earth's surface lying between the tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle in the Northern Hemisphere or between the tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle in the Southern Hemisphere, and characterized by having a climate that is warm in the summer, cold in the winter, and moderate in the spring and fall.
  • terminal point — the final destination or station of a bus or rail journey
  • the capitoline — the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome. The temple of Jupiter was on the southern summit and the ancient citadel on the northern summit
  • the palaeocene — the Palaeocene epoch or rock series
  • the palaeogene — the Palaeogene period or system
  • the paranormal — paranormal happenings generally
  • the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
  • therianthropic — being partly bestial and partly human in form.
  • thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
  • tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
  • to play truant — If a pupil plays truant, he or she stays away from school without permission.
  • top management — highest level of business leadership
  • topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
  • topicalization — to introduce as, convert into, or mark as the topic of a sentence.
  • toreador pants — women's close-fitting slacks that extend to or slightly above the calf, styled after the pants traditionally worn by Spanish bullfighters.
  • torque spanner — a spanner having a torque-limiting mechanism which can be set to a predetermined value
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