14-letter words containing p, a, s, i, o, n
- expropriations — Plural form of expropriation.
- extrapolations — Plural form of extrapolation.
- false position — a situation in which a person is forced to act or seems to be acting against his principles or interests
- false scorpion — any small predatory arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida, which includes the book scorpion and is named from the claw-shaped palps, which are poison organs
- fashion parade — a parade of models displaying clothes to prospective buyers
- fetal position — a bodily posture resembling that of the fetus in the uterus, in which the body is curled with head and limbs drawn in, sometimes assumed in states of fear or emotional withdrawal.
- flashing point — flash point (def 1).
- free expansion — the expansion of a gas into an evacuated space without the transfer of heat or the performance of work.
- function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
- g-strophanthin — ouabain.
- gallinas point — a cape in NE Colombia: the northernmost point of South America
- galvanoplastic — pertaining to reproduction by electrotypy.
- galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
- giuseppe peano — (person, mathematics, logic) (1858-08-27 - 1932-04-20) An Italian mathematician who wrote over 200 books and papers, was a founder of mathematical logic and set theory and taught at the University of Turin. He contributed to mathematical analysis, logic, the teaching of calculus, differential equations, vector analysis and the axiomatization of mathematics. The standard axiomatization of the natural numbers is named Peano arithmetic or the Peano axioms after him. He also invented the Peano curve, an early example of a fractal.
- 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.
- hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hospital train — a military train equipped to transport wounded troops to a hospital.
- hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
- hypnotherapist — A practitioner of hypnotherapy.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
- hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
- impassionately — filled with passion; impassioned.
- impersonalised — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
- impersonations — Plural form of impersonation.
- impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
- improvisations — Plural form of improvisation.
- inappositeness — The state or quality of not being apposite.
- inapprehension — lack of apprehension.
- inauspiciously — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- incorporations — Plural form of incorporation.
- incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- inspirationism — a belief in some form of divine inspiration, esp the belief that Christian Scripture was divinely inspired
- inspirationist — an adherent of inspirationism
- interiorscaper — One who works in interiorscaping.
- interpolations — Plural form of interpolation.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
- isolated point — Mathematics. a point in a set such that the neighborhood of the point is devoid of any other points belonging to the set.
- joint passport — a single passport shared by two or more people, such as a passport shared by a parent and child
- juxtapositions — Plural form of juxtaposition.
- kola peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.