14-letter words containing p, i, n, t, o
- specialisation — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
- specialization — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
- spinthariscope — an instrument that detects ionizing radiation by picking up sparks of light from alpha particles.
- spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
- spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
- splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
- split decision — a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
- starting point — place where sth begins
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stepping stone — stone: used to cross water
- sticking point — a point, detail, or circumstance causing or likely to cause a stalemate or impasse: The bill would have gone through the Senate quickly but for one sticking point.
- 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 power — a measure of the effect a substance has on the kinetic energy of a particle passing through it
- 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
- streptothricin — an antibacterial substance produced by a soil fungus, Actinomyces lavendulae.
- strip cropping — the growing of different crops on alternate strips of ground that usually follow the contour of the land, a recourse to minimize erosion.
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- super-rational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- superannuation — the act of superannuating.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- supercontinent — a hypothetical protocontinent of the remote geologic past that rifted apart to form the continents of today.
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
- supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
- superimportant — extremely important
- superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- supernutrition — excessive nourishment or overeating
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- superscription — the act of superscribing.
- superseniority — seniority that is granted or held without regard to age or service.
- superstruction — the action of superstructing
- support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
- supportiveness — giving support.
- 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
- tarpon springs — a town in W Florida.
- telephone line — phone connection
- telephone wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals