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14-letter words containing p, i, s, t, a

  • the game is up — If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed.
  • the hispanidad — the common values and cultural attitudes shared between and linking Spain and the other Spanish-speaking countries of the world
  • the-suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
  • thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
  • thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • ticket scalper — an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices.
  • tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
  • tip the scales — to exercise a decisive influence
  • tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
  • tortoise plant — elephant's-foot.
  • train-spotting — (of a train enthusiast) the activity of going to train stations and recording the numbers of trains
  • training pants — briefs or shorts of cotton with added thickness, worn by a young child during toilet training.
  • trans-physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • transempirical — beyond the range of experiential knowledge.
  • transparencies — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
  • transparentize — to make transparent
  • transportation — the act of transporting.
  • transportingly — in a way to be transported or to transport
  • trapeze artist — a person who performs, especially professionally, on a trapeze.
  • trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • treponematosis — an infection caused by an organism of the genus Treponema, as syphilis, pinta, bejel, or yaws.
  • tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
  • tripersonalist — someone who believes in the Trinity
  • tripersonality — the state or condition of being tripersonal; existence in three persons, as the Godhead.
  • triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
  • tropical storm — a tropical cyclone of less than hurricane force.
  • trust hospital — a hospital that is run by an NHS trust which competes with other trusts for government funding
  • trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
  • ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
  • understrapping — subordinate or inferior
  • unionist party — (formerly, in Northern Ireland) the major Protestant political party, closely identified with union with Britain. It formed the Northern Ireland Government from 1920 to 1972
  • unit separator — (character)   (US) ASCII character 31.
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • unpleasantries — an unpleasant word, action, comment, etc.: comments filled with unpleasantries.
  • unpoeticalness — the quality, state, or characteristic of being unpoetic
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • unpresidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
  • unscripturally — in an unscriptural manner
  • unsophisticate — not sophisticated
  • unspiritualize — to deprive of spiritual qualities
  • unsplinterable — unable to be splintered
  • unsympathizing — not sympathizing; not offering sympathy; unsympathetic
  • upton sinclair — Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
  • vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
  • varsity sports — sports involving the main or first teams at a high school, college, or university
  • vishakhapatnam — a seaport in Andhra Pradesh, in E India, on the Bay of Bengal.
  • walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
  • washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
  • waste disposal — A waste disposal or a waste disposal unit is a small machine in a kitchen sink that chops up vegetable waste.
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