14-letter words containing r, a, s
- administrating — to administer.
- administration — Administration is the range of activities connected with organizing and supervising the way that an organization or institution functions.
- administrative — Administrative work involves organizing and supervising an organization or institution.
- administrators — A person responsible for running a business, organization, etc.
- administratrix — a woman administrator
- adrenal glands — one of a pair of ductless glands, located above the kidneys, consisting of a cortex, which produces steroidal hormones, and a medulla, which produces epinephrine and norepinephrine.
- adriatic (sea) — arm of the Mediterranean, between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula
- adverse action — An adverse action notice is an official explanation by a financial institution of why they are refusing to grant credit to someone.
- advertisements — Plural form of advertisement.
- aerenchymatous — having or consisting of aerenchyma
- aeroballistics — the ballistics of projectiles dropped, launched, or fired from aircraft
- aerodynamicist — an expert in aerodynamics.
- aeroelastician — a specialist in the science of aeroelasticity
- aeroelasticity — the science that studies how inertial, elastic, and aerodynamic forces interact
- aeroplane spin — a wrestling attack in which a wrestler lifts his opponent onto his shoulders and spins around, leaving the opponent dizzy
- aerosolisation — The process by which a material, usually a solid or liquid, is dispersed into an aerosol form.
- aerosolization — the production or dispersal of an aerosol
- africanthropus — a genus of hominids of eastern Africa, assumed from a number of now lost skull fragments to have been a form of archaic Homo : no longer in technical use.
- afro-pessimism — the belief that the provision of aid to African countries is futile
- aftersensation — an afterimage.
- against nature — If you say that something is against nature, you think that it is unnatural.
- agglomerations — Plural form of agglomeration.
- aggrandisement — an act or instance of aggrandizing, or increasing in size, or intensity: aggrandizement of mercantile trade in the early colonies.
- aggressiveness — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
- agribusinesses — Plural form of agribusiness.
- agriculturists — Plural form of agriculturist.
- agrifoodstuffs — the foods produced by agriculture
- agroindustrial — of or relating to agroindustry
- agrostological — of or relating to agrostology
- air stewardess — a stewardess on an airliner
- air suspension — a type of suspension powered by a pump or compressor that pressurizes the air, intended to give a smooth ride
- air-raid siren — a device that sounds an alarm to warn people when an air raid is expected
- air-sea rescue — an air rescue at sea
- air-to-surface — launched from an aircraft and directed at a land target
- aircraftswoman — a woman holding a noncommissioned rank in the RAF.
- airman's medal — a U.S. Air Force award for heroism, not involving combat, available to any member of the U.S. or friendly armed forces serving with the USAF.
- airtsy-mairtsy — affected; effeminate
- alaska current — an ocean current flowing counterclockwise in the Gulf of Alaska.
- alcmanic verse — a form of verse used in Greek drama and Latin dramatic poetry, composed in dactylic tetrameter.
- alcohol abuser — someone who drinks too much alcohol
- alieni generis — of another kind.
- all and sundry — All and sundry means everyone.
- allelomorphism — the state of being or the passing on of allelomorphs
- alloiostrophos — irregularly divided, not in a regular pattern of strophe and antistrophe
- allosterically — In an allosteric manner.
- allotransplant — allograft.
- alpha virginis — spica
- alpine bistort — Also called snakeweed. a European plant, Polygonum bistorta, of the buckwheat family, having a twisted root, which is sometimes used as an astringent.
- alternate host — a host, other than the usual or primary host, on which a parasitic organism can sustain itself.
- altruistically — unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic).