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14-letter words containing s, a, r, t, o, i

  • supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
  • 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.
  • surface-to-air — (of a missile, message, etc.) capable of traveling from the surface of the earth to a target in the atmosphere.
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
  • tabes dorsalis — syphilis of the spinal cord and its appendages, characterized by shooting pains and other sensory disturbances, and, in the later stages, by paralysis.
  • tailor's chalk — hardened chalk or soapstone used to make temporary guide marks on a garment that is being altered.
  • tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
  • tarpon springs — a town in W Florida.
  • tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
  • telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
  • telejournalist — a journalist who writes for or broadcasts on television
  • tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
  • tergiversation — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • tergiversatory — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
  • terminus a quo — the end from which; beginning; starting point; earliest limiting point.
  • territorialism — a principle or system that gives predominance to the landed classes.
  • that's torn it — an unexpected event or circumstance has upset one's plans
  • thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thesaurismosis — storage disease.
  • throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
  • thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
  • thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • till all hours — until very late
  • time simulator — (simulation)   (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
  • to stand trial — If someone stands trial, they are tried in court for a crime they are accused of.
  • tokara islands — a group of Japanese islands in the W Pacific Ocean, in the N Ryukyu Islands.
  • tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
  • tortoise plant — elephant's-foot.
  • trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
  • trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
  • trade unionist — a member of a trade union.
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
  • traditionalism — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
  • traditionalist — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
  • train-spotting — (of a train enthusiast) the activity of going to train stations and recording the numbers of trains
  • training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
  • traitorousness — the quality or state of being traitorous
  • transactivator — to activate the replication of (a viral gene) through the presence of a gene at another locus, especially following a viral infection.
  • transamination — the transfer of an amino group from one compound to another.
  • transanimation — mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
  • transductional — of or relating to transduction
  • transfer orbit — the flight path of a space vehicle moving from a nearly circular orbit to one with different parameters.
  • transformation — the act or process of transforming.
  • transformative — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transformistic — of or relating to transformism or transformists
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