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

  • water scorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
  • watercolourist — An artist who paints watercolours.
  • westernisation — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of westernization.
  • westernization — The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.
  • white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
  • windsor castle — a castle in the town of Windsor in Berkshire, residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror
  • with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • wollaston wire — extremely fine wire formed by a process (Wollaston process) in which the metal, drawn as an ordinary wire, is encased in another metal and the two drawn together, after which the outer metal is stripped off or dissolved.
  • xanthosiderite — a mineral, hydrous iron oxide, Fe 2 O 3 ⋅2H 2 O.
  • yekaterinoslav — a former name of Dnepropetrovsk.
  • zoroastrianism — an Iranian religion, founded c600 b.c. by Zoroaster, the principal beliefs of which are in the existence of a supreme deity, Ahura Mazda, and in a cosmic struggle between a spirit of good, Spenta Mainyu, and a spirit of evil, Angra Mainyu.
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