13-letter words containing s, a
- adder's-mouth — any of various orchids of the genus Malaxis that occur in all parts of the world except Australia and New Zealand and have small usually greenish flowers
- addictiveness — producing or tending to cause addiction: an addictive drug.
- address space — (operating system, architecture) The range of addresses which a processor or process can access, or at which a device can be accessed. The term may refer to either physical address or virtual address. The size of a processor's address space depends on the width of the processor's address bus and address registers. Each device, such as a memory integrated circuit, will have its own local address space which starts at zero. This will be mapped to a range of addresses which starts at some base address in the processor's address space. Similarly, each process will have its own address space, which may be all or a part of the processor's address space. In a multitasking system this may depend on where in memory the process happens to have been loaded. For a process to be able to run at any address it must consist of position-independent code. Alternatively, each process may see the same local address space, with the memory management unit mapping this to the process's own part of the processor's address space.
- addressograph — a machine for addressing envelopes, etc
- adenopathies' — enlargement or disease of the glands, especially the lymphatic glands: a patient with prominent adenopathy. See also lymphadenopathy.
- adenosquamous — Having both glandular (adenoid) and squamous characteristics.
- adhesive tape — tape with an adhesive on one side that is used to join things or bind things
- adjudications — Plural form of adjudication.
- adjustability — ability to adjust
- admeasurement — the act of admeasuring
- admensuration — Admeasurement.
- administerial — of or concerned with administration; administrative: administerial matters.
- administering — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
- administrable — able to be administered or managed
- administrador — (historical) A steward or official in various Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries.
- administrated — to administer.
- administrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of administrate.
- administrator — An administrator is a person whose job involves helping to organize and supervise the way that an organization or institution functions.
- administrivia — Administrative details that must be dealt with in order to do more interesting work.
- admirableness — admirability
- admissibility — that may be allowed or conceded; allowable: an admissible plan.
- admission day — any of several legal holidays celebrated individually by certain states, commemorating their admission into the Union
- admonishingly — in an admonishing manner
- admonishments — Plural form of admonishment.
- adularescence — (of certain gemstones, especially adularia) having a milky, bluish luster.
- adultolescent — a young adult or middle-aged person who has interests, traits, etc., that are usually associated with teenagers.
- advent sunday — the first of the four Sundays of Advent, and the one that falls nearest to November 30
- adventuresome — Adventuresome means the same as adventurous.
- adventuresses — Plural form of adventuress.
- adventuristic — relating to adventurism
- adventurously — inclined or willing to engage in adventures; enjoying adventures.
- adverb clause — a subordinate clause that functions as an adverb within a main clause.
- adverb phrase — An adverb phrase or adverbial phrase is a group of words based on an adverb, such as 'very slowly' or 'fortunately for us.' An adverb phrase can also consist simply of an adverb.
- adversarially — In an adversarial way.
- adversariness — the state of being adversarial
- adversatively — in an adversative manner
- advertisement — An advertisement is an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about something such as a product, event, or job.
- advisableness — The state or quality of being advisable.
- advising bank — a bank that advises the intended beneficiary of a letter of credit that it has received the letter of credit, checks documents presented by the beneficiary with the issuing bank, and issues funds to the beneficiary
- aerial survey — a survey carried out from the air, using an aeroplane or helicopter
- aeroacoustics — the study of the generation and transmittance of sound by fluid flow
- aerodigestive — of or relating to the organs and tissues of the respiratory tract and the upper part of the digestive tract
- aeroembolisms — Plural form of aeroembolism.
- aeroemphysema — A form of emphysema that results from rapid decompression.
- aeromagnetics — the science of measuring magnetic characteristics associated with atmospheric conditions of the earth.
- aeromechanics — the mechanics of gases, esp air
- aerosinusitis — inflammation of the nasal sinuses caused by the effect on the sinuses of changes in atmospheric pressure.
- aerosol spray — a substance contained as an aerosol in a spray can
- aerostructure — any separately manufactured unit, component, or section of an aircraft or other vehicle capable of flight
- aesthetically — in an aesthetic manner