14-letter words containing s, e, n, r
- argumentations — Plural form of argumentation.
- argus pheasant — either of two pheasants, Argusianus argus (great argus) or Rheinardia ocellata (crested argus), occurring in SE Asia and Indonesia. The males have very long tails marked with eyelike spots
- arkansas stone — a type of stone used as a whetstone for metal objects, especially knives.
- armamentariums — Plural form of armamentarium.
- arms inspector — a person who carries out an arms inspection
- arrest warrant — a legal document giving permission to arrest someone
- arresting gear — any mechanism or device for bringing something to a stop, as an airplane landing on an aircraft carrier.
- arriere-pensee — an unrevealed thought or intention
- arrondissement — the largest administrative subdivision of a department
- arthrocentesis — The clinical procedure of using a syringe to collect synovial fluid from a joint capsule, used in the diagnosis of gout, arthritis, and synovial infections.
- articulateness — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- artificialness — the condition of being non-natural, unnatural or spurious
- asian-american — of or connected with Americans of Asian ancestry
- asparagus bean — a trailing, long-stemmed Asian vine, Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, of the legume family, having yellow or violet flowers and very long pods.
- asparagus fern — a fernlike species of asparagus, A. plumosus, native to southern Africa
- assemblyperson — a member of a legislative assembly, especially a member of the lower house of the legislature in certain states of the U.S.
- assert oneself — to insist on one's rights, or on being recognized
- asseveratingly — in an asseverating or affirming manner
- asthenospermia — (medicine) Loss or reduction in the strength or energy of sperm cells, hence infertility. Not always infertile many are subfertile.
- asthenospermic — (medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile.
- asthenospheric — relating to the asthenosphere
- at close range — If you see or hit something at close range or from close range, you are very close to it when you see it or hit it. If you do something at a range of half a mile, for example, you are half a mile away from it when you do it.
- at one's mercy — compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner.
- at one's peril — If you say that someone does something at their peril, you are warning them that they will probably suffer as a result of doing it.
- at one's worst — When someone is at their worst, they are as unpleasant, bad, or unsuccessful as it is possible for them to be.
- attractiveness — providing pleasure or delight, especially in appearance or manner; pleasing; charming; alluring: an attractive personality.
- audience share — the percentage of households with television sets in use or tuned to a particular station during a specific period of time.
- audio response — a computer response that is audible rather than textual or graphical
- austrian shade — a window shade in which the fabric falls in a series of puffy festoons created by vertical rows of shirring.
- autoregression — (mathematics) An autoregressive process that is used to model many types of natural behaviour.
- autoresponders — Plural form of autoresponder.
- avariciousness — The state or quality of being avaricious.
- axis-ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
- backing singer — a singer providing a vocal accompaniment for a pop singer or pop number
- backscattering — the scattering of rays or particles at angles to the original direction of motion of greater than 90°
- backside-front — backend-to.
- balance spring — hairspring.
- banker's check — cashier's check.
- banker's draft — A banker's draft is the same as a bank draft.
- banker's order — pay order, banker's cheque
- barber-surgeon — (formerly) a barber practicing surgery and dentistry.
- bare ownership — ownership of a piece of property without the right to use and derive profit from that property
- barnacle goose — a N European goose, Branta leucopsis, that has a black-and-white head and body and grey wings
- baroja y nessi — Pío [pee-oh;; Spanish pee-aw] /ˈpi oʊ;; Spanish ˈpi ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1872–1956, Spanish novelist.
- barrier island — a long island, parallel to the coastline, formed from a ridge of sand (barrier beach) thrown up by the waves, that serves the shore as a protective barrier against tidal waves, storms, etc.
- basque country — Theregion comprising three provinces in N Spain, on the Bay of Biscay, inhabited by Basques: 2,803 sq mi (7,260 sq km); pop. 2,104,000
- basting thread — inexpensive, loosely twisted thread that can be easily pulled out when permanent stitching is in place
- bazillionaires — Plural form of bazillionaire.
- be in the wars — If someone has been in the wars, they have been injured, for example in a fight or in an accident.
- beard-stroking — deep thought