14-letter words containing s, e, t, n, a
- intestinal flu — influenza with abdominal symptoms, as diarrhea or vomiting.
- intolerantness — the quality or state of being intolerant
- intracutaneous — within the skin.
- intransigeance — intransigence
- intransigently — In an intransigent manner.
- intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
- intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance
- investigations — Plural form of investigation.
- irrationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of irrationalise.
- irrationalness — The quality of being irrational.
- irrestrainable — That cannot be restrained.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- isle of thanet — an island in SE England, in NE Kent, separated from the mainland by two branches of the River Stour: scene of many Norse invasions. Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
- isolated point — Mathematics. a point in a set such that the neighborhood of the point is devoid of any other points belonging to the set.
- isothiocyanate — a chemical compound containing the univalent radical –NCS.
- isthmian games — one of the great national festivals of ancient Greece, held every two years on the Isthmus of Corinth.
- italian sonnet — Petrarchan sonnet.
- jackass gunter — a gunter having a wire rope with a traveler in place of the usual upper iron.
- jackson method — (programming) A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
- james stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- jean e. sammet — (person) Author of several surveys of early programming languages, refererred to in many entries in this dictionary. E-mail: [email protected] Relevant publications include:
- john constable — John, 1776–1837, English painter.
- judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
- justinian code — the body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian I.
- kaiserslautern — a city in S Rhineland-Palatinate, in SW Germany.
- karitane nurse — a nurse trained in the care of young babies and their mothers according to the principles of the Plunket Society
- kedleston hall — a mansion near Derby in Derbyshire: rebuilt (1759–65) for the Curzon family by Matthew Brettingham, James Paine, and Robert Adam
- keystone state — Pennsylvania (used as a nickname).
- kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
- king of beasts — the lion.
- king's pattern — a spoon pattern of the 19th century having a stem decorated with threads, scrolls, and shell motifs.
- king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
- kitchen scales — a set of scales used in cooking
- kuznetsk basin — an industrial region in the S Russian Federation in Asia: coal fields.
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
- lake constance — a lake in W Europe, bounded by S Germany, W Austria, and N Switzerland, through which the Rhine flows. Area: 536 sq km. (207 sq miles)
- lake trasimene — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria: the largest lake in central Italy; scene of Hannibal's victory over the Romans in 217 bc. Area: 128 sq km (49 sq miles)
- lamentableness — The state or characteristic of being lamentable.
- lance sergeant — a sergeant of the lowest rank.
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- last judgement — In the Christian religion, the Last Judgement is the last day of the world when God will judge everyone who has died and decide whether they will go to Heaven or Hell.
- lateralisation — Alternative spelling of lateralization.
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- laurent series — a power series in which the negative as well as the positive powers appear.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- leaf-nosed bat — any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.
- leamington spa — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.