14-letter words containing s, h, i
- antimetathesis — an inversion of the parts (or members) of an antithesis
- antimonarchist — opposed to a monarchy
- antiphlogistic — of or relating to the prevention or alleviation of inflammation
- antiphrastical — the use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning.
- antipsychiatry — an approach to mental disorders that makes use of concepts derived from existentialism, psychoanalysis, and sociological theory
- antipsychotics — Plural form of antipsychotic.
- antisyphilitic — acting against syphilis
- apheliotropism — a tendency of certain plants to turn away from the sun; negative heliotropism
- aphoristically — in an aphoristic manner
- apostrophizing — Present participle of apostrophize.
- apple polisher — a sycophant; toady
- apple-polisher — to curry favor with someone, especially in an obsequious or flattering manner.
- apprehensively — uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.
- apprenticeship — Someone who has an apprenticeship works for a fixed period of time for a person who has a particular skill in order to learn the skill. Apprenticeship is the system of learning a skill like this.
- arabian nights — Thea collection of ancient tales from Arabia, India, Persia, etc.
- archaeologists — Plural form of archaeologist.
- archaeometrist — a person who uses archaeometry
- archbishoprics — Plural form of archbishopric.
- archiepiscopal — of or associated with an archbishop
- archimandrites — Plural form of archimandrite.
- architectonics — the science of architecture
- aromatherapist — An aromatherapist is a person who is qualified to practise aromatherapy.
- art historical — of or relating to the history of art or to its study: art historical documents on 16th-century painting.
- art-historical — of or concerned with the history of art
- 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.
- arthrogryposis — (countable, pathology) The permanent fixation of a joint in a contracted position.
- arthroplasties — Plural form of arthroplasty.
- ascii graphics — ASCII art
- assistantships — Plural form of assistantship.
- 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
- astrochemistry — the study of the chemistry of celestial bodies and space, esp by means of spectroscopy
- astrolithology — The science of aerolites.
- astrophysicist — An astrophysicist is someone who studies astrophysics.
- aswan high dam — a dam on the Nile forming a reservoir (Lake Nasser) extending 480 km (300 miles) from the First to the Third Cataracts: opened in 1971, it was built 6 km (4 miles) upstream from the old Aswan Dam (built in 1902 and twice raised). Height of dam: 109 m (365 ft)
- asynchronicity — (uncountable) The state of being asynchronous.
- asynchronistic — Not synchronistic.
- at first blush — when first seen; as a first impression
- at first sight — If you say that something seems to have certain characteristics at first sight, you mean that it appears to have the features you describe when you first see it but later it is found to be different.
- at the outside — You use at the outside to say that you think that a particular amount is the largest possible in a particular situation, or that a particular time is the latest possible time for something to happen.
- atomic physics — the branch of physics concerned with the structure and behaviour of atomic nuclei
- audience share — the percentage of households with television sets in use or tuned to a particular station during a specific period of time.
- austrian shade — a window shade in which the fabric falls in a series of puffy festoons created by vertical rows of shirring.
- authorisations — Plural form of authorisation.
- authoritarians — Plural form of authoritarian.
- authorizations — Plural form of authorization.
- babies'-breath — baby's breath
- backscratching — a long-handled device for scratching one's own back.
- backside cache — (hardware, processor) An implementation of secondary cache memory that allows it to be directly accessed by the CPU. Backside cache is used by Apple Computers, Inc. in their PowerPC G3 processor. Previous PowerPC processors used the system bus to access both secondary cache and main memory. In the PowerPC G3 a dedicated bus handles only CPU/cache transactions. This bus can operate faster than the system bus thus improving the overall performance of the processor. The term apparently derives from the relocation of the secondary cache from the motherboard to the processor card itself, i.e. on the backside of the processor card.