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14-letter words containing s, i

  • active shooter — a person who is presently using a gun to shoot people in a confined and populated area.
  • adamawa massif — a plateau in W central Africa, in central Cameroon and E Nigeria.
  • adaptativeness — Adaptability.
  • addressability — (computing) The capability of a microprocessor etc. to deal with values of a certain size using a single instruction.
  • adenosclerosis — (medicine) The hardening of a gland.
  • adipose tissue — loose connective tissue in which fat cells accumulate.
  • adjunctiveness — The state or quality of being adjunctive.
  • administrating — to administer.
  • administration — Administration is the range of activities connected with organizing and supervising the way that an organization or institution functions.
  • administrative — Administrative work involves organizing and supervising an organization or institution.
  • administrators — A person responsible for running a business, organization, etc.
  • administratrix — a woman administrator
  • admissibleness — The state or quality of being admissible.
  • adriatic (sea) — arm of the Mediterranean, between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula
  • adscititiously — In an adscititious way.
  • adventitiously — associated with something by chance rather than as an integral part; extrinsic.
  • adverse action — An adverse action notice is an official explanation by a financial institution of why they are refusing to grant credit to someone.
  • advertisements — Plural form of advertisement.
  • aegean islands — the islands of the Aegean Sea, including the Cyclades, Dodecanese, Euboea, and Sporades. The majority are under Greek administration
  • aeneas silvius — Also, Aeneas Sylvius. literary name of Pius II.
  • aeroballistics — the ballistics of projectiles dropped, launched, or fired from aircraft
  • aerodynamicist — an expert in aerodynamics.
  • aeroelastician — a specialist in the science of aeroelasticity
  • aeroelasticity — the science that studies how inertial, elastic, and aerodynamic forces interact
  • aeroplane spin — a wrestling attack in which a wrestler lifts his opponent onto his shoulders and spins around, leaving the opponent dizzy
  • aerosolisation — The process by which a material, usually a solid or liquid, is dispersed into an aerosol form.
  • aerosolization — the production or dispersal of an aerosol
  • aesthesiogenic — able to stimulate or produce sensation
  • africanthropus — a genus of hominids of eastern Africa, assumed from a number of now lost skull fragments to have been a form of archaic Homo : no longer in technical use.
  • afro-pessimism — the belief that the provision of aid to African countries is futile
  • aftersensation — an afterimage.
  • against nature — If you say that something is against nature, you think that it is unnatural.
  • agesilaus (ii) — 442?-360? b.c.; king of Sparta during the decline of its supremacy in ancient Greece
  • agglomerations — Plural form of agglomeration.
  • aggrandisement — an act or instance of aggrandizing, or increasing in size, or intensity: aggrandizement of mercantile trade in the early colonies.
  • aggressiveness — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
  • agnes de mille — Agnes (George) 1908–93, U.S. choreographer and dancer (niece of Cecil B. De Mille).
  • agribusinesses — Plural form of agribusiness.
  • agriculturists — Plural form of agriculturist.
  • agrifoodstuffs — the foods produced by agriculture
  • agroindustrial — of or relating to agroindustry
  • agrostological — of or relating to agrostology
  • aguascalientes — a state in central Mexico. Pop: 943 506 (2000). Area: 5471 sq km (2112 sq miles)
  • ailanthus moth — a large moth (Philosamia cynthia) native to E Asia and now established in the E U.S., whose larvae (ailanthus silkworms) feed on ailanthus leaves and produce an inferior silk in making their cocoons
  • air stewardess — a stewardess on an airliner
  • air suspension — a type of suspension powered by a pump or compressor that pressurizes the air, intended to give a smooth ride
  • air-raid siren — a device that sounds an alarm to warn people when an air raid is expected
  • air-sea rescue — an air rescue at sea
  • air-to-surface — launched from an aircraft and directed at a land target
  • aircraftswoman — a woman holding a noncommissioned rank in the RAF.
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