14-letter words containing s, l, i, m, n
- flash smelting — a smelting process for sulphur-containing ores in which the dried and powdered ore, mixed with oxygen, is ignited on discharge from a nozzle, melts, and drops to the bottom of a settling chamber. Sulphur is released mainly in its solid form, thus reducing atmospheric pollution
- flowering moss — pyxie.
- fluid dynamics — the branch of fluid mechanics dealing with the properties of fluids in motion.
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
- frolicsomeness — The quality of being frolicsome; playfulness.
- fundamentalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
- fundamentalist — an adherent of fundamentalism, a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts: radical fundamentalists.
- galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
- gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
- gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
- generalissimos — Plural form of generalissimo.
- ginseng family — the plant family Araliaceae, characterized by often prickly herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having alternate leaves and dense clusters of small, whitish or greenish flowers, and including the devil's-club, ginseng, ivy, schefflera, and wild sarsaparilla.
- glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- gosling, james — James Gosling
- granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
- hamilton basso — Hamilton, 1904–64, U.S. journalist and novelist.
- hamiltonianism — the political principles or doctrines held by or associated with Alexander Hamilton, especially those stressing a strong central government and protective tariffs.
- heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
- highland games — a meeting in which competitions in sport, piping, and dancing are held: originating in the Highlands of Scotland
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
- humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
- immaculateness — The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.
- immaterialness — The state of being immaterial; immateriality.
- immobilisation — Alternative spelling of immobilization.
- impassableness — The quality of being impassable.
- impassionately — filled with passion; impassioned.
- impersonalised — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
- implacableness — The quality of being implacable.
- impossibleness — Quality of being impossible.
- impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
- impulse buying — the buying of retail merchandise prompted by a whim on seeing the product displayed
- in a small way — slightly, somewhat
- incomes policy — a government policy to curb inflation that relies on voluntary compliance rather than on mandatory wage, price, or profit controls.
- incommodiously — In an incommodious manner.
- incompleteness — not complete; lacking some part.
- incompressible — not capable of being compressed.
- incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
- incrementalism — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.
- incrementalist — a policy of making changes, especially social changes, by degrees; gradualism.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- indemonstrable — not demonstrable; incapable of being demonstrated or proved.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- infinitesimals — Plural form of infinitesimal.