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14-letter words containing s, p, e, a

  • apportionments — Plural form of apportionment.
  • 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.
  • approach stage — the stage of landing when a plane is approaching the runway
  • arborsculpture — The art and craft technique of growing and shaping tree trunks.
  • archiepiscopal — of or associated with an archbishop
  • ardent spirits — spirits, such as rum, whisky, etc
  • 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
  • arms inspector — a person who carries out an arms inspection
  • aromatherapist — An aromatherapist is a person who is qualified to practise aromatherapy.
  • arriere-pensee — an unrevealed thought or intention
  • arthroplasties — Plural form of arthroplasty.
  • 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
  • asphalt jungle — an expression used to refer to a city environment, which emphasizes its dangerous nature
  • assault weapon — any of various automatic and semiautomatic military firearms utilizing an intermediate-power cartridge, designed for individual use. Compare assault rifle.
  • assembly plant — An assembly plant is a factory where large items such as cars are put together, usually using parts which have been made in other factories.
  • assembly point — a designated place where people have been told to wait after evacuating a building in the event of a fire or other emergency
  • assemblyperson — a member of a legislative assembly, especially a member of the lower house of the legislature in certain states of the U.S.
  • assisted place — a place at a private school reserved for a pupil from a family with a low income, with the fees paid by the government
  • 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
  • astigmatoscope — an instrument for determining the presence and severity of astigmatism.
  • astrocompasses — Plural form of astrocompass.
  • 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.
  • attention span — the period of time during which someone's attention is held by something in particular
  • audio response — a computer response that is audible rather than textual or graphical
  • auspiciousness — The state or quality of being auspicious or successful.
  • autoresponders — Plural form of autoresponder.
  • aztec two-step — Montezuma's revenge
  • backstage pass — a document or badge that entitles the bearer to go backstage at an event, esp a pop concert
  • bacteriophages — Plural form of bacteriophage.
  • balance spring — hairspring.
  • ballast pocket — a depression that is formed beneath the ballast layer by penetration of ballast particles into the subgrade and that tends to collect moisture.
  • ballet slipper — a heelless cloth or leather slipper worn by ballet dancers.
  • balsam of peru — an aromatic balsam that is obtained from the tropical South American leguminous tree Myroxylon pereirae and is similar to balsam of Tolu
  • baptismal name — Christian name (def 1).
  • barbados pride — Also called bead tree. a tropical African and Asian tree, Adenanthera pavonina, of the legume family, having feathery foliage and bearing red seeds that are used in beadwork.
  • bare ownership — ownership of a piece of property without the right to use and derive profit from that property
  • base component — the system of rules in a transformational grammar that specify the deep structure of the language
  • bass saxophone — a large saxophone of low range, usually supported on a stand while being played.
  • beggar's opera — a ballad opera (1728) with text by John Gay and music arranged by John Pepusch.
  • benday process — a process for adding tone or shading, as in reproducing drawings, by the overlay on the plate of patterns, as of dots
  • biceps brachii — See under biceps.
  • bicuspid valve — mitral valve
  • bisphosphonate — any drug of a class that inhibits the resorption of bone; used in treating certain bone disorders, esp osteoporosis
  • black panthers — (in the US) a militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end the political dominance of White people
  • blepharoplasty — cosmetic surgery performed on the eyelid
  • blister-packed — presented in a blister pack
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