14-letter words containing s, t, a, n, o
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- counterstained — Simple past tense and past participle of counterstain.
- cross matching — the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.
- cross reaction — an immunologic reaction between a given antigen and an antibody or lymphokine that is specific for a different antigen resembling the first one.
- cross relation — the simultaneous or successive occurrence of a note and its chromatic alteration, as C and C57395, in different voices; false relation
- cross trainers — training shoes for doing cross training
- cross training — training in two or more sports to improve performance, esp on one's main sport
- cross-hatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- cross-national — pertaining to or involving two or more nations.
- cross-reaction — an immunologic reaction between a given antigen and an antibody or lymphokine that is specific for a different antigen resembling the first one.
- crosssectional — Misspelling of cross-sectional.
- cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.
- cryptoanalysis — cryptanalysis.
- crystalisation — Alternative spelling of crystallization.
- crystallomancy — a form of divination using crystals or a crystal ball
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- custodian bank — A custodian bank is a bank that holds customer assets in safety.
- customer's man — registered representative.
- cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
- dacryoadenitis — Inflammation of the lacrimal glands.
- de-designation — an act of designating.
- decay constant — the reciprocal of the decay time.
- decimalisation — Conversion to a decimal system.
- decision table — a table within a computer program that specifies the actions to be taken when certain conditions arise
- decolonisation — Alternative spelling of decolonization.
- decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- decompensation — the inability of an organ, esp the heart, to maintain its function due to overload caused by a disease
- deconsecrating — Present participle of deconsecrate.
- deconsecration — The opposite of consecration, to undo consecration. Desecration or defilement.
- decontaminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decontaminate.
- decorativeness — The condition of being decorative.
- defenestration — the act of throwing someone out of a window
- dehumanisation — Alternative spelling of dehumanization.
- dehydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrogenate.
- deinstallation — The process of deinstalling.
- demand deposit — a bank deposit from which withdrawals may be made without notice
- demobilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of demobilization.
- demonstratable — Alternative form of demonstrable.
- demonstrations — Plural form of demonstration.
- demonstratives — Plural form of demonstrative.
- demoralisation — Alternative spelling of demoralization.
- denationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of denationalise.
- dental records — records produced during a dental examination and recording the state of a patient's teeth
- dental surgeon — dentist who carries out surgery
- depolarisation — Alternative spelling of depolarization.
- deregistration — The process of which an employee is removed from work registrant status.
- desalinisation — Removal of salt and other minerals from water; desalination.
- desalinization — desalt.
- despoticalness — the quality of being despotic
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization