14-letter words containing t, a, p, i, s
- apocalypticism — the belief in apocalyptic prophecy
- aposematically — in an aposematic manner
- apostrophizing — Present participle of apostrophize.
- appendectomies — Plural form of appendectomy.
- apportionments — Plural form of apportionment.
- 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.
- appropriations — Plural form of appropriation.
- approximations — Plural form of approximation.
- apsidal motion — the rotation of the major axis of an eccentric orbit in the plane of the orbit.
- ardent spirits — spirits, such as rum, whisky, etc
- arms inspector — a person who carries out an arms inspection
- aromatherapist — An aromatherapist is a person who is qualified to practise aromatherapy.
- arthrogryposis — (countable, pathology) The permanent fixation of a joint in a contracted position.
- arthroplasties — Plural form of arthroplasty.
- asparagus tips — the ends of asparagus spears, considered to be the tastiest part
- 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
- assistantships — Plural form of assistantship.
- 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.
- astigmatoscopy — examination by means of an astigmatoscope.
- astrophysicist — An astrophysicist is someone who studies astrophysics.
- asymptotically — of or relating to an asymptote.
- 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.
- atomic physics — the branch of physics concerned with the structure and behaviour of atomic nuclei
- attention span — the period of time during which someone's attention is held by something in particular
- bacteriophages — Plural form of bacteriophage.
- ballet slipper — a heelless cloth or leather slipper worn by ballet dancers.
- baptismal font — a large bowl for baptismal water, usually mounted on a pedestal
- baptismal name — Christian name (def 1).
- baptismal vows — the solemn promises made during baptism, either by the person baptized or by his or her sponsors
- bipartisanship — representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions: Government leaders hope to achieve a bipartisan foreign policy.
- bipolarisation — the act of bipolarising
- bisphosphonate — any drug of a class that inhibits the resorption of bone; used in treating certain bone disorders, esp osteoporosis
- bitmap display — (hardware) A computer output device where each pixel displayed on the monitor screen corresponds directly to one or more bits in the computer's video memory. Such a display can be updated extremely rapidly since changing a pixel involves only a single processor write to memory compared with a terminal or VDU connected via a serial line where the speed of the serial line limits the speed at which the display can be changed. Most modern personal computers and workstations have bitmap displays, allowing the efficient use of graphical user interfaces, interactive graphics and a choice of on-screen fonts. Some more expensive systems still delegate graphics operations to dedicated hardware such as graphics accelerators. The bitmap display might be traced back to the earliest days of computing when the Manchester University Mark I(?) computer, developed by F.C. Williams and T. Kilburn shortly after the Second World War. This used a storage tube as its working memory. Phosphor dots were used to store single bits of data which could be read by the user and interpreted as binary numbers.
- blacktip shark — a widely distributed sand shark, Charcharinus limbatus, having fins that appear to have been dipped in ink, inhabiting shallow waters of warm seas.
- blind stamping — an impression on a book cover without using colour or gold leaf
- blister-packed — presented in a blister pack
- block capitals — Block capitals are simple capital letters that are not decorated in any way.
- breast implant — an object such as a sachet filled with gel introduced surgically into a woman's breast to enlarge it
- britney spears — beers
- bronchospastic — of or relating to bronchospasms
- brood parasite — a young bird hatched and reared by birds of a different species as a result of brood parasitism.
- campaign chest — money collected and set aside for use in a campaign, especially a political one; a campaign fund.
- capital assets — any assets, tangible or intangible, that are held for long-term investment
- capitalisation — The act or process of capitalising.
- captain's mast — a hearing conducted by the captain of a vessel into minor offences of the crew
- captain's pick — the selection by a team's captain of a player for that team, often a player who has not met criteria for automatic selection