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14-letter words containing t, a, r, n, i, s

  • asynchronicity — (uncountable) The state of being asynchronous.
  • asynchronistic — Not synchronistic.
  • 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.
  • attractiveness — providing pleasure or delight, especially in appearance or manner; pleasing; charming; alluring: an attractive personality.
  • austrian blind — a window blind consisting of rows of vertically gathered fabric that may be drawn up to form a series of ruches
  • austrian shade — a window shade in which the fabric falls in a series of puffy festoons created by vertical rows of shirring.
  • authorisations — Plural form of authorisation.
  • authoritarians — Plural form of authoritarian.
  • authorizations — Plural form of authorization.
  • autoregression — (mathematics) An autoregressive process that is used to model many types of natural behaviour.
  • axis-ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
  • backscattering — the scattering of rays or particles at angles to the original direction of motion of greater than 90°
  • backscratching — a long-handled device for scratching one's own back.
  • backside-front — backend-to.
  • bang to rights — caught red-handed
  • basic industry — an industry which is highly important in a nation's economy
  • basic training — Basic training is the training that someone receives when they first join the armed forces.
  • bastard indigo — a bushy shrub, Amorpha fruticosa, of the legume family, native to North America, having elongated clusters of dull purplish or bluish flowers.
  • bastardisation — Alternative form of bastardization.
  • bastardization — the act of bastardizing
  • basting thread — inexpensive, loosely twisted thread that can be easily pulled out when permanent stitching is in place
  • bathing trunks — Bathing trunks are shorts that a man wears when he goes swimming.
  • be in the wars — If someone has been in the wars, they have been injured, for example in a fight or in an accident.
  • beard-stroking — deep thought
  • binding strake — a very strong, heavy strake of planking, especially one next to a sheer strake.
  • bioaeronautics — the use of aircraft in the discovery, development, and protection of natural and biological resources
  • bioinformatics — the branch of information science concerned with large databases of biochemical or pharmaceutical information
  • bioregionalist — someone who believes in bioregionalism
  • 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
  • bird sanctuary — an area of land in which birds are protected and encouraged to breed
  • blind staggers — the staggers
  • boatswain bird — tropic bird.
  • branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
  • brandy snifter — snifter (def 1).
  • brass farthing — something of little or no value
  • breast implant — an object such as a sachet filled with gel introduced surgically into a woman's breast to enlarge it
  • breast-beating — public or ostentatious expression of guilt, remorse, or sorrow
  • breast-feeding — to nurse (a baby) at the breast; suckle.
  • bring onstream — To bring onstream a plant, mine, oilfield, etc. is to start production there.
  • british guiana — Guyana
  • britney spears — beers
  • bronchiectasis — chronic dilation of the bronchi or bronchial tubes, which often become infected
  • bronchospastic — of or relating to bronchospasms
  • cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
  • caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
  • carcinomatosis — a condition characterized by widespread dissemination of carcinomas or by a carcinoma that affects a large area
  • cardiocentesis — surgical puncture of the heart
  • care assistant — a person who is paid to look after one or more severely handicapped people staying in residential accommodation
  • cartoonishness — The state or condition of being cartoonish.
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