14-letter words containing t, s, u
- amusement ride — a device at a fair, theme park, etc that people can ride in
- analysis situs — topology (defs 1, 2).
- angostura bark — the bitter aromatic bark of certain South American rutaceous trees of the genus Cusparia or Galipea, formerly used medicinally to reduce fever
- angustifoliate — having thin or narrow leaves
- anisodactylous — Zoology. having the toes unlike, or unequal in number.
- anthropophagus — A cannibal, especially in legends or fables.
- anthropophuism — the attribution of human qualities to gods
- anti-bourgeois — opposed to anyone or anything considered bourgeois
- anti-communist — a person who is opposed to Communism
- anti-smuggling — to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
- anti-stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
- anticoagulants — Also, anticoagulative [an-tee-koh-ag-yuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv, an-tahy-] /ˌæn ti koʊˈæg yəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪv, ˌæn taɪ-/ (Show IPA). preventing coagulation, especially of blood.
- anticonvulsant — any of a class of drugs used to prevent or abolish convulsions
- anticonvulsive — preventing or alleviating convulsions
- antifilibuster — a person or method in opposition to filibustering
- antihomosexual — opposed to homosexual people and behaviour
- antihumanistic — being opposed to humanism
- antimoniferous — Containing or producing antimony.
- antiquarianism — pertaining to antiquaries or to the study of antiquities.
- antiquatedness — The state or quality of being antiquated.
- antiscriptural — opposed to or contradicting scripture
- antisubversion — opposed to or acting against subversion
- antiuniversity — a group or institution which disregards the established traditions or practices of university education
- antoninus pius — 86–161 ad, emperor of Rome (138–161); adopted son and successor of Hadrian
- aphthous fever — foot-and-mouth disease.
- arborsculpture — The art and craft technique of growing and shaping tree trunks.
- argue the toss — to wrangle or dispute at length
- argumentations — Plural form of argumentation.
- 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
- armamentariums — Plural form of armamentarium.
- articulateness — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- artifactitious — of, relating to, or of the nature of an artifact, or a man-made object that carries cultural significance.
- as all get-out — to a considerable degree; greatly
- as you like it — a comedy (1599?) by Shakespeare.
- asparagus tips — the ends of asparagus spears, considered to be the tastiest part
- asphalt jungle — an expression used to refer to a city environment, which emphasizes its dangerous nature
- assault course — An assault course is an area of land covered with obstacles such as walls which people, especially soldiers, use to improve their skills and strength.
- assault jacket — a protective jacketlike garment, armored so as to resist bullets, knives, etc., worn especially by police officers for defense against attack.
- assault troops — soldiers of the infantry who are specially trained to lead an attack
- assault weapon — any of various automatic and semiautomatic military firearms utilizing an intermediate-power cartridge, designed for individual use. Compare assault rifle.
- assaultiveness — the condition of being assaultive
- at first blush — when first seen; as a first impression
- at the outside — You use at the outside to say that you think that a particular amount is the largest possible in a particular situation, or that a particular time is the latest possible time for something to happen.
- atlas autocode — (language) The Autocode for the Ferranti Atlas, which may have been the first commercial computer with hardware-paged virtual memory. Whereas other autocodes were basically assembly languages, Atlas Autocode was high-level and block-structured, resembling a cross between Fortran and ALGOL 60. It had call-by value, loops, declarations, complex numbers, pointers, heap and stack storage generators, dynamic arrays, and extensible syntax.
- audio-cassette — a cassette of tape on which sound only is recorded
- audiocassettes — Plural form of audiocassette.
- augean stables — the stables, not cleaned for 30 years, where King Augeas kept 3000 oxen. Hercules diverted the River Alpheus through them and cleaned them in a day
- aussie battler — an Australian working-class person
- 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.