14-letter words containing u, n, s, a, t
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- assaultiveness — the condition of being assaultive
- 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
- 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.
- autoantibodies — Plural form of autoantibody.
- autoconfiscate — (software, jargon) A term coined by Noah Friedman meaning to set up or modify a source-code distribution so that it configures and builds using the GNU project's autoconf/automake/libtools suite.
- autodesk, inc. — (company) The distributors of the AutoCAD CAD package. Address: Sausalito, CA, USA.
- autoregression — (mathematics) An autoregressive process that is used to model many types of natural behaviour.
- autoresponders — Plural form of autoresponder.
- autosuggestion — a process of suggestion in which the person unconsciously supplies or consciously attempts to supply the means of influencing his own behaviour or beliefs
- autotransplant — autograft.
- bank annuities — British government bonds; consols
- base community — (especially in South America) a group of people taking part in religious devotions and Bible study, who seek to apply this in their socioeconomic and political situation.
- basic industry — an industry which is highly important in a nation's economy
- basque country — Theregion comprising three provinces in N Spain, on the Bay of Biscay, inhabited by Basques: 2,803 sq mi (7,260 sq km); pop. 2,104,000
- basso continuo — continuo.
- bathing trunks — Bathing trunks are shorts that a man wears when he goes swimming.
- beaten biscuit — a hard, unleavened biscuit, made to rise by pounding and folding the dough.
- beauty contest — A beauty contest is a competition in which young women are judged to decide which one is the most beautiful.
- bioaeronautics — the use of aircraft in the discovery, development, and protection of natural and biological resources
- bird sanctuary — an area of land in which birds are protected and encouraged to breed
- blood and guts — dealing with or depicting war or violence, especially in a lurid manner: a blood-and-guts movie.
- blood-and-guts — dealing with or depicting war or violence, especially in a lurid manner: a blood-and-guts movie.
- blue mountains — a mountain range in the US, in NE Oregon and SE Washington. Highest peak: Rock Creek Butte, 2773 m (9097 ft)
- bophuthatswana — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in N South Africa: consisted of six separate areas; declared independent by South Africa in 1977 although this was not internationally recognized; abolished in 1993. Capital: Mmabatho
- boundary-stone — a stone marking a boundary, sometimes giving information such as the initials of the local authority in whose jurisdiction the boundary is
- bracket fungus — any saprotroph or parasitic fungus of the basidiomycetous family Polyporaceae, growing as a shelflike mass (bracket) from tree trunks and producing spores in vertical tubes in the bracket
- bremsstrahlung — the radiation produced when an electrically charged particle, esp an electron, is slowed down by the electric field of an atomic nucleus or an atomic ion
- british guiana — Guyana
- bulk transport — the transport of large quantities of goods or commodities in lorries, ships, or by rail
- burschenschaft — a students' fraternity, originally one concerned with Christian ideals, patriotism, etc
- bush carpenter — a rough-and-ready unskilled workman
- business agent — a representative of a labor union local, who investigates working conditions, negotiates contracts, etc.
- bust one's ass — Informal. to burst. to go bankrupt. to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort: She was determined to make straight A's or bust.
- calculatedness — the state of being calculated
- cancer cluster — the occurrence of a higher than expected number of cancer cases in a small, defined geographical area or population.