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14-letter words containing u, t, n, a

  • singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
  • siphonapterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Siphonaptera, comprising the fleas.
  • situation room — a room at a military or political headquarters where the latest information on a military or political situation is channeled.
  • situationalism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
  • slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
  • slide mountain — a mountain in SE New York: highest peak of the Catskill Mountains. 4204 feet (1280 meters).
  • snap out of it — return quickly to normal
  • snowy mountain — of or relating to the Snowy Mountains of Australia or their inhabitants
  • sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
  • solitudinarian — a person who seeks solitude; recluse.
  • solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
  • somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
  • somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • south carolina — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
  • south georgian — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
  • south pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • south portland — a city in SW Maine.
  • south suburban — a city in SE West Bengal, in E India: a suburb of Calcutta.
  • southeasterner — a native or inhabitant of the southeast.
  • southern ocean — that part of the Indian Ocean south of Australia
  • southern slavs — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
  • southern stars — the Australian women’s national cricket team
  • spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
  • spanish guitar — acoustic guitar.
  • spermatogenous — producing spermatozoa.
  • spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
  • staff discount — a discount off goods sold by a particular shop, given to members of staff of that shop
  • stage business — business (def 10).
  • staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
  • standard gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
  • standard issue — something, such as a rifle, included as standard with military equipment
  • start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
  • state function — a thermodynamic quantity that has definite values for given states of a system, such as entropy, enthalpy, free energy, etc
  • station church — any of the churches in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions
  • stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
  • stone mountain — a massive, dome-shaped granite outcrop in NW Georgia, near Atlanta: sculptures of Confederate heroes: 825 feet (252 meters) high.
  • stony tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 1550 km (960 miles) long
  • straighten out — make straighter
  • string quartet — a musical composition, usually in three or four movements, for four stringed instruments, typically two violins, viola, and cello.
  • stuffed animal — soft toy
  • sturgeon's law — "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to "crap". Compare Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its truth.
  • sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
  • sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • subaggregation — a subtotalling
  • subarborescent — below or under trees
  • subassociation — an association that forms part of a larger association
  • subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
  • subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
  • subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
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