14-letter words containing y, s, a
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- subjectability — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- substantiality — of ample or considerable amount, quantity, size, etc.: a substantial sum of money.
- sugar refinery — place where sugar is processed
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
- sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
- sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
- sunday trading — the fact of opening a shop or business on a Sunday
- supererogatory — going beyond the requirements of duty.
- superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned above a receptacle of a flower, as in members of the mint family.
- supernaturally — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
- supersexuality — the quality of having a strong sexual appetite
- supplementally — supplementary.
- supplicatingly — in a pleading manner
- supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
- supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- supramaxillary — of or relating to the upper jaw
- surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
- surprise party — a party or celebration planned for someone as a surprise.
- sustainability — the ability to be sustained, supported, upheld, or confirmed.
- sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
- sycophantishly — in a sycophantish manner
- syllable-timed — having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time.
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- symmetry plane — reflection plane.
- symptomatology — the branch of medical science dealing with symptoms.
- synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
- synaptic cleft — the small gap, measured in nanometers, between an axon terminal and any of the cell membranes in the immediate vicinity.
- sync-generator — an electronic generator that supplies synchronizing pulses to television scanning and transmitting equipment.
- synchronically — having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
- synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
- syntactic foam — any of several buoyant materials made up of tiny hollow spheres embedded in a surrounding plastic
- synthesization — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- syrian hamster — golden hamster.
- system program — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
- systematically — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- systematicness — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
- take one's way — to go on a journey; travel
- take years off — to make (someone) feel or look much younger
- talismanically — in a talismanic manner
- tank destroyer — a high-speed, self-propelled, armored combat vehicle with antitank cannon.
- tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
- telescopically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
- telesmatically — in a telesmatic manner
- ten years' war — a popular insurrection in Cuba (1868–78) against Spanish rule.
- tergiversatory — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- test-tube baby — an infant developed from an ovum fertilized in vitro and implanted into a woman's uterus, usually that of the biological mother.