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14-letter words containing ass

  • gravity assist — the technique of using the energy of a gravitational field and the orbital velocity of a planet to change the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft.
  • haile selassie — (Ras Tafari) 1891–1975, emperor of Ethiopia 1930–74: in exile 1936–41.
  • halicarnassian — an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
  • hamilton basso — Hamilton, 1904–64, U.S. journalist and novelist.
  • hypopotassemia — hypokalemia.
  • impassableness — The quality of being impassable.
  • impassionately — filled with passion; impassioned.
  • inland passage — Inside Passage
  • inside passage — protected sea route along the W coast of North America, from Seattle, Wash., to the N part of the Alas. panhandle: the route uses channels and straits between islands and the mainland: c. 950 mi (1,529 km) long
  • jackass gunter — a gunter having a wire rope with a traveler in place of the usual upper iron.
  • jacobite glass — an English drinking glass of the late 17th or early 18th century, engraved with Jacobite mottoes and symbols.
  • joint passport — a single passport shared by two or more people, such as a passport shared by a parent and child
  • kangaroo grass — a tall widespread Australian grass, Themeda australis, which is highly palatable to cattle and is used for fodder
  • karakoram pass — a high pass (5575 m (18 290 ft)) that crosses the Karakoram mountains in N Kashmir
  • keep-fit class — an exercise class designed to promote physical fitness
  • laissez passer — a permit; pass, especially one issued in lieu of a passport.
  • laissez-passer — a permit; pass, especially one issued in lieu of a passport.
  • lemongrass oil — an aromatic oil made from lemon grass and used in aromatherapy, as a pesticide, and as a preservative
  • life assurance — insurance: pays if holder dies
  • liquid compass — wet compass.
  • mass marketing — the organization of the sale of a product to a large number of people
  • massage parlor — a commercial establishment providing massages.
  • massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.
  • metallic glass — glassy alloy.
  • microcassettes — Plural form of microcassette.
  • middle passage — the part of the Atlantic Ocean between the west coast of Africa and the West Indies: the longest part of the journey formerly made by slave ships.
  • mis-assessment — the act of assessing; appraisal; evaluation.
  • misclassifying — Present participle of misclassify.
  • motor-assisted — mechanically assisted by a motor
  • murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
  • nassau grouper — a colorful food and game fish, Epinephelus striatus, common off the Florida Keys.
  • neoclassicists — (sometimes initial capital letter) belonging or pertaining to a revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles, as in art, literature, music, or architecture.
  • non-associated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
  • non-assumptive — taken for granted.
  • non-classified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
  • nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
  • open classroom — a spacious instructional area shared by several groups or classes in elementary school, permitting more individualized, less supervised project learning and movement of pupils from one activity to another.
  • passenger cell — the inside of a vehicle, in which people sit
  • passenger door — a car door that is used by a passenger
  • passenger list — register of all travellers on board
  • passenger mile — a unit of measurement, consisting of one mile traveled by a passenger, that airlines, railroads, and other public transportation facilities use in recording volume of traffic.
  • passenger seat — vehicle: chair next to the driver
  • passenger ship — a ship carrying passengers
  • passenger side — the side of a car which is not the driver's side
  • passion killer — something that is sexually unattractive or inhibiting
  • passion sunday — the fifth Sunday in Lent, being the second week before Easter.
  • passive reason — the reasoning faculty existing only within an individual mind, limited in scope and perishing with the body.
  • passive safety — the practice of taking measures to reduce the consequences of accidents, as opposed to attempting to avoid them altogether
  • passive-matrix — of or relating to a relatively low-resolution liquid-crystal display (LCD) with low contrast, a type of flat-panel display.
  • passport photo — image on identity document
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