14-letter words containing s
- accessibleness — the ability to be accessed
- accessory cell — Immunology. any of various cells of the immune system that work with T or B cells to initiate a specific immune response.
- accessory shoe — a bracket on top of a camera to which a flash unit or other accessory may be fitted
- accidentalness — the state of being accidental
- accommodations — Accommodations are hotels or rooms where people can stay for a period of time.
- accompaniments — something incidental or added for ornament, symmetry, etc.
- accomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
- accomplishment — An accomplishment is something remarkable that has been done or achieved.
- accountantship — the occupation or post of an accountant
- accreditations — Plural form of accreditation.
- accretion disc — the disc formed around a celestial body by the process of accretion
- accretion disk — the rapidly spinning disk of gas that forms around the more compact component of a close binary star system as mass is transferred to the compact companion from the primary star.
- accusatorially — By way of accusation; in an accusatorial manner; by means of a formal accuser.
- accustomedness — the state of being customary or usual
- acetylcysteine — a substance, C 5 H 9 NO 3 S, used in solution as an inhalant to dissolve mucus in the treatment of chronic bronchitis, asthma, and emphysema and also used as an antidote in acetaminophen poisoning.
- achilles' heel — a portion, spot, area, or the like, that is especially or solely vulnerable: His Achilles heel is his quick temper.
- achondroplasia — a skeletal disorder, characterized by failure of normal conversion of cartilage into bone, that begins during fetal life and results in dwarfism
- acid phosphate — superphosphate (def 1).
- acleistocardia — a failure of the foramen ovale of the heart to close.
- acoenaesthesia — loss of the physical awareness of one's body.
- acoustic nerve — either one of the eighth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from the organs of hearing and from the semicircular canals to the brain.
- acoustic shock — a condition characterized by dizziness and partial hearing loss suffered by some people exposed to sudden loud noises over telephone or radio headsets; associated esp with workers in call centres
- acquired taste — If you describe something as an acquired taste, you mean that a lot of people do not like it when they first experience it, but often start to like it more when they get to know it better.
- across country — If you travel across country, you travel through country areas, avoiding major roads and towns.
- across the way — If something is across the way, it is nearby on the opposite side of a road or area.
- acta sanctorum — a collection of lives of the saints edited by Jesuit scholars and first published in Antwerp in 1643
- actinobacillus — a bacillus causing disease in animals
- actinomycetous — of or relating to the actinomycetes
- active service — Someone who is on active service is taking part in a war as a member of the armed forces.
- active shooter — a person who is presently using a gun to shoot people in a confined and populated area.
- adamawa massif — a plateau in W central Africa, in central Cameroon and E Nigeria.
- adaptativeness — Adaptability.
- adder's-tongue — any of several terrestrial ferns of the genus Ophioglossum, esp O. vulgatum, that grow in the N hemisphere and have a spore-bearing body that sticks out like a spike from the leaf: family Ophioglossaceae
- address strobe — (storage) (AS) One of the input signals of a memory device, especially semiconductor memory, which is asserted to tell the memory device that the address inputs are valid. Upon receiving this signal the selected memory device starts the memory access (read/write) indicated by its other inputs. It may be driven directly by the processor or by a memory controller.
- addressability — (computing) The capability of a microprocessor etc. to deal with values of a certain size using a single instruction.
- adenosclerosis — (medicine) The hardening of a gland.
- adipose tissue — loose connective tissue in which fat cells accumulate.
- adjunctiveness — The state or quality of being adjunctive.
- adjutant stork — a large Indian stork, Leptoptilus dubius, having a pinkish-brown neck and bill, a large naked pouch under the throat, and a military gait.
- administrating — to administer.
- administration — Administration is the range of activities connected with organizing and supervising the way that an organization or institution functions.
- administrative — Administrative work involves organizing and supervising an organization or institution.
- administrators — A person responsible for running a business, organization, etc.
- administratrix — a woman administrator
- admissibleness — The state or quality of being admissible.
- adrenal glands — one of a pair of ductless glands, located above the kidneys, consisting of a cortex, which produces steroidal hormones, and a medulla, which produces epinephrine and norepinephrine.
- adriatic (sea) — arm of the Mediterranean, between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula
- adscititiously — In an adscititious way.
- advantageously — providing an advantage; furnishing convenience or opportunity; favorable; profitable; useful; beneficial: an advantageous position; an advantageous treaty.
- adventitiously — associated with something by chance rather than as an integral part; extrinsic.