14-letter words containing s
- adverse action — An adverse action notice is an official explanation by a financial institution of why they are refusing to grant credit to someone.
- advertisements — Plural form of advertisement.
- aegean islands — the islands of the Aegean Sea, including the Cyclades, Dodecanese, Euboea, and Sporades. The majority are under Greek administration
- aeneas silvius — Also, Aeneas Sylvius. literary name of Pius II.
- aerenchymatous — having or consisting of aerenchyma
- aeroballistics — the ballistics of projectiles dropped, launched, or fired from aircraft
- aerodynamicist — an expert in aerodynamics.
- aeroelastician — a specialist in the science of aeroelasticity
- aeroelasticity — the science that studies how inertial, elastic, and aerodynamic forces interact
- aeroplane spin — a wrestling attack in which a wrestler lifts his opponent onto his shoulders and spins around, leaving the opponent dizzy
- aerosolisation — The process by which a material, usually a solid or liquid, is dispersed into an aerosol form.
- aerosolization — the production or dispersal of an aerosol
- aesthesiogenic — able to stimulate or produce sensation
- affectlessness — the inability to have or show emotion or feeling
- africanthropus — a genus of hominids of eastern Africa, assumed from a number of now lost skull fragments to have been a form of archaic Homo : no longer in technical use.
- afro-pessimism — the belief that the provision of aid to African countries is futile
- aftersensation — an afterimage.
- against nature — If you say that something is against nature, you think that it is unnatural.
- age of consent — The age of consent is the age at which a person can legally agree to having a sexual relationship.
- agesilaus (ii) — 442?-360? b.c.; king of Sparta during the decline of its supremacy in ancient Greece
- agglomerations — Plural form of agglomeration.
- aggrandisement — an act or instance of aggrandizing, or increasing in size, or intensity: aggrandizement of mercantile trade in the early colonies.
- aggressiveness — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
- agnes de mille — Agnes (George) 1908–93, U.S. choreographer and dancer (niece of Cecil B. De Mille).
- agribusinesses — Plural form of agribusiness.
- agriculturists — Plural form of agriculturist.
- agrifoodstuffs — the foods produced by agriculture
- agroindustrial — of or relating to agroindustry
- agrostological — of or relating to agrostology
- aguascalientes — a state in central Mexico. Pop: 943 506 (2000). Area: 5471 sq km (2112 sq miles)
- ailanthus moth — a large moth (Philosamia cynthia) native to E Asia and now established in the E U.S., whose larvae (ailanthus silkworms) feed on ailanthus leaves and produce an inferior silk in making their cocoons
- air stewardess — a stewardess on an airliner
- air suspension — a type of suspension powered by a pump or compressor that pressurizes the air, intended to give a smooth ride
- air-raid siren — a device that sounds an alarm to warn people when an air raid is expected
- air-sea rescue — an air rescue at sea
- air-to-surface — launched from an aircraft and directed at a land target
- aircraftswoman — a woman holding a noncommissioned rank in the RAF.
- airman's medal — a U.S. Air Force award for heroism, not involving combat, available to any member of the U.S. or friendly armed forces serving with the USAF.
- airtsy-mairtsy — affected; effeminate
- aladdin's cave — a place containing fabulous riches
- alai mountains — mountain range in S Kyrgyzstan: highest peak, c. 19,500 ft (5,944 m)
- alaska current — an ocean current flowing counterclockwise in the Gulf of Alaska.
- alaska highway — a road extending from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Fairbanks, Alaska: built by the US Army (1942). Length: 2452 km (1523 miles)
- alaska pollock — walleye pollock.
- alcmanic verse — a form of verse used in Greek drama and Latin dramatic poetry, composed in dactylic tetrameter.
- alcohol abuser — someone who drinks too much alcohol
- aldus manutius — 1450–1515, Italian printer, noted for his fine editions of the classics. He introduced italic type
- alieni generis — of another kind.
- alimentiveness — the desire to eat, or the instinct to find, food
- all and sundry — All and sundry means everyone.