14-letter words containing sa
- grangerisation — The act of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
- hasan al-basri — died 728 ad, Muslim religious thinker
- have one's say — When one of the people or groups involved in a discussion has their say, they give their opinion.
- hello, sailor! — (jargon) Occasional West Coast equivalent of hello, world; seems to have originated at SAIL, later associated with the game Zork (which also included "hello, aviator" and "hello, implementor"). Originally from the traditional hooker's greeting to a swabbie fresh off the boat, of course.
- hexosaminidase — the enzymes that catalyse the metabolism of gangliosides
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
- hunter's sauce — chasseur (def 4).
- ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
- immiserisation — the process of immiserising
- immobilisation — Alternative spelling of immobilization.
- impassableness — The quality of being impassable.
- improvisations — Plural form of improvisation.
- improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
- improvvisatore — an improvisator, especially a person who extemporizes verse.
- inadvisability — not advisable; inexpedient; unwise.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- indian sanicle — a North American boneset, Eupatorium rugosum, that has heads of white flowers and causes trembles and milk sickness.
- indigenisation — Alternative spelling of indigenization.
- indispensables — Plural form of indispensable.
- infralapsarian — a person who believes in infralapsarianism.
- initialisation — Alternative spelling of initialization.
- inland passage — Inside Passage
- insanely great — (Macintosh community, from Steve Jobs; also BSD Unix people via Bill Joy) Something so incredibly elegant that it is imaginable only to someone possessing the most puissant of hacker-natures.
- insatiableness — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased: insatiable hunger for knowledge.
- 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
- irreplevisable — not replevisable; not capable of being replevied.
- isabela island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, off the W coast of South America: the largest of the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. 2250 sq. mi. (5827 sq. km).
- jean e. sammet — (person) Author of several surveys of early programming languages, refererred to in many entries in this dictionary. E-mail: [email protected] Relevant publications include:
- jerusalem date — butterfly flower.
- lateralisation — Alternative spelling of lateralization.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- legitimisation — (British) alternative spelling of legitimization.
- leiomyosarcoma — (pathology) A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
- lexicalisation — Alternative spelling of lexicalization.
- liberalisation — (British) alternative spelling of liberalization.
- lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
- lyophilisation — Alternative spelling of lyophilization.
- mansard (roof) — a roof with two slopes on each of the four sides, the lower steeper than the upper
- massage parlor — a commercial establishment providing massages.
- matched sample — a sample in which the individuals selected for analysis share all properties except that under investigation
- mater dolorosa — the sorrowful mother.
- meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
- meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
- medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
- merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
- mesaticephalic — (anatomy) Having a cranium with a medium ratio of length to breadth.
- message center — an office or other area where incoming and outgoing messages, mail, etc., are received and transmitted, as by telephone, computer, or messenger.
- metrical psalm — a translation of one of the psalms into rhyming strict-metre verse usually sung as a hymn
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field