14-letter words containing sio
- extension ring — a spacer element that can be fixed between the camera body and the lens to increase the distance between film and lens and allow closer focus than would be possible without it
- extensionality — extensional equality
- field emission — the removal of electrons from a metallic conductor by a strong electric field.
- file extension — filename extension
- first division — the half of a league comprising the teams having the best records at a particular time (opposed to second division).
- fissionability — capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission: a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material.
- free expansion — the expansion of a gas into an evacuated space without the transfer of heat or the performance of work.
- fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Compare reactor (def 4).
- garda síochána — the police force of the Republic of Ireland
- hair extension — attached length of hair
- hash collision — (programming) (Or "hash clash") When two different keys hash to the same value, i.e. to the same location in a hash table.
- heat of fusion — the heat absorbed by a unit mass of a given solid at its melting point that completely converts the solid to a liquid at the same temperature: equal to the heat of solidification.
- heresiographer — a person who writes about heresy
- hyperextension — the extension of a part of the body beyond normal limits.
- immersion foot — an abnormal condition of the foot caused by prolonged exposure to water, characterized by pathological changes in the skin, blood vessels, nerves, and muscles.
- impassionately — filled with passion; impassioned.
- impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
- impressionists — Plural form of impressionist.
- inapprehension — lack of apprehension.
- inclusion body — a particle that takes a characteristic stain, found in a virus-infected cell.
- intensionality — (logic, mathematics) The condition of having an intension.
- inter-division — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- intercessional — an act or instance of interceding.
- interdiffusion — mutual diffusion of fluids
- ion propulsion — Rocketry. a projected type of propulsion for vehicles in outer space, the exhaust consisting of positive ions and negative electrons repelled from the vehicle by electrostatic forces, resulting in a very high exhaust velocity.
- jet propulsion — the propulsion of a body by its reaction to a force ejecting a gas or a liquid from it.
- line of vision — a straight line that connects the fovea centralis of an eye with the point on which the eye focuses.
- lz compression — Lempel-Ziv compression
- missionization — the work and practice of missionaries
- non-aggression — abstention from aggression, especially by a nation.
- non-concession — the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or a point or fact in an argument: He made no concession to caution.
- non-suspension — the act of suspending.
- nondimensional — Not dimensional.
- nonfissionable — not able to undergo fission
- nonphysiologic — of or relating to physiology.
- nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
- over-precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- over-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- overpersuasion — the act or instance of overpersuading someone
- passion killer — something that is sexually unattractive or inhibiting
- passion sunday — the fifth Sunday in Lent, being the second week before Easter.
- pay television — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
- pension scheme — savings fund for retirement
- percussion cap — a small metallic cap or cup containing fulminating powder, formerly exploded by percussion to fire the charge of small arms.
- pitch invasion — If there is a pitch invasion during or after a football, rugby, or cricket match, fans run on to the pitch.
- plesiochronous — (communications) Nearly synchronised, a term describing a communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits.
- possessionless — having no possessions
- postdepression — pertaining to or denoting the period after an economic depression
- pre-conclusion — the end or close; final part.