14-letter words that end in n
- antisubversion — opposed to or acting against subversion
- any occupation — Any occupation insurance covers a person if they cannot work under any circumstances, in any occupation, following an accident, injury, or disability.
- apolipoprotein — any of a group of glycoproteins that form part of the structure of lipoproteins, some of which have been associated with Alzheimer's disease
- apsidal motion — the rotation of the major axis of an eccentric orbit in the plane of the orbit.
- arcado-cyprian — an ancient language group of eastern Greece.
- archencephalon — the primitive forebrain region of the embryo, anterior to the notochord, that gives rise to the midbrain and forebrain.
- art collection — a collection of art works
- art exhibition — an exhibition of works of art such as pictures
- asian-american — of or connected with Americans of Asian ancestry
- asparagus bean — a trailing, long-stemmed Asian vine, Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, of the legume family, having yellow or violet flowers and very long pods.
- asparagus fern — a fernlike species of asparagus, A. plumosus, native to southern Africa
- assault weapon — any of various automatic and semiautomatic military firearms utilizing an intermediate-power cartridge, designed for individual use. Compare assault rifle.
- assemblyperson — a member of a legislative assembly, especially a member of the lower house of the legislature in certain states of the U.S.
- atlantic ocean — the world's second largest ocean, bounded in the north by the Arctic, in the south by the Antarctic, in the west by North and South America, and in the east by Europe and Africa. Greatest depth: 9220 m (30 246 ft). Area: about 81 585 000 sq km (31 500 000 sq miles)
- atomic veteran — a veteran of the armed forces who was exposed to radioactivity during the testing or use of nuclear (atomic) weapons in World War II or subsequent wars.
- attention span — the period of time during which someone's attention is held by something in particular
- attitudinarian — a person who assumes an affected attitude
- auger-electron — a nonradiative process in which an atom in an excited state undergoes a transition to a lower state by the emission of a bound electron (Auger electron) rather than by the emission of an x-ray.
- authentication — to establish as genuine.
- autoactivation — (biochemistry) autocatalysis.
- autoionization — the process in which spontaneous decay of excited atoms or molecules results in emission of electrons, rather than photons
- automatization — to make automatic.
- autoregression — (mathematics) An autoregressive process that is used to model many types of natural behaviour.
- autoregulation — the continual automatic adjustment or self-regulation of a biochemical, physiological, or ecological system to maintain a stable state.
- autosuggestion — a process of suggestion in which the person unconsciously supplies or consciously attempts to supply the means of influencing his own behaviour or beliefs
- axial skeleton — the bones that together comprise the skull and the vertebral column
- axiomatisation — the process of reducing down to a system of basic truths, or axioms
- axiomatization — the process of reducing down to a system of basic truths, or axioms
- back formation — the invention of a new word on the assumption that a familiar word is derived from it. The verbs edit and burgle were so created from editor and burglar
- back-formation — the analogical creation of one word from another word that appears to be a derived or inflected form of the first by dropping the apparent affix or by modification.
- backup pumpkin — pumpkin
- ball and chain — (formerly) a heavy iron ball attached to a chain and fastened to a prisoner
- ball-and-chain — a heavy iron ball fastened by a chain to a prisoner's leg.
- bamboo curtain — (esp in the 1950s and 1960s) the political and military barrier to communications around the People's Republic of China
- barber-surgeon — (formerly) a barber practicing surgery and dentistry.
- basal ganglion — any of several masses of gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere.
- bastardisation — Alternative form of bastardization.
- bastardization — the act of bastardizing
- battered woman — See under battered woman syndrome.
- battered-women — the array of physical and psychological injuries exhibited by women (battered women or battered wives) who have been beaten repeatedly or otherwise abused by their partners or spouses.
- battle lantern — a portable, battery-operated light for emergency use aboard a warship.
- battle station — the place or position that one is assigned to for battle or in an emergency.
- be borne in on — (of a fact) to be realized by (someone)
- bearded dragon — a large Australian lizard, Amphibolurus barbatus, with an erectile frill around the neck
- beautification — Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
- belisha beacon — a flashing light in an orange globe mounted on a post, indicating a pedestrian crossing on a road
- bellingshausen — Fabian Gottlieb von [fey-bee-uh n-got-leeb von] /ˈfeɪ bi ənˈgɒt lib vɒn/ (Show IPA), (Faddey Faddeyevich Bellingshauzen) 1778–1852, Russian naval officer and explorer.
- beta reduction — [lambda-calculus] The application of a lambda abstraction to an argument expression. A copy of the body of the lambda abstraction is made and occurrences of the bound variable being replaced by the argument. E.g. (\ x . x+1) 4 --> 4+1 Beta reduction is the only kind of reduction in the pure lambda-calculus. The opposite of beta reduction is beta abstraction. These are the two kinds of beta conversion. See also name capture.
- beta-endorphin — a potent endorphin released by the anterior pituitary gland in response to pain, trauma, exercise, or other forms of stress.
- beta-oxidation — a process by which fatty acids are degraded, involving oxidation of the beta carbons and removal of successive two-carbon fragments from the fatty acid.