14-letter words containing as
- hypopotassemia — hypokalemia.
- idiosyncrasies — a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
- impassableness — The quality of being impassable.
- impassionately — filled with passion; impassioned.
- in case of sth — If you do something or have something in case of a particular thing, you do it or have it because that thing might happen or be true.
- in good season — early enough
- infeasibleness — The quality of being infeasible.
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- inland passage — Inside Passage
- 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
- isla de pascua — Spanish name of Easter Island.
- islas canarias — Spanish name of the Canary Islands.
- islas malvinas — Falkland Islands
- it's not as if — You use 'It's not as if' to introduce a statement which, if it were true, might explain something puzzling, although in fact it is not true.
- jackass gunter — a gunter having a wire rope with a traveler in place of the usual upper iron.
- jacobite glass — an English drinking glass of the late 17th or early 18th century, engraved with Jacobite mottoes and symbols.
- james breasted — James Henry, 1865–1935, U.S. archaeologist and historian of ancient Egypt.
- john atanasoff — John Vincent Atanasoff
- joint passport — a single passport shared by two or more people, such as a passport shared by a parent and child
- judas iscariot — Also called Judas Iscariot. the disciple who betrayed Jesus. Mark 3:19.
- kangaroo grass — a tall widespread Australian grass, Themeda australis, which is highly palatable to cattle and is used for fodder
- karakoram pass — a high pass (5575 m (18 290 ft)) that crosses the Karakoram mountains in N Kashmir
- kastrop-rauxel — Castrop-Rauxel.
- keep-fit class — an exercise class designed to promote physical fitness
- kidney disease — medical condition affecting the kidneys
- king of beasts — the lion.
- kleptoparasite — A bird, insect, or other animal that habitually robs animals of other species of food.
- knowledge base — (artificial intelligence) A collection of knowledge expressed using some formal knowledge representation language. A knowledge base forms part of a knowledge-based system (KBS).
- kuznetsk basin — an industrial region in the S Russian Federation in Asia: coal fields.
- l-asparaginase — an enzyme that destroys asparagine, a nonessential amino acid needed as a nutrient by rapidly growing cells: used in treating leukemia
- laissez passer — a permit; pass, especially one issued in lieu of a passport.
- laissez-passer — a permit; pass, especially one issued in lieu of a passport.
- lake athabaska — a lake in W Canada, in NW Saskatchewan and NE Alberta. Area: about 7770 sq km (3000 sq miles)
- lake trasimene — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria: the largest lake in central Italy; scene of Hannibal's victory over the Romans in 217 bc. Area: 128 sq km (49 sq miles)
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- last judgement — In the Christian religion, the Last Judgement is the last day of the world when God will judge everyone who has died and decide whether they will go to Heaven or Hell.
- last knockings — the final stage of a period or activity
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- lay waste (to) — to destroy; devastate; make desolate
- lease-purchase — the continuing use of property or goods under a lease for a stipulated period with option for the lessee to buy and with part of the rental charges credited toward the purchase price.
- lemongrass oil — an aromatic oil made from lemon grass and used in aromatherapy, as a pesticide, and as a preservative
- lend-lease act — the matériel and services supplied by the U.S. to its allies during World War II under an act of Congress (Lend-Lease Act) passed in 1941: such aid was to be repaid in kind after the war.
- leukocytoblast — the precursor cell to a mature leukocyte
- life assurance — insurance: pays if holder dies
- linear measure — any system for measuring length.
- liquid compass — wet compass.
- liquid measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring liquid commodities, as milk or oil. English system: 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon. Metric system: 1000 milliliters = 1 liter; 1000 liters = 1 kiloliter (= 1 cubic meter).
- lleras camargo — Alberto [ahl-ver-taw] /ɑlˈvɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–89, Colombian journalist, writer, and political leader: president 1945–46, 1958–62.
- longcase clock — tall freestanding timepiece