14-letter words containing ns
- expansion bend — a loop in a pipe conveying hot fluid that provides flexibility which takes up thermal expansion and thus reduces temperature-induced stress in the pipe to an acceptable level
- expansion bolt — a bolt that expands on tightening, enabling it to be secured into an unthreaded hole
- expansion card — (hardware) A circuit board which can be plugged into one of a computer's expansion slots to provide some optional extra facility such as additional RAM, disk controller, coprocessor, graphics accelerator, communication device or some special-purpose interface. Different computers have different standards for the cards they accept, e.g. PCI.
- expansion slot — (hardware) A connector in a computer into which an expansion card can be plugged. The connector supplies power to the card and connects it to the data bus, address bus and control signals of the motherboard.
- expansionistic — Of, or pertaining to expansionism.
- expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
- expropriations — Plural form of expropriation.
- extensibleness — The quality of being extensible.
- extension cord — an extra length of cable that can be added to an electric lead
- extension lead — an extra length of cable with a plug and a connector that can be added to an electric lead
- 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
- extrapolations — Plural form of extrapolation.
- extravasations — Plural form of extravasation.
- extrinsicality — The quality of being extrinsic.
- eyre peninsula — a peninsula of South Australia, between the Great Australian Bight and Spencer Gulf
- fasciculations — Plural form of fasciculation.
- fertilizations — Plural form of fertilization.
- fidei defensor — Defender of the Faith: one of the titles of English sovereigns.
- file extension — filename extension
- finnegans wake — a novel (1922–39) by James Joyce.
- finsteraarhorn — a mountain in S central Switzerland: highest peak of the Bernese Alps, 14,026 feet (4275 meters).
- fire insurance — insurance covering any loss or damage caused by fire.
- foraminiferans — Plural form of foraminiferan.
- fortifications — Plural form of fortification.
- fragmentations — Plural form of fragmentation.
- free expansion — the expansion of a gas into an evacuated space without the transfer of heat or the performance of work.
- galvanizations — Plural form of galvanization.
- gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
- get a guernsey — to be selected or gain recognition for something
- ginseng family — the plant family Araliaceae, characterized by often prickly herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having alternate leaves and dense clusters of small, whitish or greenish flowers, and including the devil's-club, ginseng, ivy, schefflera, and wild sarsaparilla.
- glans-clitoris — the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- globalizations — Plural form of globalization.
- gratifications — Plural form of gratification.
- gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
- hair extension — attached length of hair
- half-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
- happenstantial — Being or relating to happenstance.
- harz mountains — mountain range in central Germany, extending from Lower Saxony to the Elbe River
- heat-sensitive — responding to heat or to changes in temperature
- heath robinson — (of a mechanical device) absurdly complicated in design and having a simple function
- heiligenschein — a ring of light around the shadow cast by a person's head, especially on a dewy, sunlit lawn, caused by reflection and diffraction of light rays; halo.
- hold to ransom — to keep (prisoners, property, etc) in confinement until payment for their release is made or received
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- homotransplant — allograft.
- hyperconscious — acutely aware.
- hyperextension — the extension of a part of the body beyond normal limits.
- hypersensitive — excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
- hypersensitize — Photography. to treat (a film or emulsion) so as to increase its speed.