15-letter words containing ns
- 8 queens puzzle — eight queens puzzle
- a king's ransom — If you refer to a sum of money as a king's ransom, you are emphasizing that it is very large.
- academicianship — A membership in a national academy of arts or sciences.
- accepted masons — a member of a widely distributed secret order (Free and Accepted Masons) having for its object mutual assistance and the promotion of brotherly love among its members.
- accrued expense — an expense incurred but not yet paid, as accrued interest on notes payable.
- aches and pains — You can use aches and pains to refer in a general way to any minor pains that you feel in your body.
- achromatic lens — a system of two or more lenses that is substantially free from chromatic aberration and in which the lenses are made of different substances so that the focal length of the system is the same for two or three wavelengths of light.
- action stations — the positions taken up by individuals in preparation for or during a battle
- adlai stevenson — Adlai Ewing [ad-ley yoo-ing] /ˈæd leɪ ˈyu ɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1914, vice president of the U.S. 1893–97.
- administrations — Plural form of administration.
- allende gossens — Salvador, 1908–73, Chilean political leader: president 1970–73.
- allotransplants — Plural form of allotransplant.
- altai mountains — a mountain system of central Asia, in W Mongolia, W China, and S Russia. Highest peak: Belukha, 4506 m (14 783 ft)
- anamorphic lens — a component in the optical system of a film projector for converting standard 35mm film images into wide-screen format
- angiotensin iii — any of three oligopeptides occurring in plasma, an inactive form (angiotensin I) and two varieties (angiotensin II and angiotensin III) that elevate blood pressure and stimulate the adrenal cortex to secrete aldosterone.
- anne hutchinson — Anne Marbury [mahr-buh-ree] /ˈmɑr bə ri/ (Show IPA), 1591–1643, American religious liberal, born in England: banished from Massachusetts 1637.
- answer the door — When you answer the door, you go and open the door because a visitor has knocked on it or rung the bell.
- anthony hawkins — Sir Anthony Hope ("Anthony Hope") 1863–1933, English novelist and playwright.
- anti-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
- anticarcinogens — Plural form of anticarcinogen.
- antihypotensive — An antihypotensive is any drug that raises low blood pressure.
- antiremonstrant — the party that opposed the Remonstrants
- antitranspirant — any substance that decreases transpiration and, usually, photosynthesis
- apolipoproteins — Plural form of apolipoprotein.
- arms inspection — the official checking of a country's weapons and other military equipment, usually to check that international agreements have been respected
- assemblypersons — Plural form of assemblyperson.
- at sbs instance — If you do something at someone's instance, you do it because they have ordered or requested you to do it.
- atlas mountains — a mountain system of N Africa, between the Mediterranean and the Sahara. Highest peak: Mount Toubkal, 4165 m (13 664 ft)
- authentications — Plural form of authentication.
- autotransformer — a transformer in which part of the winding is common to both primary and secondary circuits
- autotransfusion — a process in which a patient receives some of his or her own blood in a transfusion rather than a donor's blood
- autotransplants — Plural form of autotransplant.
- babinski effect — the reflex curling upwards of the toes (instead of inwards) when the sole of the foot is stroked, normal in infants below the age of two but a pathological condition in adults
- barry mountains — a mountain range in SE Australia, in E Victoria: part of the Australian Alps
- battle stations — the places to which soldiers, sailors, warships, etc. are assigned for a battle or an emergency
- black mountains — a mountain range running from N Monmouthshire and SE Powys (Wales) to SW Herefordshire (England). Highest peak: Waun Fach, 811 m (2660 ft)
- blagoveshchensk — a city and port in E Russia, in Siberia on the Amur River. Pop: 222 000 (2005 est)
- boa constrictor — A boa constrictor is a large snake that kills animals by wrapping itself round their bodies and squeezing them to death. Boa constrictors are found mainly in South and Central America and the West Indies.
- brand extension — the practice of using a well-known brand name to promote new products or services in unrelated fields
- caernarvonshire — (until 1974) a county of NW Wales, now part of Gwynedd
- camp counsellor — an adult supervisor assigned to a group of campers at a summer camp
- canada moonseed — a vine, Menispermum canadense, of eastern North America, having variable leaves and black, grapelike fruit.
- capital expense — A capital expense is the cost of acquiring or making improvements to fixed assets.
- capitalizations — Plural form of capitalization.
- car transporter — a vehicle for carrying automobiles
- carmarthenshire — a county of S Wales, formerly part of Dyfed (1974–96): on Carmarthen Bay, with the Cambrian Mountains in the N: generally agricultural (esp dairying). Administrative centre: Carmarthen. Pop: 176 000 (2003 est). Area: 2398 sq km (926 sq miles)
- cassini-huygens — a NASA-ESA spacecraft launched in 1997 to study Saturn and its moons; Cassini entered orbit around the planet in 2004 and released the Huygens probe which landed on Titan in 2005
- cast aspersions — If you cast aspersions on someone or something, you suggest that they are not very good in some way.
- castrametations — Plural form of castrametation.
- categorisations — Plural form of categorisation.
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