13-letter words containing S
Embark on an exploration of 13-letter words that contain the letter S. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate S within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| investigation | 17 | the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically | - |
| understanding | 16 | the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises | there was an understanding between management and the workers |
| circumstances | 21 | your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | a victim of circumstances |
| investigating | 18 | the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically | - |
| consciousness | 17 | having knowledge of | his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced |
| psychological | 26 | mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature | give psychological support |
| demonstration | 16 | proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion | - |
| sophisticated | 21 | ahead in development; complex or intricate | a sophisticated electronic control system |
| irresponsible | 17 | showing lack of care for consequences | behaved like an irresponsible idiot |
| establishment | 20 | the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment |
| misunderstood | 17 | wrongly understood | a misunderstood criticism |
| assassination | 13 | an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation | - |
| underestimate | 16 | make too low an estimate of | he underestimated the work that went into the renovation |
| consideration | 16 | kind and considerate regard for others | he showed no consideration for her feelings |
| disappearance | 20 | gradually ceasing to be visible | - |
| misunderstand | 17 | interpret in the wrong way | - |
| embarrassment | 19 | extreme excess | an embarrassment of riches |
| distinguished | 19 | used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person | his distinguished bearing |
| disappointing | 19 | not up to expectations | a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising |
| superstitious | 15 | showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance | finally realized that the horror he felt was superstitious in origin |
| controversial | 18 | marked by or capable of arousing controversy | the issue of the death penalty is highly controversial |
| disrespectful | 21 | neither feeling nor showing respect | - |
| unnecessarily | 18 | in an unnecessary manner | they were unnecessarily rude |
| insignificant | 19 | small and unimpressive | an insignificant sum of money |
| homosexuality | 28 | a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | - |
| administrator | 16 | someone who manages a government agency or department | - |
| advertisement | 19 | a public promotion of some product or service | - |
| philosophical | 25 | characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment | philosophical resignation |
| compassionate | 19 | share the suffering of | - |
| schizophrenia | 32 | any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact | - |
| schizophrenic | 34 | of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia | - |
| righteousness | 17 | adhering to moral principles | - |
| constellation | 15 | an arrangement of parts or elements | - |
| schoolteacher | 23 | a teacher in a school below the college level | - |
| archaeologist | 19 | an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture | - |
| correspondent | 18 | someone who communicates by means of letters | - |
| significantly | 22 | in an important way or to an important degree | - |
| investigative | 20 | designed to find information or ascertain facts | investigative reporting |
| conscientious | 17 | characterized by extreme care and great effort | conscientious application to the work at hand |
| congressional | 16 | of or relating to congress | congressional hearing |
| eavesdropping | 22 | - | - |
| manifestation | 18 | an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) | - |
| companionship | 24 | the state of being with someone | - |
| instinctively | 21 | as a matter of instinct | he instinctively grabbed the knife |
| comprehension | 22 | the relation of comprising something | - |
| statistically | 18 | with respect to statistics | this is statistically impossible |
| demonstrating | 17 | - | - |
| justification | 25 | a statement in explanation of some action or belief | - |
| spontaneously | 18 | without advance preparation | - |
| inconsiderate | 16 | without proper consideration or reflection | slovenly inconsiderate reasoning |
| indispensable | 18 | absolutely necessary; vitally necessary | an indispensable worker |
| tyrannosaurus | 16 | large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America | - |
| dysfunctional | 22 | (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose | dysfunctional behavior |
| comprehensive | 25 | an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge | - |
| condescending | 20 | (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension | - |
| inspirational | 15 | imparting a divine influence on the mind and soul | - |
| unconsciously | 20 | without awareness | she jumped up unconsciously when he entered the room |
| improvisation | 20 | an unplanned expedient | - |
| interestingly | 17 | in an interesting manner | when he ceases to be just interestingly neurotic and...gets locked up |
| swordsmanship | 24 | skill in fencing | - |
| strengthening | 18 | becoming stronger | - |
| industrialist | 14 | someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise | - |
| corresponding | 19 | conforming in every respect | boxes with corresponding dimensions |
| impersonating | 18 | - | - |
| institutional | 13 | organized as or forming an institution | institutional religion |
| questionnaire | 22 | a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information | - |
| metamorphosis | 22 | the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals | - |
| misconception | 21 | an incorrect conception | - |
| psychoanalyst | 26 | a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis | - |
| schadenfreude | 23 | delight in another person's misfortune | - |
| impossibility | 22 | an alternative that is not available | - |
| indescribable | 20 | defying expression or description | indescribable beauty |
| perfectionist | 20 | a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards | - |
| instantaneous | 13 | occurring with no delay | relief was instantaneous |
| strangulation | 14 | the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe | - |
| ventriloquist | 25 | a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy | - |
| restructuring | 16 | - | - |
| materialistic | 17 | conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class | - |
| disillusioned | 15 | freed from illusion | - |
| craftsmanship | 25 | skill in an occupation or trade | - |
| fantastically | 21 | exceedingly; extremely | - |
| uninteresting | 14 | arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement | a very uninteresting account of her trip |
| physiological | 24 | of or consistent with an organism's normal functioning | physiological processes |
| progressively | 22 | advancing in amount or intensity | - |
| hieroglyphics | 27 | - | - |
| decomposition | 20 | in a decomposed state | - |
| reconstructed | 18 | adapted to social or economic change | a reconstructed feminist |
| psychosomatic | 27 | used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis | - |
| substantially | 18 | to a great extent or degree | painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger |
| merchandising | 22 | the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money | - |
| chrysanthemum | 28 | any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated | - |
| retrospective | 20 | an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work | - |
| gynaecologist | 20 | a specialist in gynecology | - |
| skateboarding | 21 | the sport of skating on a skateboard | - |
| disintegrated | 16 | - | - |
| psychotherapy | 31 | the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods | - |
| realistically | 18 | in a realistic manner | let's look at the situation realistically |
| businesswoman | 20 | a female businessperson | - |
| reprehensible | 20 | bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure | adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife |
| magnetosphere | 21 | the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field | - |
| preliminaries | 17 | - | - |
| effectiveness | 24 | power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect | - |
| discriminated | 19 | - | - |
| sanctimonious | 17 | excessively or hypocritically pious | a sickening sanctimonious smile |
| strategically | 19 | with regard to strategy | strategically important decisions |
| dermatologist | 17 | a doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin | - |
| authorisation | 16 | official permission or approval | - |
| untrustworthy | 22 | not worthy of trust or belief | an untrustworthy person |
| transcription | 17 | the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music | - |
| laughingstock | 24 | a victim of ridicule or pranks | - |
| resuscitation | 15 | the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness | although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration |
| forgetfulness | 20 | tendency to forget | - |
| inconspicuous | 19 | not prominent or readily noticeable | he pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole |
| congresswoman | 21 | a member of the United States House of Representatives | - |
| sportsmanship | 22 | fairness in following the rules of the game | - |
| supercomputer | 21 | a mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful available at a given time | - |
| overestimated | 19 | - | - |
| miscellaneous | 17 | having many aspects or qualities | a miscellaneous crowd |
| meteorologist | 16 | a specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions | - |
| unforeseeable | 18 | incapable of being anticipated | unforeseeable consequences |
| quartermaster | 24 | an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops | - |
| reimbursement | 19 | compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc. | he received reimbursement for his travel expenses |
| sterilization | 22 | the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) | - |
| opportunistic | 19 | taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit | - |
| physiotherapy | 29 | therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities | - |
| projectionist | 24 | the person who operates the projector in a movie house | - |
| revolutionist | 16 | a radical supporter of political or social revolution | - |
| scintillating | 16 | marked by high spirits or excitement | scintillating personality |
| spectacularly | 22 | in a spectacular manner | the area was spectacularly scenic |
| thunderstruck | 23 | as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise | was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion |
| semiautomatic | 19 | a pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously | - |
| transgression | 14 | the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle | the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father |
| transatlantic | 15 | crossing the Atlantic Ocean | transatlantic flight |
| impressionist | 17 | relating to or characteristic of Impressionism | impressionist music |
| impersonation | 17 | a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | - |
| individualism | 20 | the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs | - |
| disadvantaged | 20 | marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences | - |
| visualization | 25 | a mental image that is similar to a visual perception | - |
| globalisation | 16 | growth to a global or worldwide scale | - |
| disconcerting | 19 | causing an emotional disturbance | his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly |
| discoloration | 16 | a soiled or discolored appearance | - |
| miscalculated | 20 | - | - |
| nationalistic | 15 | devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others | minor nationalistic differences |
| butterfingers | 19 | someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball) | - |
| sarcastically | 20 | in a sarcastic manner | `Ah, now we're getting at the truth,' he interposed sarcastically |
| exhibitionist | 25 | someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention | - |
| inexhaustible | 25 | that cannot be entirely consumed or used up | an inexhaustible supply of coal |
| brainstorming | 18 | a group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions | we had an intense brainstorming session today |
| unwillingness | 17 | the trait of being unwilling | his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made |
| dishonourable | 19 | lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor | - |
| astonishingly | 20 | in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise | - |
| reinstatement | 15 | the act of restoring someone to a previous position | we insisted on the reinstatement of the colonel |
| supplementary | 22 | functioning in a supporting capacity | - |
| flabbergasted | 22 | as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise | the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless |
| uncircumcised | 22 | - | - |
| undisciplined | 19 | not subjected to correction or discipline | - |
| stereotypical | 20 | lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality | - |
| ornithologist | 17 | a zoologist who studies birds | - |
| extinguishing | 25 | the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning | - |
| consecutively | 23 | in a consecutive manner | he was consecutively ill, then well, then ill again |
| procrastinate | 17 | postpone doing what one should be doing | He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days |
| shamelessness | 18 | behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame | - |
| transmutation | 15 | an act that changes the form or character or substance of something | - |
| introspective | 20 | given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences | - |
| insubordinate | 16 | disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority | - |
| dismemberment | 22 | the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces | - |
| assassinating | 14 | - | - |
| antihistamine | 18 | a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site | - |
| bouillabaisse | 17 | highly seasoned Mediterranean soup or stew made of several kinds of fish and shellfish with tomatoes and onions or leeks and seasoned with saffron and garlic and herbs | - |
| percussionist | 17 | a musician who plays percussion instruments | - |
| stabilization | 24 | the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn | - |
| superficially | 23 | in a superficial manner | he was superficially interested |
| painstakingly | 23 | in a fastidious and painstaking manner | it is almost a waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of selling |
| groundskeeper | 21 | someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field) | - |
| introspection | 17 | the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct | - |
| irresponsibly | 20 | in an irresponsible manner | he acted irresponsibly |
| conservatoire | 18 | a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts | - |
| contortionist | 15 | an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions | - |
| decompression | 20 | relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) | - |
| unpretentious | 15 | not ostentatious | - |
| orchestrating | 19 | - | - |
| interpersonal | 15 | occurring among or involving several people | interpersonal situations in which speech occurs |
| discretionary | 19 | having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment | The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds |
| unfashionable | 21 | not in accord with or not following current fashion | unfashionable clothes |
| unsympathetic | 25 | lacking in sympathy and kindness | - |
| infinitesimal | 18 | infinitely or immeasurably small | - |
| aesthetically | 21 | in a tasteful way | this building is aesthetically very pleasing |
| disinterested | 15 | unaffected by self-interest | - |
| beneficiaries | 20 | - | - |
| professorship | 23 | the position of professor | - |
| socialization | 24 | the action of establishing on a socialist basis | the socialization of medical services |
| stationmaster | 15 | the person in charge of a railway station | - |
| exhibitionism | 27 | the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals | - |
| inconsistency | 20 | the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time | - |
| consolidating | 17 | - | - |
| conspicuously | 22 | in a prominent way | - |
| demonstrative | 19 | serving to demonstrate | - |
| psychoanalyze | 35 | subject to psychoanalytic treatment | - |
| idiosyncratic | 21 | peculiar to the individual | we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures |
| irrepressible | 17 | impossible to repress or control | an irrepressible chatterbox |
| dissimilarity | 19 | the quality of being dissimilar | - |
| deforestation | 17 | the removal of trees | - |
| directionless | 16 | aimlessly drifting | - |
| refurbishment | 23 | the state of being restored to its former good condition | - |
| revolutionise | 16 | change radically | - |
| subordination | 16 | the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class | - |
| expressionism | 24 | an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality | - |
| imperialistic | 19 | of or relating to imperialism | imperialistic wars |
| intravenously | 19 | in an intravenous manner | the patient had to be fed intravenously |
| jurisprudence | 25 | the collection of rules imposed by authority | the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order |
| juxtaposition | 29 | the act of positioning close together (or side by side) | it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors |
| convalescence | 22 | gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury | - |
| consolidation | 16 | the act of combining into an integral whole | a consolidation of two corporations |
| unsustainable | 15 | - | - |
| ventriloquism | 27 | the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy) | - |
| stabilisation | 15 | the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn | - |
| superposition | 17 | (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest | - |
| transnational | 13 | involving or operating in several nations or nationalities | transnational terrorist networks |
| generalissimo | 16 | the officer who holds the supreme command | - |
| housecleaning | 19 | (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions | more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms |
| insufficiency | 26 | lack of an adequate quantity or number | - |
| embellishment | 22 | elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail | the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings |
| electrostatic | 17 | concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity | an electrostatic generator produces high-voltage static electricity |
| diagnostician | 17 | a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis | - |
| sleeplessness | 15 | a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep | - |
| subcontractor | 19 | someone who enters into a subcontract with the primary contractor | - |
| tranquilliser | 22 | a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity | - |
| transplanting | 16 | the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location | too frequent transplanting is not good for families |
| oversensitive | 19 | unduly sensitive or thin-skinned | - |
| foreshadowing | 24 | the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | - |
| insensitivity | 19 | the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment | - |
| inventiveness | 19 | the power of creative imagination | - |
| nondisclosure | 16 | - | - |
| domestication | 18 | the attribute of having been domesticated | - |
| anaesthetized | 26 | - | - |
| consternation | 15 | fear resulting from the awareness of danger | - |
| cannibalistic | 19 | characteristic of cannibals or exhibiting cannibalism | cannibalistic behavior |
| unceremonious | 17 | without ceremony or formality | an unceremonious speech |
| unspectacular | 19 | not spectacular | an unspectacular but necessary task |
| visualisation | 16 | a mental image that is similar to a visual perception | - |
| postmodernism | 20 | genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism | - |
| symmetrically | 25 | in a symmetrical manner | they were symmetrically arranged |
| sympathectomy | 30 | surgical interruption of a nerve pathway in the sympathetic nervous system | - |
| synchronicity | 26 | the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | - |
| thoughtlessly | 23 | in a thoughtless manner | he stared thoughtlessly at the picture |
| falsification | 21 | the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting | - |
| grandstanding | 17 | - | - |
| impressionism | 19 | a school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light | - |
| indisposition | 16 | a certain degree of unwillingness | his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition |
| insubstantial | 15 | lacking material form or substance; unreal | as insubstantial as a dream |
| dispassionate | 16 | unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice | a journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact |
| arbitrariness | 15 | the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment | - |
| climatologist | 18 | someone who is expert in climatology | - |
| characterless | 20 | lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting | - |
| concertmaster | 19 | - | - |
| condescension | 18 | the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior | - |
| boardinghouse | 20 | a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests | - |
| accessibility | 22 | the quality of being at hand when needed | - |
| videocassette | 19 | a cassette for videotape | - |
| upperclassman | 21 | - | - |
| perfectionism | 22 | a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable | his perfectionism seemed excessive to his students |
| powerlessness | 18 | the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble | - |
| provisionally | 21 | temporarily and conditionally | they have agreed provisionally |
| reconstituted | 16 | - | - |
| socioeconomic | 21 | involving social as well as economic factors | socioeconomic status |
| streptococcus | 21 | spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis | - |
| substantiated | 16 | - | - |
| swashbuckling | 28 | flamboyantly adventurous | - |
| transcendence | 18 | the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits | - |
| overstatement | 18 | making to seem more important than it really is | - |
| instructional | 15 | of or relating to or used in instruction | instructional aids |
| insupportable | 19 | incapable of being justified or explained | - |
| metamorphoses | 22 | - | - |
| mystification | 23 | confusion resulting from failure to understand | - |
| disseminating | 17 | - | - |
| anachronistic | 20 | chronologically misplaced | English public schools are anachronistic |
| antipsychotic | 25 | tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired | - |
| circumscribed | 24 | subject to limits or subjected to limits | - |
| characterised | 21 | - | - |
| cosmetologist | 18 | an expert in the use of cosmetics | - |
| connectedness | 18 | a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) | - |
| disconnection | 18 | state of being disconnected | - |
| discontinuing | 17 | - | - |
| disembowelled | 22 | - | - |
| dimensionally | 19 | - | - |
| unobtrusively | 21 | in an unobtrusive manner | messengers were moving unobtrusively over the jet-black mountain ranges, bearing confidential tidings from sheikhdom to sheikhdom |
| posttraumatic | 19 | - | - |
| repositioning | 16 | the act of placing in a new position | - |
| steadfastness | 17 | loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty | - |
| streetwalking | 21 | - | - |
| transgressive | 17 | - | - |
| translocation | 15 | (genetics) an exchange of chromosome parts | translocations can result in serious congenital disorders |
| transmittable | 17 | (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | - |
| transparently | 18 | so as to be easily understood or seen through | his transparently lucid prose |
| tortoiseshell | 16 | brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles | - |
| orchestration | 18 | the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments | - |
| existentially | 23 | - | - |
| housebreaking | 23 | trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent | - |
| individualist | 18 | marked by or expressing individuality | an individualistic way of dressing |
| incredulously | 19 | in an incredulous manner | the woman looked up at her incredulously |
| intrinsically | 18 | with respect to its inherent nature | - |
| mismanagement | 20 | management that is careless or inefficient | he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies |
| millionairess | 15 | a woman millionaire | - |
| mononucleosis | 17 | an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing | - |
| observational | 18 | relying on observation or experiment | - |
| distinctively | 22 | in an identifiably distinctive manner | the distinctively conservative district of the county |
| ceremoniously | 20 | in a ceremonious manner | my mother advised her children ceremoniously |
| commissioning | 20 | the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions | - |
| commercialism | 23 | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | - |
| consequential | 24 | having important issues or results | the year's only really consequential legislation |
| criminologist | 18 | a specialist in criminology | - |
| disassociated | 17 | - | - |
| disheartening | 18 | destructive of morale and self-reliance | - |
| disengagement | 18 | the act of releasing from an attachment or connection | - |
| disfigurement | 20 | an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen | there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back |
| carboniferous | 20 | from 345 million to 280 million years ago | - |
| steppingstone | 18 | - | - |
| underclassman | 18 | an undergraduate who is not yet a senior | - |
| unpresentable | 17 | creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression | - |
| unembarrassed | 18 | not embarrassed | an unembarrassed greeting as if nothing untoward had happened |
| unjustifiable | 25 | incapable of being justified or explained | - |
| perspicacious | 21 | mentally acute or penetratingly discerning | much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument |
| postoperative | 20 | happening or done after a surgical operation | postoperative complications |
| privatisation | 18 | changing something from state to private ownership or control | - |
| pusillanimous | 17 | lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful | - |
| redistributed | 17 | having population and industries relocated from urban to outlying areas | redistributed industries |
| sadomasochist | 21 | someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism | - |
| soundproofing | 20 | - | - |
| sequestration | 22 | seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized | - |
| serendipitous | 16 | lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries | - |
| specification | 22 | a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work | - |
| televangelist | 17 | an evangelist who conducts services on television | - |
| supranational | 15 | transcending established national boundaries or spheres of interest | a supranational economy |
| synthetically | 24 | by synthesis; in a synthetic manner | some of these drugs have been derived from opium and others have been produced synthetically |
| expressionist | 22 | of or relating to expressionism | expressionist art |
| fertilisation | 16 | making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | - |
| functionaries | 18 | - | - |
| ichthyologist | 25 | a zoologist who studies fishes | - |
| inquisitorial | 22 | having the authority to conduct official investigations | the inquisitorial power of the Senate |
| lackadaisical | 22 | lacking spirit or liveliness | a lackadaisical attempt |
| dissemination | 16 | the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate | - |
| anticlockwise | 24 | in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move | - |
| anticommunist | 19 | - | - |
| discontinuity | 19 | lack of connection or continuity | - |
| attentiveness | 16 | paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) | his attentiveness to her wishes |
| businesswomen | 20 | - | - |
| unconstrained | 16 | free from constraint | he was unconstrained by any of the sanctions of polite society |
| underpinnings | 17 | - | - |
| unquestioning | 23 | being without doubt or reserve | - |
| vegetarianism | 19 | a diet excluding all meat and fish | - |
| questioningly | 26 | in a curious and questioning manner | they turned their heads questioningly, as if awaiting further instructions |
| relinquishing | 26 | the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc. | - |
| sadomasochism | 23 | sadism and masochism combined in one person | - |
| sharecropping | 23 | - | - |
| surreptitious | 15 | conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | surreptitious mobilization of troops |
| synchronizing | 31 | coordinating by causing to indicate the same time | - |
| transgendered | 16 | a person who has undergone a sex change operation | - |
| treacherously | 21 | in a disloyal and faithless manner | he behaved treacherously |
| expeditiously | 26 | with efficiency; in an efficient manner | - |
| excessiveness | 25 | immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits | - |
| gesticulating | 17 | making gestures while speaking | her gesticulating hands and arms made words almost unnecessary |
| illuminations | 15 | - | - |
| impulsiveness | 20 | the trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection | - |
| inexpensively | 28 | with little expenditure of money | - |
| incontestable | 17 | incapable of being contested or disputed | - |
| indescribably | 23 | to an inexpressible degree | she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton |
| intransigence | 16 | the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise | - |
| meaninglessly | 19 | - | - |
| misperception | 21 | - | - |
| microorganism | 20 | any organism of microscopic size | - |
| nonresponsive | 18 | - | - |
| domesticating | 19 | - | - |
| effervescence | 26 | the property of giving off bubbles | - |
| dispositional | 16 | - | - |
| amniocentesis | 17 | (pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities | - |
| confessionary | 21 | - | - |
| crystallizing | 28 | the formation of crystals | - |
| counterstrike | 19 | make a counterattack | - |
| disgracefully | 23 | in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | his grades were disgracefully low |
| deterministic | 18 | an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes | - |
| understrapper | 18 | - | - |
| unadventurous | 17 | lacking in boldness | - |
| unambiguously | 21 | so as to be unique | - |
| unsentimental | 15 | facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination | - |
| unsubstantial | 15 | lacking material form or substance; unreal | - |
| unjustifiably | 28 | without any excuse | he is unjustifiably harsh on her |
| unsurpassable | 17 | not to be exceeded | unsurpassable skill |
| worthlessness | 19 | having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful | the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness |
| wholesomeness | 21 | the quality of being beneficial and generally good for you | - |
| wonderfulness | 20 | admirable excellence | - |
| philosophized | 33 | - | - |
| pointlessness | 15 | total lack of meaning or ideas | - |
| postmodernist | 18 | of or relating to postmodernism | postmodernist architecture |
| probabilistic | 21 | of or relating to the Roman Catholic philosophy of probabilism | - |
| preadolescent | 18 | of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12 | - |
| psychokinetic | 29 | moving an object without apparent use of physical means | - |
| proselytizing | 28 | - | - |
| psychoanalyse | 26 | subject to psychoanalytic treatment | - |
| repulsiveness | 18 | the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions | - |
| seismographic | 23 | - | - |
| scarification | 20 | - | - |
| situationally | 16 | - | - |
| southwesterly | 22 | situated in or oriented toward the southwest | - |
| senselessness | 13 | total lack of meaning or ideas | - |
| sensitiveness | 16 | the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment | - |
| shortchanging | 23 | - | - |
| sterilisation | 13 | the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) | - |
| stylistically | 21 | in a rhetorically stylistic manner | stylistically complex |
| survivability | 24 | - | - |
| transmissible | 17 | (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | - |
| transposition | 15 | any abnormal position of the organs of the body | - |
| outstandingly | 18 | in an outstanding manner or to an outstanding degree | she was outstandingly successful in her profession |
| osteomyelitis | 18 | an inflammation of bone and bone marrow (usually caused by bacterial infection) | - |
| functionalism | 20 | any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose | - |
| gastronomical | 18 | of or relating to gastronomy | - |
| heartlessness | 16 | an absence of concern for the welfare of others | - |
| geostationary | 17 | of or having a geosynchronous orbit such that the position in such an orbit is fixed with respect to the earth | a geostationary satellite |
| industrialize | 23 | develop industry; become industrial | The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West |
| incandescence | 20 | the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised | - |
| librarianship | 20 | the position of librarian | - |
| magnanimously | 21 | in a magnanimous manner | magnanimously, he forgave all those who had harmed him |
| mademoiselles | 18 | - | - |
| neoliberalism | 17 | a political orientation originating in the 1960s; blends liberal political views with an emphasis on economic growth | - |
| northeasterly | 19 | coming from the northeast | northeasterly winds |
| obsessiveness | 18 | extreme compulsiveness | - |
| nonmonogamous | 18 | - | - |
| disproportion | 18 | lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something | - |
| dispossession | 16 | freeing from evil spirits | - |
| disqualifying | 30 | depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified | - |
| embarrassedly | 21 | - | - |
| elephantiasis | 18 | hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis | - |
| admissibility | 21 | acceptability by virtue of being admissible | - |
| admonishingly | 23 | - | - |
| adventuresome | 19 | willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises | the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy |
| anticommunism | 21 | - | - |
| antipersonnel | 15 | designed to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction | - |
| coconspirator | 19 | a member of a conspiracy | - |
| desegregation | 16 | the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community | - |
| deliciousness | 16 | extreme appetizingness | - |
| dexamethasone | 26 | a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation | - |
| brachiosaurus | 20 | - | - |
| blandishments | 21 | - | - |
| unconsummated | 20 | not consummated (especially of a marriage) | an unconsummated marriage can be annulled |
| unprogressive | 19 | old-fashioned and out of date | - |
| unmistakeable | 21 | - | - |
| unnaturalness | 13 | the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles | - |
| unselfishness | 19 | acting generously | - |
| unrepresented | 16 | - | - |
| unsalvageable | 19 | - | - |
| unfashionably | 24 | in an unfashionable manner | she seemed to make a point of being unfashionably dressed |
| understudying | 19 | - | - |
| unilateralism | 15 | the doctrine that nations should conduct their foreign affairs individualistically without the advice or involvement of other nations | - |
| voraciousness | 18 | an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts) | - |
| unsupportable | 19 | not able to be supported or defended | - |
| philosophiser | 23 | someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view | - |
| pharmaceutics | 24 | the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines, | - |
| pigheadedness | 21 | resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires | - |
| platitudinous | 16 | dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality | - |
| precipitously | 22 | very suddenly and to a great degree | conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate |
| premenopausal | 19 | prior to menopause | - |
| prepossessing | 18 | creating a favorable impression | strong and vigorous and of prepossessing appearance |
| prehistorical | 20 | belonging to or existing in times before recorded history | - |
| psychokinesis | 27 | the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force | - |
| promiscuously | 22 | in an indiscriminate manner | she reads promiscuously |
| reforestation | 16 | the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting | - |
| rationalistic | 15 | of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of rationalism | - |
| resuscitating | 16 | - | - |
| religiousness | 14 | piety by virtue of being devout | - |
| reinvestigate | 17 | - | - |
| scriptwriting | 21 | - | - |
| scatterbrains | 17 | - | - |
| semiconscious | 19 | partially conscious; not completely aware of sensations | - |
| sharpshooting | 22 | - | - |
| statesmanship | 20 | wisdom in the management of public affairs | - |
| strangulating | 15 | - | - |
| spectroscopic | 23 | of or relating to or involving spectroscopy | spectroscopic analysis |
| squeamishness | 27 | a mild state of nausea | - |
| splendiferous | 19 | having great beauty and splendor | a kind of splendiferous native simplicity |
| superabundant | 18 | most excessively abundant | - |
| sumptuousness | 17 | the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive | - |
| superfluously | 21 | in a superfluous manner | superfluously, he added his silly comments to the discussion |
| superimposing | 20 | - | - |
| structuralist | 15 | - | - |
| tenaciousness | 15 | persistent determination | - |
| symbiotically | 25 | in a symbiotic manner | - |
| tantalisingly | 17 | - | - |
| transitionary | 16 | - | - |
| toxoplasmosis | 24 | infection caused by parasites transmitted to humans from infected cats; if contracted by a pregnant woman it can result in serious damage to the fetus | - |
| tonsillectomy | 20 | surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; commonly performed along with adenoidectomy | - |
| passionflower | 21 | any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit | - |
| paternalistic | 17 | benevolent but sometimes intrusive | - |
| ferociousness | 18 | the trait of extreme cruelty | - |
| explosiveness | 25 | - | - |
| frightfulness | 23 | the quality of being frightful | - |
| flirtatiously | 19 | in a flirtatious manner | - |
| grotesqueness | 23 | ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion | - |
| grotesqueries | 23 | - | - |
| hospitalizing | 28 | - | - |
| herpetologist | 19 | a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians | - |
| impassability | 22 | - | - |
