14-letter words containing a, c, e
- anticensorship — opposed to a policy or programme of censoring
- anticipatively — In an anticipative manner; expectantly.
- anticommercial — opposed to profit-seeking or commercialism
- anticonvulsive — preventing or alleviating convulsions
- anticorrosives — Plural form of anticorrosive.
- antidemocratic — opposed to the principles or practice of democracy
- antienergistic — resisting applied energy
- antihemophilic — That counteracts bleeding in hemophiliacs.
- antilock brake — a brake fitted to some road vehicles that prevents skidding and improves control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
- antilymphocyte — (immunology, of an antibody) That acts against lymphocytes.
- antineoplastic — acting against tumours
- antipathetical — Antipathetic, with antipathy, without caring.
- antireflective — treated in some way to prevent reflection
- antirepublican — opposed to the principles or practice of republicanism
- antiscientific — opposed to the principles, methods, or aims of science
- antiseptically — with the aid of antiseptics.
- antitechnology — opposed to technology or the use of technological devices
- antithetically — in an antithetical way
- antitubercular — acting against tuberculosis
- antiulcerative — An antiulcerative is an agent that prevents the formation or promotes the healing of ulcers.
- anxiety attack — a sudden onset of extreme distress and agitation
- anxiety-attack — an intense attack of anxiety characterized by feelings of impending doom and trembling, sweating, pounding heart, and other physical symptoms.
- apico-alveolar — articulated with the apex of the tongue touching or near the alveolar ridge, as (t), (z), (n), and (l)
- apocryphalness — the quality of being apocryphal
- apologetically — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- apophthegmatic — Alternative form of apothegmatic.
- apoplectically — of or relating to apoplexy or stroke.
- aposematically — in an aposematic manner
- apothecary jar — a small, covered jar, formerly used by druggists to hold pharmaceuticals, now chiefly in household use to hold spices, candies, cosmetics, etc., and sometimes decorated, as a lamp base or flower vase.
- apothegmatical — Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
- appearance fee — An appearance fee is money paid to a famous person such as a sports star or film star for taking part in a public event.
- appendectomies — Plural form of appendectomy.
- appendicectomy — surgical removal of any appendage, esp the vermiform appendix
- applicableness — applying or capable of being applied; relevant; suitable; appropriate: an applicable rule; a solution that is applicable to the problem.
- appreciational — gratitude; thankful recognition: They showed their appreciation by giving him a gold watch.
- appreciatively — feeling or showing appreciation: an appreciative audience at the concert.
- apprenticement — apprenticeship
- apprenticeship — Someone who has an apprenticeship works for a fixed period of time for a person who has a particular skill in order to learn the skill. Apprenticeship is the system of learning a skill like this.
- approach stage — the stage of landing when a plane is approaching the runway
- aquatic centre — a complex with facilities for water sports, including swimming pools
- aquifoliaceous — related to the Aquifoliaceae family of plants, the only living genus of which is the holly (Ilex) genus
- arabian coffee — a tall, widely cultivated shrub (Coffea arabica) of the madder family, yielding coffee beans that are the world's chief source of commercially produced coffee: native to Africa but now present throughout the tropics, esp. in Brazil
- arabic numeral — one of the symbols 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (opposed to Roman numerals)
- arborsculpture — The art and craft technique of growing and shaping tree trunks.
- arc-jet engine — a type of rocket engine using propellant gas heated by an electric arc.
- archaebacteria — (formerly) a group of microorganisms now regarded as members of the Archaea
- archaeocyathid — one of the marine invertebrates of the extinct phylum Archaeocyatha, widely distributed during the Cambrian Period, having a limy, typically conical or cylindrical skeleton composed of sievelike inner and outer walls.
- archaeological — of or relating to archaeology.
- archaeologists — Plural form of archaeologist.
- archaeometrist — a person who uses archaeometry