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14-letter words containing a, c, m

  • american chair — Hitchcock chair.
  • american cloth — a glazed or waterproofed cotton cloth
  • american dream — the U.S. ideal according to which equality of opportunity permits any American to aspire to high attainment and material success
  • american eagle — the bald eagle, esp when depicted as the national emblem of the US
  • american holly — See under holly (def 1).
  • american lotus — water chinquapin (def 1).
  • american organ — a reed organ having a suction bellows that draws the air in through the reeds.
  • american party — an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
  • american sable — the brown fur of the American marten, Martes americana
  • american samoa — the part of Samoa administered by the US. Capital: Pago Pago. Pop: 54 719 (2013 est). Area: 197 sq km (76 sq miles)
  • american senna — wild senna.
  • american twist — a service in which the ball is spun so as to bounce high and to the left of the receiver.
  • aminoglycoside — of or relating to amino sugars in glycosidic linkage.
  • ammonification — infusion with ammonia or ammonium compounds
  • amniotic fluid — the fluid surrounding the fetus in the womb
  • amphibological — (rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling.
  • amphotericin b — an antibiotic compound, C46H73NO20, used in treating certain diseases caused by parasitic fungi, such as systemic candidiasis
  • amplifications — Plural form of amplification.
  • amrit ceremony — the ceremony of initiation into the Khalsa, at which amrit is drunk by and sprinkled on the heads of candidates for initiation
  • amur cork tree — an Asiatic cork tree, Phellodendron amurense, of the rue family, having a deeply ridged, corky bark.
  • amygdalic acid — any of three stereoisomeric acids having the formula C 8 H 8 O 3 , especially dl-mandelic acid, a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid obtainable from amygdalin: used chiefly in medicine as an antiseptic.
  • anagrammatical — Alternative form of anagrammatic.
  • analytical crm — (business)   Software which helps a business build customer relationships and analyse ways to improve them.
  • anamorphoscope — an optical device, such as a cylindrical lens, for correcting an image that has been distorted by anamorphosis
  • ancient regime — ancien régime.
  • ancient wisdom — pre-Christian knowledge, philosophy, and beliefs
  • andromonoecism — the condition of being andromonoecious
  • angle of climb — the angle between the axis of motion of a climbing aircraft and the horizontal plane.
  • anglo-american — of or relating to relations between England and the United States or their peoples
  • animal cracker — a sweet or savoury biscuit in the shape of an animal
  • anthropometric — the measurement of the size and proportions of the human body.
  • anti-climactic — of, like, pertaining to, or expressing anticlimax.
  • anti-communist — a person who is opposed to Communism
  • anti-incumbent — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
  • antialcoholism — the doctrine of being opposed to alcoholic drink
  • antiarrhythmic — a drug that corrects irregular heartbeat
  • anticapitalism — opposition to capitalism
  • anticommercial — opposed to profit-seeking or commercialism
  • anticommutator — (mathematics) A function of two elements A and B, defined as AB + BA.
  • anticonformity — action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc.
  • antidemocratic — opposed to the principles or practice of democracy
  • antidromically — in an antidromic manner
  • antihemophilic — That counteracts bleeding in hemophiliacs.
  • antihistaminic — relating to antihistamines
  • antihumanistic — being opposed to humanism
  • antilymphocyte — (immunology, of an antibody) That acts against lymphocytes.
  • antimicrobials — Plural form of antimicrobial.
  • antimonarchist — opposed to a monarchy
  • antimonic acid — antimony pentoxide.
  • antiradicalism — the opposition to radicalism
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