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15-letter words containing a, d, e, r, i

  • aneroid capsule — a box or chamber of thin metal, partially exhausted of air, used in the aneroid barometer and pressure altimeter.
  • anniversary day — a day for celebrating the foundation date of one of the former Provinces
  • anti-depressant — An anti-depressant is a drug which is used to treat people who are suffering from depression.
  • anti-federalism — U.S. History. a member or supporter of the Antifederal party.
  • anti-productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • anticancer drug — a drug used to treat cancer
  • antidepressants — of or relating to a substance that is used in the treatment of mood disorders, as characterized by various manic or depressive affects.
  • antifederalists — Plural form of antifederalist.
  • aphrodite terra — a large plateau region that stretches approximately halfway around the middle latitude of Venus.
  • apollo asteroid — one of a number of asteroids whose orbits cross that of the earth.
  • appendicularian — of or relating to a family of molluscs (Appendicularia) characterized by their long tail appendages
  • apple-pie order — perfect order or condition
  • arc de triomphe — the triumphal arch in Paris begun by Napoleon I to commemorate his victories of 1805–6 and completed in 1836
  • archibald prize — an annual prize awarded by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales since 1921, for outstanding contributions to art, letters, science, and politics
  • arrondissements — Plural form of arrondissement.
  • ascribed status — the social position assigned to a person on the basis of kinship, ethnic group, sex, etc.
  • atlantic ridley — ridley (def 1).
  • atlantic-ridley — ridley (def 1).
  • attitude survey — a survey of the opinions held by a particular group of people
  • audience rating — a figure based on statistical sampling indicating what proportion of the total listening and viewing audience tune in to a specific programme or network
  • audio frequency — a frequency in the range 20 hertz to 20 000 hertz. A sound wave of this frequency would be audible to the human ear
  • audio recording — an electronic recording of sound
  • auditor general — (in Canada) a federal official responsible for auditing government departments and making an annual report
  • auf wiedersehen — goodbye, until we see each other again
  • autodestructive — likely to cause one's own destruction
  • automatic drive — an automotive transmission requiring either very little or no manual shifting of gears.
  • autotetraploidy — the generation of the tetraploid state, created by the fusing of two nuclei from the same species
  • azobisformamide — (chemistry) azodicarbonamide.
  • backseat driver — If you refer to a passenger in a car as a backseat driver, they annoy you because they constantly give you advice about how to drive.
  • bandpass filter — A bandpass filter is a filter designed to pass all frequencies within a band of frequencies.
  • bandstop filter — A bandstop filter is a filter designed to eliminate all frequencies within a band of frequencies.
  • banner headline — A banner headline is a large headline in a newspaper that stretches across the front page.
  • barium chloride — a poisonous compound, BaCl2, consisting of flat white crystals that are soluble in water: it is used to treat water, metals, leather, etc.
  • barium peroxide — a gray-white powder, BaO2, used as a bleach and in making hydrogen peroxide
  • barley sandwich — a drink of beer, esp at lunch time
  • basic anhydride — a compound formed by removing water from a more complex compound: an oxide of a nonmetal (acid anhydride) or a metal (basic anhydride) that forms an acid or a base, respectively, when united with water.
  • basic autocoder — Early system on IBM 7070. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • basse-normandie — a region of NW France, on the English Channel: consists of the Cherbourg peninsula in the west rising to the Normandy hills in the east; mainly agricultural
  • be carried away — to be moved to great or unreasoning emotion or enthusiasm
  • bedtime reading — a book, magazine etc read at bedtime
  • benedict arnold — Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
  • benzal chloride — a colorless, oily liquid, C 7 H 6 Cl 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of benzaldehyde, and in the manufacture of dyes.
  • beside the mark — not striking the point aimed at
  • beta-adrenergic — pertaining to or involving beta receptors
  • bidirectionally — in a bidirectional manner
  • big sandy creek — a river in central Colorado, flowing NE and SE to the Arkansas River near Lamar: site of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. 200 miles (322 km) long.
  • bilateral trade — a system of trading between two countries in which each country attempts to balance its trade with that of the other
  • birch partridge — ruffed grouse
  • bird of passage — If you refer to someone as a bird of passage, you mean that they are staying in a place for a short time before going to another place.
  • bladder campion — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Silene vulgaris, having white flowers with an inflated calyx
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