16-letter words containing a, d, i, t, y
- acetic anhydride — a colourless pungent liquid used in the manufacture of cellulose and vinyl acetates for synthetic fabrics. Formula: (CH3CO)2O
- acid house party — a professionally organized party for young people, with Acid House music, sometimes held in a field or disused building
- act of indemnity — an act of Parliament granting exemption to public officers from technical penalties that they may have been compelled to incur
- active directory — (operating system) A directory service from Microsoft Corporation, similar in concept to Novell Netware Directory Services, that also integrates with the user organisation's DNS structure and is interoperable with LDAP. Active Directory is included in Windows 2000.
- activity holiday — a type of holiday in which holiday-makers can take part in many different organized activities, esp sports
- addition polymer — a polymer formed by the direct reaction of two or more monomers, and with no resulting water or other by-product.
- administratively — pertaining to administration; executive: administrative ability.
- advisory teacher — a teacher who visits schools to advise teachers on curriculum developments within a particular subject area
- alloyed junction — a semiconductor junction used in some junction transistors and formed by alloying metal contacts, functioning as emitter and collector regions, to a wafer of semiconductor that acts as the base region
- amebic dysentery — a form of dysentery caused by an amoeba (Entamoeba histolytica)
- american tragedy — a novel (1925) by Theodore Dreiser.
- antianxiety drug — any of various substances, as benzodiazepines, that are primarily used to treat various forms of anxiety and psychosomatic conditions.
- antimony sulfide — antimony pentasulfide.
- anxiety disorder — any of various mental disorders characterized by extreme anxiety and including panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder
- armed neutrality — military preparedness without commitment, especially as the expressed policy of a neutral nation in wartime; readiness to counter with force an invasion of rights by any belligerent power.
- ascending rhythm — rising rhythm.
- at liberty to do — If someone is at liberty to do something, they have been given permission to do it.
- auditory aphasia — aphasia in which there is no comprehension of spoken words; word deafness.
- auditory vesicle — the pouch that is formed by the invagination of an ectodermal placode and that develops into the internal ear.
- autodidactically — a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person.
- barbed tributary — a tributary that joins its mainstream in an upstream direction rather than in the more common downstream direction.
- bearish tendency — a tendency for share prices to fall
- bidirectionality — capable of reacting or functioning in two, usually opposite, directions.
- billy goat beard — a man's beard that is long under the chin and shaved elsewhere
- biodegradability — capable of decaying through the action of living organisms: biodegradable paper; biodegradable detergent.
- birthday honours — (in Britain) honorary titles conferred on the official birthday of the sovereign
- birthday present — a gift given to someone on their birthday
- boundary dispute — dispute between neighbours about the boundary between their properties
- bright and early — very early in the morning
- capital employed — the money used by a business for buying land, buildings, equipment etc
- carboxypeptidase — any of several digestive enzymes that catalyze the removal of an amino acid from the end of a peptide chain having a free carbonyl group.
- cartridge player — an audio or video system that reads cartridges of magnetic tape
- central cylinder — stele (def 4).
- chiclet keyboard — (hardware, abuse) A keyboard with a small, flat rectangular or lozenge-shaped rubber or plastic keys that look like pieces of Chiclets chewing gum. Used especially to describe the original IBM PCjr keyboard. Vendors unanimously liked these because they were cheap, and a lot of early portable and laptop computers were launched with them. Customers rejected the idea with almost equal unanimity, and chiclets are not often seen on anything larger than a digital watch any more.
- child psychiatry — the branch of psychiatry specializing in the treatment of children.
- city of aberdeen — a council area in NE Scotland, established in 1996. Pop: 206 600 (2003 est). Area: 186 sq km (72 sq miles)
- cladogenetically — By means of cladogenesis.
- coleridge-taylor — Samuel. 1875–1912, British composer, best known for his trilogy of oratorios Song of Hiawatha (1898–1900)
- commodity dollar — the unit of a proposed system of currency, that would have a fluctuating gold value determined at regular intervals on the basis of an official index of the prices of key commodities
- community leader — a leading figure in a community
- cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
- critical density — the density of matter that would be required to halt the expansion of the universe
- croydon facelift — the tightening effect on the skin of a woman's face caused by securing the hair at the back of the head in a tight ponytail
- currency trading — the business of trading in different currencies in order to profit from exchange rate differentials
- dakota territory — a territory in the N central U.S., from 1861 to 1868 comprising present-day North Dakota and South Dakota, and parts of Montana and Wyoming.
- darwinian theory — Darwin's theory of evolution, which holds that all species of plants and animals developed from earlier forms by hereditary transmission of slight variations in successive generations, and that natural selection determines which forms will survive
- daylight robbery — If someone charges you a great deal of money for something and you think this is unfair or unreasonable, you can refer to this as daylight robbery.
- debating society — a club, e.g. at a school or university, which regularly holds debates
- deferred annuity — an annuity that commences not less than one year after the final purchase premium
- deflationary gap — a situation in which total spending in an economy is insufficient to buy all the output that can be produced with full employment
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