14-letter words containing a, d, n, t
- aldus manutius — 1450–1515, Italian printer, noted for his fine editions of the classics. He introduced italic type
- alexander city — a city in E Alabama.
- alfred t mahan — Alfred Thayer [they-er] /ˈθeɪ ər/ (Show IPA), 1840–1914, U.S. naval officer and writer on naval history.
- almond extract — oil, essence
- altitudinarian — relating to high ideals
- aminopeptidase — an enzyme produced by the glands of the small intestine
- amniotic fluid — the fluid surrounding the fetus in the womb
- amusement ride — a device at a fair, theme park, etc that people can ride in
- anagrammatized — Simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize.
- ancient wisdom — pre-Christian knowledge, philosophy, and beliefs
- and everything — You say 'and everything' after mentioning a particular thing or list of things to indicate that they are only examples and that other things are also involved.
- and no mistake — certainly
- and/or whatnot — People sometimes say 'and whatnot' or 'or whatnot' after mentioning one or more things, to refer in a vague way to other things which are similar.
- andrew project — (project) A distributed system project for support of educational and research computing at Carnegie Mellon University, named after Andrew Carnegie, an American philanthropist who provided money to establish CMU. See also Andrew File System, Andrew Message System, Andrew Toolkit, class.
- andrew toolkit — (tool) (ATK) A portable user interface toolkit developed as part of the Andrew project, running on the X Window System and distributed with X11R5.
- andromedotoxin — a poisonous substance found in various plants of the family Ericaceae, and in particular in plants of the genus Andromeda
- andy tanenbaum — Andrew Tanenbaum
- angelic doctor — an epithet of Saint Thomas Aquinas
- anisodactylous — Zoology. having the toes unlike, or unequal in number.
- antaphrodisiac — Capable of reducing the sex drive.
- antediluvially — in antediluvian times, in times before the Flood
- antennal gland — green gland.
- anthony dollar — a cupronickel coin of the U.S., equal to one dollar, bearing a portrait of Susan B. Anthony on its obverse: first issued in 1979.
- anthropoid ape — any primate of the family Pongidae, having no tail, elongated arms, and a highly developed brain. The group includes gibbons, orang-utans, chimpanzees, and gorillas
- anti-apartheid — opposed to apartheid
- anti-desiccant — a substance or material applied to a plant, as by spraying, to inhibit moisture loss during transplanting.
- anti-diarrheal — an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
- anti-dogmatism — dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.
- anti-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- anti-oxidizing — to convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen.
- antiadrenergic — Preventing or counteracting the effects of adrenaline.
- antidefamation — (of a group or organization) against defamation
- antidemocratic — opposed to the principles or practice of democracy
- antidepressant — An antidepressant is a drug which is used to treat people who are suffering from depression.
- antidepression — alleviating or preventing depression
- antiderivative — an indefinite integral
- antidiarrhoeal — a drug used to prevent or treat diarrhoea
- antidromically — in an antidromic manner
- antifederalism — Alternative form of anti-federalism.
- antifederalist — a person who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 and thereafter allied with Thomas Jefferson's Antifederal Party, which opposed extension of the powers of the federal Government
- antikidnapping — Preventing or countering kidnapping.
- antimonic acid — antimony pentoxide.
- antiodontalgic — of use in the treatment of toothache
- antiquatedness — The state or quality of being antiquated.
- antiradicalism — the opposition to radicalism
- antispasmodics — Plural form of antispasmodic.
- antoine domino — Antoine ("Fats") born 1928, U.S. rhythm-and-blues pianist, singer, and composer.
- appendectomies — Plural form of appendectomy.
- appendicectomy — surgical removal of any appendage, esp the vermiform appendix
- apsidal motion — the rotation of the major axis of an eccentric orbit in the plane of the orbit.