18-letter words containing a, d, n, t
- anticipated profit — the profit that one expects to make from a deal, transaction, or project
- antidiscrimination — (legal) Opposing or disallowing discrimination.
- antimony pentoxide — a white or yellowish, water-insoluble powder, Sb 2 O 5 , used chiefly in the synthesis of antimonates.
- antiprostaglandins — Plural form of antiprostaglandin.
- antiscorbutic acid — vitamin C
- apartment building — An apartment building or apartment house is a tall building which contains different apartments on different floors.
- apparent magnitude — magnitude (sense 3)
- apparent solar day — the period of time between two successive passages of the sun's center across the same meridian.
- appellate division — the section of a court that hears appeals, sometimes existing as an intermediate court between a trial court and a court of last resort.
- applied kinematics — kinematics (def 2).
- armed intervention — an official response to a situation which involves the armed forces
- arrest of judgment — a stay of proceedings after a verdict, on the grounds of error or possible error
- arsenic trisulfide — a yellow or red crystalline substance, As 2 S 3 , occurring in nature as the mineral orpiment, and used as a pigment (king's yellow) and in pyrotechnics.
- as near as damn it — as near as possible; very near
- associated company — a company which is largely controlled by its parent company because the latter owns anything up to 50% of the shares
- at one's wit's end — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
- at one's wits' end — at a loss to know how to proceed
- at sb's right hand — If someone is at a person's right hand, they work closely with that person so they can help and advise them.
- at/from a distance — If you are at a distance from something, or if you see it or remember it from a distance, you are a long way away from it in space or time.
- atmospheric window — wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum that can be transmitted through the earth's atmosphere. Atmospheric windows occur in the visible, infrared, and radio regions of the spectrum
- attendance figures — the number of people present at events such as football matches or concerts
- attendance officer — someone whose job is to keep records of students' attendance at school and to encourage students to attend
- auditory phonetics — the branch of phonetics concerned with the perception of speech sounds by humans
- augmented interval — an interval that is a half step greater than the corresponding major or perfect interval
- australian doubles — an unusual formation in doubles in which the server's partner is positioned on the same side of the court as the server.
- authorized version — the revised English translation of the Bible published in England in 1611 with the authorization of King James I
- autoimmune disease — a disease resulting from a disordered immune reaction in which antibodies are produced against one's own tissues, as systemic lupus erythematosus or rheumatoid arthritis.
- back end generator — (tool) (BEG) A code generator developed by H. Emmelmann et al at GMD, University Karlsruhe, Germany. Its input language is Back End Generator Language (BEGL).
- back in the saddle — at work again
- back/down to earth — If you come down to earth or back to earth, you have to face the reality of everyday life after a period of great excitement.
- balanced computing — (jargon) Matching computer tools to job activities so that the computer system structure parallels the organisation structure and work functions. Both personal computers and employees operate in a decentralised environment with monitoring of achievement of management objectives from centralised corporate systems.
- ball-and-claw foot — a foot having the form of a bird's claw grasping a ball.
- ballistic pendulum — a device consisting of a large mass hung from a horizontal bar by two rods, used to measure the velocity of an object, as a bullet, by retaining the object upon impact, its velocity being a function of the displacement of the mass.
- band-tailed pigeon — a wild pigeon, Columba fasciata, of western North America, having a gray band on its tail.
- banded rattlesnake — timber rattlesnake.
- bartholin's glands — two small reddish-yellow glands, one on each side of the vaginal orifice, that secrete a mucous lubricating substance during sexual stimulation in females
- basket-handle arch — an arch having a symmetrical form drawn from an odd number of radii in excess of one, which increase in length from the springing toward the center.
- battle of omdurman — a battle (1898) in which the Mahdi's successor and his Ansar followers were defeated by Lord Kitchener's British forces
- battleground-state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
- bel and the dragon — a book of the Apocrypha that is included as chapter 14 of Daniel in the Douay Bible.
- bells and whistles — additional features or accessories which are nonessential but very attractive
- bernard montgomery — Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein ("Monty") 1887–1976, British field marshal: World War II commander of British 8th Army in Africa and Europe.
- bernard of menthon — Saint(11th cent.); Fr. monk who founded hospices in the Swiss Alps: his day is May 28
- between you and me — in the space separating (two points, objects, etc.): between New York and Chicago.
- biodiversification — the process by which the diversity of plants or animals develops or is increased within a particular region or group of organisms.
- black-necked stork — a large Australian stork, Xenorhyncus asiaticus, having a white plumage, dark green back and tail, and red legs
- blanquette de veau — a ragout or stew of veal in a white sauce
- board of education — a group or agency with responsibility for education
- board of elections — a bipartisan board appointed usually by local authorities and charged with control of elections and voting procedure.
- bomb disposal unit — a unit of the police or armed services specializing in bomb disposal