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

  • arc de triomphe — the triumphal arch in Paris begun by Napoleon I to commemorate his victories of 1805–6 and completed in 1836
  • argyll and bute — a council area in W Scotland on the Atlantic Ocean: in 1975 the historical counties of Argyllshire and Bute became part of Strathclyde region; in 1996 they were reinstated as a single unitary authority. Argyll and Bute is mountainous and includes the islands of Bute, Mull, Islay, and Jura. Administrative centre: Lochgilphead. Pop: 91 300 (2003 est). Area: 6930 sq km (2676 sq miles)
  • armaments depot — a store for armaments
  • around the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
  • around the horn — (thrown) from third base to second to first in trying for a double play
  • arrest judgment — to stay proceedings after a verdict, on the grounds of error or possible error
  • arrondissements — Plural form of arrondissement.
  • ascribed status — the social position assigned to a person on the basis of kinship, ethnic group, sex, etc.
  • assured tenancy — an agreement between a government-approved body such as a housing association and a tenant for occupation of a newly-built house or flat at an agreed market rent, under which the tenant has security of tenure
  • at death's door — If you say that someone is at death's door, you mean they are very ill indeed and likely to die.
  • 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
  • auditor general — (in Canada) a federal official responsible for auditing government departments and making an annual report
  • augmented roman — a writing system based on an expanded English alphabet, consisting of 43 characters representing different phonemes of spoken English, used for teaching beginners to read. Abbreviation: I.T.A., i.t.a.
  • 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
  • azerty keyboard — a common European version of typewriter keyboard layout with the characters a, z, e, r, t, and y positioned on the top row of alphabetic characters at the left side of the keyboard
  • 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.
  • banded anteater — an Australian marsupial, Myrmecobius fasciatus, feeding on termites and having the body marked with whitish transverse bars: nearly extinct.
  • 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.
  • barefoot doctor — (esp in developing countries) a worker trained as a medical auxiliary in a rural area who dispenses medicine, gives first aid, assists at childbirth, etc
  • barn-door skate — an Atlantic skate, Raja laevis, that grows to a length of 4 feet (1.2 meters) or more.
  • basic autocoder — Early system on IBM 7070. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • battle hardened — toughened by the experience of battle
  • bearded vulture — lammergeier
  • beast of burden — A beast of burden is an animal such as an ox or a donkey that is used for carrying or pulling things.
  • bedtime reading — a book, magazine etc read at bedtime
  • belt-and-braces — providing double security, in case one security measure should fail
  • benedict arnold — Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
  • beside the mark — not striking the point aimed at
  • beta-adrenergic — pertaining to or involving beta receptors
  • bidirectionally — in a bidirectional manner
  • 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
  • blank cartridge — a cartridge containing powder but no bullet: used in battle practice or as a signal
  • blasting powder — a form of gunpowder made with sodium nitrate instead of saltpeter, used chiefly for blasting rock, ore, etc.
  • blue wood aster — a composite plant, Aster cordifolius, of North America, having heart-shaped leaves and pale-blue flowers.
  • board of health — an agency with responsibility for health in state, country, etc
  • board-certified — A doctor who is board-certified has passed tests and meets the standards of a board of specialists in their area of medicine.
  • brand extension — the practice of using a well-known brand name to promote new products or services in unrelated fields
  • break and entry — breaking and entering.
  • break the mould — If you say that someone breaks the mould, you mean that they do completely different things from what has been done before or from what is usually done.
  • breeder reactor — a type of nuclear reactor that produces more fissionable material than it consumes
  • brights-disease — a disease characterized by albuminuria and heightened blood pressure.
  • bring to a head — to bring or be brought to a crisis
  • bronze diabetes — hemochromatosis.
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