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

  • ab urbe condita — from the founding of the city (Rome, about 753 b.c.). Abbreviation: A.U.C.
  • abundant number — a positive number that is less than the sum of all positive integers that are submultiples of it, as 12, which is less than the sum of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6.
  • accrued alimony — an amount of alimony that has not been paid
  • accrued charges — charges incurred in one accounting period that have not been paid by the end of it
  • accrued expense — an expense incurred but not yet paid, as accrued interest on notes payable.
  • adjective group — An adjective group or adjectival group is a group of words based on an adjective, such as 'very nice' or 'interested in football'. An adjective group can also consist simply of an adjective.
  • adjustable-rate — designating or of a debt obligation, esp. a mortgage on real property, having terms which allow the interest rate to change over time
  • admiralty house — the official residence of the Governor General of Australia, in Sydney
  • adrenal medulla — the inner part of the adrenal gland from which adrenaline is secreted
  • adrenaline rush — a feeling of excitement, stimulation and enhanced physical ability produced when the body secretes large amounts of adrenaline in response to a sudden perceived or induced stress situation
  • advantage court — the receiver's left-hand service court, into which the ball is served when one side has the advantage.
  • adventuresomely — In an adventuresome manner.
  • adventurousness — the quality of being adventurous
  • adygei republic — a constituent republic of SW Russia, bordering on the Caucasus Mountains: chiefly agricultural but with some mineral resources. Capital: Maikop. Pop: 447 000 (2002). Area: 7600 sq km (2934 sq miles)
  • affaire d'amour — a love affair
  • albemarle sound — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE North Carolina. Length: about 96 km (60 miles)
  • alder buckthorn — a Eurasian rhamnaceous shrub, Frangula alnus, with small greenish flowers and black berry-like fruits
  • alexandroupolis — a port in NE Greece, in W Thrace. Pop: 52 720 (2001 est)
  • all mockered up — dressed up
  • amador guerrero — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1833–1909, Panamanian political leader: first president of Panama 1904–08.
  • amaryllidaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Amaryllidaceae, a family of widely cultivated flowering plants having bulbs and including the amaryllis, snowdrop, narcissus, and daffodil
  • andromonoecious — (of a plant species) having hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same plant
  • aneroid capsule — a box or chamber of thin metal, partially exhausted of air, used in the aneroid barometer and pressure altimeter.
  • annulled branch — delayed control-transfer
  • anti-productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • anticancer drug — a drug used to treat cancer
  • appendicularian — of or relating to a family of molluscs (Appendicularia) characterized by their long tail appendages
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • bad housekeeper — a person who is not an efficient and thrifty domestic manager
  • balanced rudder — a rudder so designed that the center of water pressure on the forward face, when turned, lies about halfway along the length, minimizing the turning effort required.
  • 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
  • basic autocoder — Early system on IBM 7070. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • 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.

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