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16-letter words containing a, e, r, i, l

  • american cowslip — shooting star (def 2).
  • american english — the form of English spoken in the US
  • american kestrel — a small American falcon (Falco sparverius) with a reddish-brown back and tail; sparrow hawk
  • anabolic steroid — Anabolic steroids are drugs which people, especially athletes, take to make their muscles bigger and to give them more strength.
  • anal intercourse — a form of sexual intercourse in which the penis is inserted into the anus
  • analog recording — a method of sound recording in which an input audio waveform is converted to an analogous waveform.
  • analytical entry — a bibliographic record of part of an item for which a comprehensive bibliographic record has been made, as a single play or essay in an anthology, a subject in a comprehensive work, or a part of a multivolume set of books.
  • ancienne-lorette — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • andreas vesalius — Andreas [ahn-dre-ahs] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1514–64, Flemish anatomist.
  • angel-hair pasta — spaghetti made in very fine strands
  • angular diameter — the angle that the apparent diameter of a celestial object subtends at the eye of the observer.
  • angular velocity — the velocity of a body rotating about a specified axis measured as the rate of change of the angle subtended at that axis by the path of the body
  • annular ligament — any of various ligaments that encircle a part, such as the wrist, ankle, or trachea
  • anomalistic year — the interval between two successive passages of the earth through perihelion; 365.25964 mean solar days
  • antarctic circle — the imaginary circle around the earth, parallel to the equator, at latitude 66° 32′ S; it marks the southernmost point at which the sun appears above the level of the horizon at the winter solstice
  • anthropometrical — Pertaining to anthropometry.
  • anti-egalitarian — asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic, or social life.
  • anti-federalists — U.S. History. a member or supporter of the Antifederal party.
  • anti-imperialist — opposed to imperialism
  • anti-materialism — preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
  • anti-materialist — a person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
  • anti-orientalism — a peculiarity or idiosyncrasy of the peoples of Asia, especially the East.
  • anti-theoretical — of, relating to, or consisting in theory; not practical (distinguished from applied).
  • anticholinergics — Plural form of anticholinergic.
  • antilles current — a warm ocean current flowing NW along the N coast of the Greater Antilles and joining the Florida Current off the SW coast of Florida.
  • appeals tribunal — a tribunal that hears appeals
  • apple of discord — a golden apple inscribed "For the fairest". It was claimed by Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite, to whom Paris awarded it, thus beginning a chain of events that led to the Trojan War
  • appliance garage — a kitchen compartment or cabinet designed for housing frequently used small electric appliances.
  • applied research — research that is put to practical use
  • appraisal method — a method used for the appraisal of an employee
  • archaeologically — In an archaeological manner.
  • archival storage — a method of retaining information outside of the internal memory of a computer
  • 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.
  • armillary sphere — a model of the celestial sphere consisting of rings representing the relative positions of the celestial equator, ecliptic, etc, used by early astronomers for determining the positions of stars
  • arteriocapillary — Relating to the arteries and the capillaries.
  • arteriosclerosis — Arteriosclerosis is a medical condition in which the walls of your arteries become hard and thick, so your blood cannot flow through them properly.
  • arteriosclerotic — degenerative changes in the arteries, characterized by thickening of the vessel walls and accumulation of calcium with consequent loss of elasticity and lessened blood flow.
  • article of faith — If something is an article of faith for a person or group, they believe in it totally.
  • article of virtu — an object that it interesting because of its rarity, beauty or appeal to a connoisseur
  • artificial heart — any of various four-chambered devices, modeled on the human heart, that pump blood by attachment to a power source and that are constructed for temporary external use or for implantation as a temporary or permanent heart replacement.
  • artistic license — (legal)   The open source license applicable to Perl.
  • as large as life — real and living
  • assembly routine — assembler (def 2a).
  • at liberty to do — If someone is at liberty to do something, they have been given permission to do it.
  • at one's leisure — when one has free time
  • atlantic charter — the joint declaration issued by F. D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill on Aug 14, 1941, consisting of eight principles to guide a postwar settlement
  • atlantic croaker — a person or thing that croaks.
  • atrioventricular — of, relating to, or affecting both the atria and the ventricles of the heart
  • attitude problem — a frame of mind perceived by others to be hostile or uncooperative
  • auditory vesicle — the pouch that is formed by the invagination of an ectodermal placode and that develops into the internal ear.
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