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15-letter words containing a, e

  • (not) all there — (not) in full possession of one's wits; (not) mentally sound
  • a case in point — If you say that something is a case in point, you mean that it is a good example of something you have just mentioned.
  • a cracking pace — If you say that someone or something is moving at a cracking pace, you mean that they are moving very quickly.
  • a false economy — If you describe an attempt to save money as a false economy, you mean that you have not saved any money as you will have to spend a lot more later.
  • a full-time job — If you describe a regular activity or task as a full-time job, you mean that it takes up so much of your time it is like doing a paid job.
  • a heart of gold — If you say that someone has a heart of gold, you are emphasizing that they are very good and kind to other people.
  • a hornet's nest — If you say that someone has stirred up a hornet's nest, you mean that they have done something which has caused a lot of argument or trouble.
  • a moot question — something having no practical relevance; an academic question
  • a piece of cake — If you think something is very easy to do, you can say it is a piece of cake. People often say this to stop someone feeling worried about doing something they have to do.
  • a pig in a poke — something bought or received without prior sight or knowledge
  • a shingle short — unintelligent or mentally subnormal
  • a small fortune — a very high price or cost
  • a stone's throw — If you say that one place is a stone's throw from another, you mean that the places are close to each other.
  • a straight face — If you manage to keep a straight face, you manage to look serious, although you want to laugh.
  • ab urbe condita — from the founding of the city (Rome, about 753 b.c.). Abbreviation: A.U.C.
  • abiogenetically — in an abiogenetic manner
  • above suspicion — in such a position that no guilt may be thought or implied, esp through having an unblemished reputation
  • above the water — out of trouble or difficulty, esp financial trouble
  • above-mentioned — used in a text to refer back to a person or thing that has already been mentioned
  • abscission zone — the zone at the base of a leaf petiole, fruit stalk, or branch in which the abscission layer develops.
  • absence of mind — distraction; forgetfulness
  • absence seizure — petit mal.
  • absent-mindedly — so lost in thought that one does not realize what one is doing, what is happening, etc.; preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one's immediate surroundings.
  • absentee ballot — a ballot in which votes are cast in advance because voters are unable to go to the polling place
  • absentee voting — voting in advance by voters who cannot get to the polling place on polling day
  • absorbabilities — Plural form of absorbability.
  • absorption edge — a discontinuity in the graph of the absorption coefficient of a substance plotted against the wavelength of x-rays being absorbed, representing the minimum energy necessary to free electrons from particular shells of the atoms of the substance.
  • abstentiousness — The state or quality of being abstentious.
  • abstract number — a number that does not designate the quantity of any particular kind of thing.
  • 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.
  • abyssinian well — a perforated pipe driven into the ground for pumping out collected ground water; wellpoint.
  • academicianship — A membership in a national academy of arts or sciences.
  • acanthocephalan — any of the parasitic wormlike invertebrates of the phylum Acanthocephala, the adults of which have a spiny proboscis and live in the intestines of vertebrates
  • accelerationist — a person, especially an economist, who advocates or promotes the acceleration principle.
  • acceptance race — allowance race.
  • accepted masons — a member of a widely distributed secret order (Free and Accepted Masons) having for its object mutual assistance and the promotion of brotherly love among its members.
  • accepting house — a financial institution that guarantees a bill of exchange, as a result of which it can be discounted on more favourable terms
  • accessibilities — Plural form of accessibility.
  • accessible room — An accessible room is a room that is easy for disabled people to enter and leave.
  • accessorization — to fit or equip with accessories: to accessorize a car with special seat covers.
  • accessory fruit — a fruit having enlarged accessory structures in addition to those formed from the ovary, as the strawberry, in which the fleshy tissue is the enlarged receptacle and the true fruits are the small, dry achenes borne on its surface
  • accessory nerve — either one of the eleventh pair of cranial nerves, which supply the muscles of the head, shoulders, larynx, and pharynx and the viscera of the abdomen and thorax
  • accomplishments — Plural form of accomplishment.
  • accordion pleat — one of a series of narrow, evenly spaced parallel pleats with alternating raised and recessed folds set into cloth or other material, usually by a commercial pleating machine.
  • account balance — a figure stating how much money is in a bank account; it can be in debit or in credit
  • account current — a record of business transactions that shows the total amount of money owed as of the date of the summarizing statement
  • account payable — a current liability account showing amounts payable by a firm to suppliers for purchases of materials, stocks, or services on credit
  • accountableness — the condition of being answerable or accountable
  • accounting file — (operating system)   A file which holds records of the resources used by individual jobs. These records are used to regulate, and calculate charges for, resources. An entry is opened in the accounting file as each job begins.
  • accrued alimony — an amount of alimony that has not been paid

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