15-letter words containing a, l, i, n
- antirationality — the opposition to rationality
- antiretrovirals — Plural form of antiretroviral.
- antisentimental — (of a piece of art or literature) deliberately unsentimental
- antishoplifting — designed to prevent shoplifting
- antispeculation — opposed to or acting against excessive oil speculation
- antispeculative — opposed to or acting against speculation
- antitheoretical — opposed to or contradicting a theory
- antitraditional — opposed to or acting with disregard for tradition
- antituberculous — (medicine) Acting to combat or counteract tuberculosis.
- aplastic anemia — a form of anemia resulting from a failure of the bone marrow to produce adequate quantities of the essential blood components, including leukocytes and platelets
- apolipoproteins — Plural form of apolipoprotein.
- apostolicalness — The state or quality of being apostolical.
- appalachian tea — any of various plants, as withe rod, whose leaves were used locally for tea in pioneer times
- appeal tribunal — An appeal tribunal is a special court or committee that is formed to reconsider a decision made by another court or committee.
- appendicularian — of or relating to a family of molluscs (Appendicularia) characterized by their long tail appendages
- apple macintosh — Macintosh
- approval rating — approval of a politician as shown by opinion polls
- arabic numerals — the figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and the 0 (zero) that originated in India; Hindu-Arabic numerals
- architectonical — Alternative form of architectonic.
- argumentatively — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
- ariboflavinosis — a condition resulting from a dietary deficiency of riboflavin
- aristotelianism — a philosophical tradition based on the wide-ranging belief system of Aristotle
- arrivals lounge — a waiting area for people meeting passengers
- arterialization — to convert (venous blood) into arterial blood by the action of oxygen in the lungs.
- artificial gene — a duplicate gene synthesized in the laboratory by combining nucleotides in a sequence characteristic of the copied gene.
- artificialness' — made by human skill; produced by humans (opposed to natural): artificial flowers.
- artillery plant — any of various tropical urticaceous plants of the genus Pilea, such as P. microphylla, all having stamens that discharge their pollen explosively
- ascending colon — the first portion of the colon, beginning at the cecum in the lower right abdominal cavity and continuing upward along the right posterior abdominal wall to approximately the lower ribs.
- ascending scale — a scale that is rising in pitch
- asian influenza — pandemic influenza caused by a strain of the influenza virus first isolated in Singapore in 1957
- assign a policy — If you assign a policy, you transfer legal ownership of an insurance policy to another person.
- assimilationism — the theory of promoting the incorporation and mixing of different groups in society
- assimilationist — a person who favours and promotes the incorporation and mixing of different groups in society
- assisted living — Assisted living is a type of housing specially designed for people who need help in their everyday lives, but who do not need specialist nursing care. In assisted living facilities, residents live in independent rooms or apartments, but receive help with day-to-day activities, for example bathing, dressing, preparing meals, and taking their medicines.
- association law — any law governing the association of ideas
- astronautically — In an astronautic way.
- at first glance — If you say that something is true or seems to be true at first glance, you mean that it seems to be true when you first see it or think about it, but that your first impression may be wrong.
- at pistol point — being under or using the threat of being shot
- at right angles — If two things are at right angles, they are situated so that they form an angle of 90° where they touch each other. You can also say that one thing is at right angles to another.
- atlantic puffin — any of several alcidine sea birds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda, having a short neck and a large, compressed, grooved bill, as F. arctica (Atlantic puffin) of the North Atlantic.
- atlantic ridley — ridley (def 1).
- atlantic salmon — a valuable food and game fish, Salmo salar, mainly of northern coastal Atlantic waters or, when spawning, in freshwater streams tributary to the ocean.
- atlantic-ridley — ridley (def 1).
- atlas mountains — a mountain system of N Africa, between the Mediterranean and the Sahara. Highest peak: Mount Toubkal, 4165 m (13 664 ft)
- atrabiliousness — The state or quality of being characterized by melancholy or glumness.
- audience appeal — the quality of being attractive to an audience
- auditor general — (in Canada) a federal official responsible for auditing government departments and making an annual report
- australian alps — a mountain range in SE Australia, in E Victoria and SE New South Wales. Highest peak: Mount Kosciuszko, 2195 m (7316 ft)
- australian mist — a breed of medium-sized cat with a short spotted or marbled coat
- australian pine — casuarina