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14-letter words containing a, l, i, n

  • ailanthus moth — a large moth (Philosamia cynthia) native to E Asia and now established in the E U.S., whose larvae (ailanthus silkworms) feed on ailanthus leaves and produce an inferior silk in making their cocoons
  • air cavalryman — a soldier assigned to the air cavalry.
  • air controller — a military person assigned to monitor, manage, etc. aircraft within a specified region
  • air equivalent — a measure of the effectiveness of a material in absorbing nuclear radiation, expressed as the thickness of an air layer (at 0° C and 1 atmosphere) causing the same absorption.
  • airborne alert — a state of military alert wherein combat-equipped aircraft are flying and prepared for action.
  • airman's medal — a U.S. Air Force award for heroism, not involving combat, available to any member of the U.S. or friendly armed forces serving with the USAF.
  • airplane cloth — a strong, plain-weave cloth of linen or cotton, originally used for airplane wings
  • airport lounge — an area in an airport which has seats, and sometimes other services such as toilets and refreshments, and where passengers wait for their plane
  • aladdin's cave — a place containing fabulous riches
  • alai mountains — mountain range in S Kyrgyzstan: highest peak, c. 19,500 ft (5,944 m)
  • alain-fournier — real name Henri-Alban Fournier. 1886–1914, French novelist; author of Le Grand Meaulnes (1913; translated as The Lost Domain, 1959)
  • alan m. turing — Alan Turing
  • alarm reaction — the first stage of the general adaptation syndrome, in which the body responds to stress by exhibiting shock.
  • album-oriented — of or designating a format featuring rock songs from LPs and CDs rather than singles, especially mainstream rock music.
  • albumenization — An alternative form of albuminization.
  • albuminization — A conversion into albumin.
  • alcmanic verse — a form of verse used in Greek drama and Latin dramatic poetry, composed in dactylic tetrameter.
  • aldus manutius — 1450–1515, Italian printer, noted for his fine editions of the classics. He introduced italic type
  • aleutian range — a mountain range extending along the eastern coast of the Alaska Peninsula. Highest peak, Mt. Katmai, 6715 feet (2047 meters).
  • alexander city — a city in E Alabama.
  • alexander viii — (Pietro Ottoboni) 1610–91, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1689–91.
  • alexipharmakon — an antidote to poison
  • algonquin park — a provincial park in S Canada, in E Ontario, containing over 1200 lakes. Area: 7100 sq km (2741 sq miles)
  • alieni generis — of another kind.
  • aligning punch — a drift for aligning rivet holes.
  • alimentiveness — the desire to eat, or the instinct to find, food
  • alive and well — If you say that someone or something is alive and well, you are emphasizing that they continue to survive.
  • alkaline earth — any of the divalent electropositive metals beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium, belonging to group 2A of the periodic table
  • alkalinization — the process of becoming alkaline, or making alkaline
  • all or nothing — You can use all or nothing to say that either something must be done fully and completely or else it cannot be done at all.
  • all over again — If you say that something is happening all over again, you are emphasizing that it is happening again, and you are suggesting that it is tiring, boring, or unpleasant.
  • all-conquering — having defeated all opponents over a long period of time
  • all-or-nothing — not allowing for qualification or compromise; either fully or not at all operative: an all-or-nothing approach.
  • allegorization — to make into an allegory; narrate allegorically.
  • alley cropping — a method of planting in which rows of trees are interspersed with rows of crops, improving the soil and providing nutrients, particularly nitrogen, to the crops.
  • alliance party — a non-sectarian Northern Irish political party founded in 1970
  • alluvial plain — a level or gently sloping surface formed of sediments laid down by streams, generally during flooding.
  • alpha centauri — a binary star, the brightest star in the constellation Centaurus: magnitude, -0.27: it is the nearest of the stars that are visible to the naked eye, except for the sun
  • alpha globulin — a blood plasma protein that is separable from other globulins by electrophoresis.
  • alpha virginis — spica
  • alphanumerical — alphanumeric; characterized by having letters and numerals
  • alpine bistort — Also called snakeweed. a European plant, Polygonum bistorta, of the buckwheat family, having a twisted root, which is sometimes used as an astringent.
  • alpine currant — an ornamental shrub, Ribes alpinum, of Europe, having greenish-yellow flowers and scarlet fruit.
  • alpine glacier — a glacier that descends from a high valley
  • altitudinarian — relating to high ideals
  • alumina cement — a quick-setting cement with a large bauxite content.
  • aluminium foil — thin sheets of foil used to wrap food
  • aluminohydride — (inorganic compound) The univalent anion, AlH4-, present in such compounds as lithium aluminium hydride.
  • aluminum brass — an alloy of about 75 percent copper, 2 percent aluminum, small amounts of other elements, and the balance zinc.
  • aluminum oxide — alumina
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