14-letter words containing a, l, o, p
- anteroparietal — situated in a forward part or on the wall of an organ or cavity.
- anthropologist — a person who specializes in anthropology
- anticipatorily — of, showing, or expressing anticipation.
- antihemophilic — That counteracts bleeding in hemophiliacs.
- antilymphocyte — (immunology, of an antibody) That acts against lymphocytes.
- antimonopolist — opposed to monopoly
- antineoplastic — acting against tumours
- antiphlogistic — of or relating to the prevention or alleviation of inflammation
- antiphonically — in an antiphonal or antiphonic manner
- antiprotozoals — Plural form of antiprotozoal.
- apheliotropism — a tendency of certain plants to turn away from the sun; negative heliotropism
- aphoristically — in an aphoristic manner
- apico-alveolar — articulated with the apex of the tongue touching or near the alveolar ridge, as (t), (z), (n), and (l)
- apocalypticism — the belief in apocalyptic prophecy
- apocryphalness — the quality of being apocryphal
- apolipoprotein — any of a group of glycoproteins that form part of the structure of lipoproteins, some of which have been associated with Alzheimer's disease
- apologetically — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- apoplectically — of or relating to apoplexy or stroke.
- aposematically — in an aposematic manner
- apothegmatical — Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
- apotropaically — in an apotropaic manner
- apple polisher — a sycophant; toady
- apple turnover — a pastry containing apple
- apple-polisher — to curry favor with someone, especially in an obsequious or flattering manner.
- appleton layer — the F region of the ionosphere
- appreciational — gratitude; thankful recognition: They showed their appreciation by giving him a gold watch.
- approach light — one of a series of lights installed along the projected centerline of an airport runway to assist a pilot in aligning the aircraft during the approach to landing at night.
- apsidal motion — the rotation of the major axis of an eccentric orbit in the plane of the orbit.
- arborsculpture — The art and craft technique of growing and shaping tree trunks.
- archencephalon — the primitive forebrain region of the embryo, anterior to the notochord, that gives rise to the midbrain and forebrain.
- archiepiscopal — of or associated with an archbishop
- arctic redpoll — a finch, Carduelis hornemanni, of the family Fringillidae, which breeds in tundra birch forest
- armour-plating — The armour-plating on a vehicle or building is the hard metal covering which is intended to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
- arthroplasties — Plural form of arthroplasty.
- assault troops — soldiers of the infantry who are specially trained to lead an attack
- assault weapon — any of various automatic and semiautomatic military firearms utilizing an intermediate-power cartridge, designed for individual use. Compare assault rifle.
- assembly point — a designated place where people have been told to wait after evacuating a building in the event of a fire or other emergency
- assemblyperson — a member of a legislative assembly, especially a member of the lower house of the legislature in certain states of the U.S.
- asymptotically — of or relating to an asymptote.
- at one's peril — If you say that someone does something at their peril, you are warning them that they will probably suffer as a result of doing it.
- autopilot code — (jargon, humour) Code that was written by a programmer on "auto-pilot" who wasn't really thinking about what they were doing.
- autopolyploidy — having more than two haploid sets of chromosomes that are derived from the same ancestral species.
- autotetraploid — an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of four copies of a single genome due to doubling of an ancestral chromosome complement
- autotransplant — autograft.
- avoidance play — a play by the declarer designed to prevent a particular opponent from taking the lead.
- bachelor party — A bachelor party is a party for a man who is getting married very soon, to which only men are invited.
- backstrap loom — a simple horizontal loom, used especially in Central and South America, on which one of two beams holding the warp yarn is attached to a strap that passes across the weaver's back.
- ballast pocket — a depression that is formed beneath the ballast layer by penetration of ballast particles into the subgrade and that tends to collect moisture.
- balsam of peru — an aromatic balsam that is obtained from the tropical South American leguminous tree Myroxylon pereirae and is similar to balsam of Tolu
- baltimore chop — a batted ball that takes a high bounce upon hitting the ground on or immediately in front of home plate, often enabling the batter to reach first base safely.