15-letter words containing a, l, o, t
- all-you-can-eat — An all-you-can-eat buffet or restaurant is a buffet or restaurant at which you pay a fixed price, no matter how much or how little you eat.
- alligator shear — heavy shears for cutting metal slabs.
- allorecognition — The ability of an individual organism to distinguish its own tissues from those of another.
- allotetraploidy — the condition of being an allotetraploid
- allotransplants — Plural form of allotransplant.
- allotriomorphic — (of minerals) not having their own regular shape (as determined by their internal structure) but being shaped instead by adjacent minerals
- almighty dollar — money regarded as a major goal in life or as the basis of power: Love of the almighty dollar has ruined many people.
- almirante brown — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
- alopecia areata — loss of hair in circumscribed patches.
- alpha radiation — alpha particles emitted from a radioactive isotope
- alphabetisation — The act or process of arranging in alphabetical order.
- alphabetization — Alternative form of alphabetisation.
- alpine accentor — a small bird of the sparrow family, Prunella collaris, found especially in mountain regions of S Europe and Asia
- alta california — a former Spanish colony of New Spain, in the modern-day states of California, Nevada, and N Arizona: ceded by Mexico to the United States 1848.
- altai mountains — a mountain system of central Asia, in W Mongolia, W China, and S Russia. Highest peak: Belukha, 4506 m (14 783 ft)
- altar of repose — a pedestal or niche upon which the sacraments are preserved from Maundy Thursday to Good Friday.
- alte pinakothek — a museum in Munich housing a collection of paintings dating from the Middle Ages to the late 18th century
- aluminosilicate — a silicate in which some of the silicon in the tetrahedral unit SiO4 has been replaced by aluminium
- aluminum borate — a white, granular, water-insoluble powder, 2Al 2 O 3 ⋅B 2 O 3 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of crown glass.
- ambrosia beetle — any of various small beetles of the genera Anisandrus, Xyleborus, etc, that bore tunnels into solid wood, feeding on fungi growing in the tunnels: family Scolytidae (bark beetles)
- ambulatory care — care given at a hospital to non-resident patients, including minor surgery and outpatient treatment
- americanologist — a foreign expert or specialist in American cultural or political matters: a leading Americanologist in the Kremlin.
- ammunition belt — a belt for carrying ammunition
- ammunition clip — a device for storing rounds of ammunition and feeding them into a weapon
- amphiarthrodial — a joint permitting only slight motion, as that between the vertebrae.
- amyl propionate — a colorless liquid, C 8 H 16 O 2 , having an applelike odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of flavorings and perfume.
- anacoluthically — in an anacoluthic manner
- anaesthesiology — the science of administering anesthetics.
- analog computer — a mechanical, electrical, or electronic computer that performs arithmetical operations by using some variable physical quantity, such as mechanical movement or voltage, to represent numbers
- ancylostomiasis — infestation of the human intestine with blood-sucking hookworms, causing progressive anaemia
- angle of attack — the acute angle between the chord line of an aerofoil and the undisturbed relative airflow
- anisotropically — Physics. of unequal physical properties along different axes. Compare isotropic (def 1).
- ankylostomiasis — ancylostomiasis
- annihilationism — the teaching or principle that trespassers and evildoers are completely destroyed rather than made to suffer in hell after death
- annihilationist — A person who believes that eternal punishment is the annihilation of both the body and the soul.
- anomalistically — In an anomalistic manner; with irregularity.
- anthropobiology — the biological study of the human species
- anthropological — the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
- anthropologists — Plural form of anthropologist.
- anti-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
- anti-globalizer — a political activist who challenges the concept of globalization and promotes practices that do not cause environmental damage
- anti-historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- anti-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- anti-technology — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
- anticardiolipin — (medicine, immunology) Directed against cardiolipin.
- anticholesterol — an agent which acts against cholesterol, either as an antibody produced naturally by many mammals or in the form of a drug
- anticholinergic — blocking nerve impulses through the parasympathetic nerves
- anticoagulation — (medicine) Acting to combat or prevent coagulation of blood.
- anticolonialism — the opposition to colonialism
- anticolonialist — a person who is opposed to colonialism