14-letter words containing a, l
- 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
- aluminum plant — a glossy green- or silver-leaved herb, Pilea cadierei, often grown as a houseplant.
- alumosilicates — Plural form of alumosilicate.
- alveolar ridge — the ridgelike border of the upper and lower jaws containing the sockets of the teeth.
- alveolopalatal — articulated with the blade or front of the tongue approaching or touching the front of the hard palate near its junction with the alveolar ridge; having a primary palatal articulation and a secondary alveolar articulation.
- amadis of gaul — the title character of a medieval prose romance in Spanish
- amanullah khan — 1892–1960, emir (1919–26) and king (1926–29) of Afghanistan; he obtained Afghan independence from Britain (1919)
- ambidextrously — In an ambidextrous manner.
- ambulance crew — the team of people who man an ambulance
- ambulancewoman — a woman who works as part of an ambulance crew
- amebic colitis — a type of dysentery caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica, characterized especially by ulceration of the large intestine.
- american cloth — a glazed or waterproofed cotton cloth
- american eagle — the bald eagle, esp when depicted as the national emblem of the US
- american holly — See under holly (def 1).
- american lotus — water chinquapin (def 1).
- american sable — the brown fur of the American marten, Martes americana
- amillennialist — A believer in amillennialism.
- aminoglycoside — of or relating to amino sugars in glycosidic linkage.
- ammonia liquor — a concentrated solution of ammonia, ammonium compounds, and sulfur compounds, obtained as a by-product in the destructive distillation of bituminous coal.
- amniotic fluid — the fluid surrounding the fetus in the womb
- amphibological — (rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling.
- amphiprostylar — Amphiprostyle.
- amphiprostyles — Plural form of amphiprostyle.
- amplexifoliate — having amplexicaul leaves.
- amplifications — Plural form of amplification.
- amygdalic acid — any of three stereoisomeric acids having the formula C 8 H 8 O 3 , especially dl-mandelic acid, a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid obtainable from amygdalin: used chiefly in medicine as an antiseptic.
- amylobarbitone — Obsolete spelling of amobarbital.
- an early night — If you have an early night, you go to bed early. If you have a late night, you go to bed late.
- anachronically — something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare.
- anaglyphoscope — a pair of spectacles for viewing an anaglyph.
- anagrammatical — Alternative form of anagrammatic.
- anal character — Psychoanalysis. a group of personality traits including meticulousness, compulsiveness, and rigidity, believed to be associated with excessive preoccupation with the anal phase as a child, with effects lingering into adulthood.
- anal retentive — a person who exhibits anal personality traits
- anal-retentive — having an anal character.
- analogue clock — a clock in which the hours, minutes, and sometimes seconds are indicated by hands on a dial
- analogue watch — a watch in which the hours, minutes, and sometimes seconds are indicated by hands on a dial
- analysis situs — topology (defs 1, 2).
- analytical crm — (business) Software which helps a business build customer relationships and analyse ways to improve them.
- analyzed rhyme — the use of assonance and consonance in a complex pattern at the ends of alternate lines of a quatrain, as in head, mat, met, had.
- anchoritically — in the manner of or resembling an anchorite
- ancient lights — the legal right to receive, by a particular window or windows, adequate and unobstructed daylight
- andorra-prolog — (language)
- andrew toolkit — (tool) (ATK) A portable user interface toolkit developed as part of the Andrew project, running on the X Window System and distributed with X11R5.
- androcephalous — having a human head
- anesthesiology — the science of anesthesia and anesthetics
- anesthetically — In an anesthetic manner.