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15-letter words containing a, m, e, l

  • americanologist — a foreign expert or specialist in American cultural or political matters: a leading Americanologist in the Kremlin.
  • amery ice shelf — an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the SW Indian Ocean, bordered by Enderby Land on the N and American Highland on the W.
  • amicable number — either of a pair of positive integers in which each member is equal to the sum of the submultiples of the other, as 220 and 284.
  • aminoglycosides — Plural form of aminoglycoside.
  • ammunition belt — a belt for carrying ammunition
  • amphitheatrical — Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • anamorphic lens — a component in the optical system of a film projector for converting standard 35mm film images into wide-screen format
  • angel's-trumpet — any of several plants belonging to the genera Brugmansia and Datura, of the nightshade family, having large, trumpet-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
  • angular measure — the units used to measure angles. Compare angle1 (def 1c).
  • animal behavior — behavior (def 2).
  • antepenultimate — third from last
  • anti-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
  • anti-federalism — U.S. History. a member or supporter of the Antifederal party.
  • anti-liberalism — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
  • anticlericalism — opposed to the influence and activities of the clergy or the church in secular or public affairs.
  • antidevelopment — (of a group) opposed to development
  • antimaterialism — an attitude opposed to materialism
  • antimaterialist — opposed to materialism
  • antimetabolites — Plural form of antimetabolite.
  • antimony glance — stibnite
  • antimony yellow — a poisonous pigment used in painting and enameling, consisting chiefly of lead antimoniate and characterized by its fugitive yellow color, rapid drying rate, and strong film-forming properties.
  • antisentimental — (of a piece of art or literature) deliberately unsentimental
  • apartment block — building: flats, apartments
  • apartment hotel — a hotel that rents furnished apartments or suites suitable for housekeeping, on a weekly or more permanent basis, and usually supplies all hotel services.
  • apical meristem — meristem at the apex of a root or shoot.
  • 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
  • apollo computer — (company)   A company making workstations often used for CAD. From 1980 to 1987, Apollo were the largest manufacturer of network workstations. Apollo workstations ran Aegis, a proprietary operating system with a Posix-compliant Unix alternative frontend. Apollo's networking was particularly elegant, among the first to allow demand paging over the network, and allowing a degree of network transparency and low sysadmin-to-machine ratio that is still unmatched. Apollo's largest customers were Mentor Graphics (electronic design), GM, Ford, Chrysler, and Boeing (mechanical design). Apollo was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 1989, and gradually closed down over the period 1990-1997.
  • apple macintosh — Macintosh
  • arabic numerals — the figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and the 0 (zero) that originated in India; Hindu-Arabic numerals
  • argumentatively — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
  • aristotelianism — a philosophical tradition based on the wide-ranging belief system of Aristotle
  • armes parlantes — arms using devices to illustrate the name of the bearers, such as a rose and a wall to illustrate the name Rosewall
  • assemblypersons — Plural form of assemblyperson.
  • at arm's length — If you hold something at arm's length, you hold it away from your body with your arm straight.
  • atmospherically — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • automatic rifle — a type of light machine gun capable of firing automatically or in single shots.
  • baggage reclaim — the process of passengers' getting back the baggage that they have checked in for a flight
  • ballet mistress — a woman who teaches and rehearses the dancers in a ballet company
  • balloon payment — a large payment that concludes a series of smaller payments, for example in order to repay a loan
  • ballpeen hammer — a hammer that has one end of its head shaped in a hemisphere for beating metal, etc
  • ballroom dancer — a person who participates in ballroom dancing
  • bangtail muster — a roundup of cattle to be counted, each one having the hairs on its tail docked as it is counted
  • barberry family — the plant family Berberidaceae, characterized by shrubs and herbaceous plants having very varied leaves and flowers and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the barberry, May apple, and Oregon grape.
  • barium chloride — a poisonous compound, BaCl2, consisting of flat white crystals that are soluble in water: it is used to treat water, metals, leather, etc.
  • barium sulphate — a white insoluble fine dense powder, used as a pigment, as a filler for paper, rubber, etc, and in barium meals. Formula: BaSO4
  • bathroom scales — scales typically kept in a bathroom for people to weigh themselves
  • bathymetrically — In a bathymetric way.
  • bear animalcule — tardigrade (def 3).
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