14-letter words containing a, m, i, l
- 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.
- anagrammatical — Alternative form of anagrammatic.
- analytical crm — (business) Software which helps a business build customer relationships and analyse ways to improve them.
- angiomyolipoma — (medicine) A common benign tumour of the kidney.
- angle of climb — the angle between the axis of motion of a climbing aircraft and the horizontal plane.
- anglo-american — of or relating to relations between England and the United States or their peoples
- anglo-saxonism — Saxonism.
- animal cracker — a sweet or savoury biscuit in the shape of an animal
- animal kingdom — a category of living organisms comprising all animals
- animal shelter — an establishment, especially one supported by charitable contributions, that provides a temporary home for dogs, cats, and other animals that are offered for adoption.
- animal spirits — cheerful and exuberant boisterousness
- animal testing — Animal testing involves doing scientific tests on animals when developing new products or drugs.
- animal welfare — the protection of the health and well-being of animals
- anti-climactic — of, like, pertaining to, or expressing anticlimax.
- anti-formalist — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- anti-smuggling — to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
- anti-stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
- antialcoholism — the doctrine of being opposed to alcoholic drink
- anticapitalism — opposition to capitalism
- anticommercial — opposed to profit-seeking or commercialism
- antidromically — in an antidromic manner
- antifederalism — Alternative form of anti-federalism.
- antihemophilic — That counteracts bleeding in hemophiliacs.
- antihomosexual — opposed to homosexual people and behaviour
- antiliberalism — a political ideology opposed to liberalism
- antilogarithms — Plural form of antilogarithm.
- antilymphocyte — (immunology, of an antibody) That acts against lymphocytes.
- antimetabolite — any drug that acts by disrupting the normal growth of a cell. Sulfonamide drugs are antimetabolites and some antimetabolites are used in cancer treatment
- antimicrobials — Plural form of antimicrobial.
- antimilitarism — the opposition to militarism or to war between states
- antimilitarist — opposed to militarism
- antimonopolist — opposed to monopoly
- antiradicalism — the opposition to radicalism
- apheliotropism — a tendency of certain plants to turn away from the sun; negative heliotropism
- apocalypticism — the belief in apocalyptic prophecy
- aposematically — in an aposematic manner
- apothegmatical — Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
- apsidal motion — the rotation of the major axis of an eccentric orbit in the plane of the orbit.