14-letter words containing a, m, i, n, o, t
- antihomosexual — opposed to homosexual people and behaviour
- 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.
- antimonarchist — opposed to a monarchy
- antimonic acid — antimony pentoxide.
- antimoniferous — Containing or producing antimony.
- antimonopolist — opposed to monopoly
- antipositivism — The view in social science that the social realm may not be subject to the same methods of investigation as the natural world.
- antispasmodics — Plural form of antispasmodic.
- antithrombotic — preventing the formation of blood clots
- antoine domino — Antoine ("Fats") born 1928, U.S. rhythm-and-blues pianist, singer, and composer.
- appendectomies — Plural form of appendectomy.
- appendicectomy — surgical removal of any appendage, esp the vermiform appendix
- apportionments — Plural form of apportionment.
- approximations — Plural form of approximation.
- approximeeting — the practice of a group of people making indefinite plans to meet and then altering those plans regularly via mobile phones according to changing circumstances
- apsidal motion — the rotation of the major axis of an eccentric orbit in the plane of the orbit.
- arctic monkeys — British rock group (formed 2002): comprising Alex Turner (born 1986; vocals, guitar), Jamie Cook (born 1985, guitar), Matt Helders (born 1986, drums, vocals) and Nick O'Malley (born 1985, bass guitar); their albums include Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), and AM (2013)
- argumentations — Plural form of argumentation.
- 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.
- arms inspector — a person who carries out an arms inspection
- arrondissement — the largest administrative subdivision of a department
- arthroconidium — A kind of asexual fungal spore, typically produced by segmentation of pre-existing fungal hyphae.
- 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
- associationism — a theory that all mental activity is based on connections between basic mental events, such as sensations and feelings
- asthenospermia — (medicine) Loss or reduction in the strength or energy of sperm cells, hence infertility. Not always infertile many are subfertile.
- asthenospermic — (medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile.
- astronomically — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- atomic veteran — a veteran of the armed forces who was exposed to radioactivity during the testing or use of nuclear (atomic) weapons in World War II or subsequent wars.
- automatization — to make automatic.
- axiomatisation — the process of reducing down to a system of basic truths, or axioms
- axiomatization — the process of reducing down to a system of basic truths, or axioms
- azidothymidine — an antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV/AIDS
- back formation — the invention of a new word on the assumption that a familiar word is derived from it. The verbs edit and burgle were so created from editor and burglar
- back-formation — the analogical creation of one word from another word that appears to be a derived or inflected form of the first by dropping the apparent affix or by modification.
- bamboo curtain — (esp in the 1950s and 1960s) the political and military barrier to communications around the People's Republic of China
- bamboo turning — turning of spindles and framing members to simulate the jointing of bamboo.
- baptismal font — a large bowl for baptismal water, usually mounted on a pedestal
- base community — (especially in South America) a group of people taking part in religious devotions and Bible study, who seek to apply this in their socioeconomic and political situation.
- beta geminorum — Pollux
- billy no-mates — a person with no friends
- biocontainment — the confinement, as by sealed-off chambers, of materials that are harmful or potentially harmful to life.
- bioinformatics — the branch of information science concerned with large databases of biochemical or pharmaceutical information
- bioremediation — the use of plants to extract heavy metals from contaminated soils and water
- block mountain — a mountain produced by faulting and the uplifting of large blocks of rock
- blue mountains — a mountain range in the US, in NE Oregon and SE Washington. Highest peak: Rock Creek Butte, 2773 m (9097 ft)
- bring onstream — To bring onstream a plant, mine, oilfield, etc. is to start production there.
- browntail moth — kind of moth