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14-letter words containing a, m, i, n

  • 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.
  • amateurishness — The quality of being amateurish.
  • ambisinistrous — clumsy or unskillful with both hands.
  • ambitransitive — (of a verb) Able to be used transitively or intransitively without requiring morphological change.
  • american bison — a member of the cattle tribe, Bison bison, formerly widely distributed over the prairies of W North America but now confined to reserves and parks, with a massive head, shaggy forequarters, and a humped back
  • american chair — Hitchcock chair.
  • american cloth — a glazed or waterproofed cotton cloth
  • american dream — the U.S. ideal according to which equality of opportunity permits any American to aspire to high attainment and material success
  • 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 organ — a reed organ having a suction bellows that draws the air in through the reeds.
  • american party — an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
  • american sable — the brown fur of the American marten, Martes americana
  • american samoa — the part of Samoa administered by the US. Capital: Pago Pago. Pop: 54 719 (2013 est). Area: 197 sq km (76 sq miles)
  • american senna — wild senna.
  • american twist — a service in which the ball is spun so as to bounce high and to the left of the receiver.
  • amillennialist — A believer in amillennialism.
  • aminoglycoside — of or relating to amino sugars in glycosidic linkage.
  • aminopeptidase — an enzyme produced by the glands of the small intestine
  • aminophenazone — a crystalline compound used to reduce pain and fever. Formula: C13H17N3O
  • ammonia liquor — a concentrated solution of ammonia, ammonium compounds, and sulfur compounds, obtained as a by-product in the destructive distillation of bituminous coal.
  • ammonification — infusion with ammonia or ammonium compounds
  • amniotic fluid — the fluid surrounding the fetus in the womb
  • amount at risk — the difference between the reserve of a life-insurance policy and its face amount.
  • amphibiousness — The state or quality of being amphibious.
  • amphisbaenians — Plural form of amphisbaenian.
  • amphotericin b — an antibiotic compound, C46H73NO20, used in treating certain diseases caused by parasitic fungi, such as systemic candidiasis
  • amplifications — Plural form of amplification.
  • amrit ceremony — the ceremony of initiation into the Khalsa, at which amrit is drunk by and sprinkled on the heads of candidates for initiation
  • amusement ride — a device at a fair, theme park, etc that people can ride in
  • amylobarbitone — Obsolete spelling of amobarbital.
  • anagrammatical — Alternative form of anagrammatic.
  • anagrammatized — Simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize.
  • analytical crm — (business)   Software which helps a business build customer relationships and analyse ways to improve them.
  • anathematizing — Present participle of anathematize.
  • ancient regime — ancien régime.
  • ancient wisdom — pre-Christian knowledge, philosophy, and beliefs
  • and no mistake — certainly
  • andromedotoxin — a poisonous substance found in various plants of the family Ericaceae, and in particular in plants of the genus Andromeda
  • andromonoecism — the condition of being andromonoecious
  • anesthesimeter — a device for measuring the amount of anesthetic given by inhalation.
  • 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
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