16-letter words containing a, m, i, t, o
- anti-development — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
- anti-immigration — the act of immigrating.
- anti-monarchical — of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
- anti-nationalism — spirit or aspirations common to the whole of a nation.
- anti-orientalism — a peculiarity or idiosyncrasy of the peoples of Asia, especially the East.
- anti-rationalism — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- anti-romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
- anticippointment — (informal, rare) A feeling of anticipation followed by disappointment.
- antiinflammatory — Alternative spelling of anti-inflammatory.
- antimony sulfate — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-insoluble solid, Sb 2 (SO 4) 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- antimony sulfide — antimony pentasulfide.
- application form — a form to be filled in when applying for job, grant etc
- appraisal method — a method used for the appraisal of an employee
- archaeomagnetism — an archaeological technique for dating certain clay objects by measuring the extent to which they have been magnetized by the earth's magnetic field
- aromatherapeutic — Of or pertaining to aromatherapy.
- arrival platform — the platform where a train, or passenger arrives
- as distinct from — If you say that you are talking about one thing as distinct from another, you are indicating exactly which thing you mean.
- assembly routine — assembler (def 2a).
- assimilationists — Plural form of assimilationist.
- associate member — a person who is a member of a club, organization etc. but has only partial rights and privileges or subordinate status
- asymptomatically — showing no evidence of disease.
- atherothrombotic — (medicine) Pertaining to or caused by atherothrombosis, the sudden disruption of an atherosclerotic plaque.
- atmospheric tide — a movement of atmospheric masses caused by the gravitational attraction of the sun and moon and by daily solar heating.
- atomic mass unit — a unit of mass used to express atomic and molecular weights that is equal to one twelfth of the mass of an atom of carbon-12. It is equivalent to 1.66 × 10–27 kg
- atomic physicist — a scientist specializing in atomic physics
- atomic structure — the concept of an atom as a central positively charged nucleus consisting of protons and neutrons surrounded by a number of electrons. The number of electrons is equal to the number of protons: the whole entity is thus electrically neutral
- attitude of mind — Your attitude of mind is your general way of thinking and feeling.
- attitude problem — a frame of mind perceived by others to be hostile or uncooperative
- atwood's machine — a device consisting of two unequal masses connected by a string passed over a pulley, used to illustrate the laws of motion.
- authoritarianism — Authoritarianism is the state of being authoritarian or the belief that people with power, especially the State, have the right to control other people's actions.
- autoimmunization — antibody production by an organism in response to and against any of its own tissues, cells, or cell components.
- automanipulation — physical stimulation of one's own genitals.
- automatic camera — a camera in which the lens aperture or the shutter speed or both are automatically adjusted to the prevailing conditions
- automatic pistol — a type of pistol having a mechanism that throws out the empty shell, puts in a new one, and prepares the pistol to be fired again.
- automatic redial — a telephone service feature whereby the last number dialed is automatically called again, either after a specified time or when activated by the user.
- automatic repeat — a key on the keyboard of a typewriter, computer, etc, which, when depressed continuously, produces the character repeatedly until the key is released
- automatrix, inc. — (company) The company which produced CAM-PC. Address: Ballston Spa, NY, USA.
- autumnal equinox — the time at which the sun crosses the plane of the equator away from the relevant hemisphere, making day and night of equal length. It occurs about Sept 23 in the N hemisphere (March 21 in the S hemisphere)
- axis of symmetry — Mathematics. a straight line for which every point on a given curve has corresponding to it another point such that the line connecting the two points is bisected by the given line.
- badminton racket — the type of racket used in games of badminton
- balkan mountains — a mountain range extending across Bulgaria from the Black Sea to the eastern border. Highest peak: Mount Botev, 2376 m (7793 ft)
- baltimore canyon — a submarine valley cut into the continental shelf and slope seaward of Chesapeake Bay.
- baltimore heater — a stove for heating a lower and upper room, having its fire door in the lower room.
- baltimore oriole — a North American oriole, Icterus galbula, the male of which has orange and black plumage
- barium carbonate — a white, poisonous, water-insoluble powder, BaCO 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of rodenticides, paints, and dyes.
- barometric error — error of a timepiece due to the fluctuations in density of the atmosphere through which the balance or pendulum moves.
- baron tweedsmuir — the title of Scottish novelist John Buchan
- bartholomeu dias — Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- basal metabolism — the amount of energy required by an individual in the resting state, for such functions as breathing and circulation of the blood
- basic dichromate — an orange-red, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, Bi 2 O 3 ⋅2CrO 3 , used chiefly as a pigment in paints.