14-letter words containing a, n, g, o
- animal kingdom — a category of living organisms comprising all animals
- anopisthograph — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on only one side of the leaves.
- antagonistical — Alternative form of antagonistic.
- antagonization — to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist of: His speech antagonized many voters.
- anthologically — In the manner of an anthology.
- anthropography — the study of human geography and variation; ethnography
- anthropologist — a person who specializes in anthropology
- anthropophagus — A cannibal, especially in legends or fables.
- anti-bourgeois — opposed to anyone or anything considered bourgeois
- anti-dogmatism — dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.
- anti-oxidizing — to convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen.
- antiaggression — opposing aggressive behaviour
- antiangiogenic — noting or pertaining to a substance that reduces the growth of new blood vessels needed by tumors to grow and metastasize.
- anticarcinogen — a chemical that acts against cancer
- anticoagulants — Also, anticoagulative [an-tee-koh-ag-yuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv, an-tahy-] /ˌæn ti koʊˈæg yəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪv, ˌæn taɪ-/ (Show IPA). preventing coagulation, especially of blood.
- antiforeignism — the policy or practice of showing hostility toward foreigners, foreign customs, etc.
- antigovernment — opposed to government
- antilogarithms — Plural form of antilogarithm.
- antiodontalgic — of use in the treatment of toothache
- antiphlogistic — of or relating to the prevention or alleviation of inflammation
- antiregulatory — opposed to regulation
- antitechnology — opposed to technology or the use of technological devices
- anyone's guess — something difficult to predict
- apostrophizing — Present participle of apostrophize.
- 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
- arachnological — relating to arachnology
- argonne forest — a wooded region in NE France: battles, World War I, 1918; World War II, 1944.
- argumentations — Plural form of argumentation.
- armor-piercing — (of bullets, artillery shells, etc.) designed especially for piercing armor.
- 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.
- as good as new — If you say that something or someone is as good as new, you mean that they are in a very good condition or state, especially after they have been damaged or ill.
- ascending node — the node through which an orbiting body passes as it moves to the north (opposed to descending node).
- assistance dog — a dog that has been specially trained to live with and accompany a disabled person, carrying out such tasks as prompting them to take medication or assisting them to cross a road
- astronavigator — One who performs astronavigation; an astronaut or space pilot.
- at close range — If you see or hit something at close range or from close range, you are very close to it when you see it or hit it. If you do something at a range of half a mile, for example, you are half a mile away from it when you do it.
- auction bridge — a variety of bridge, now generally superseded by contract bridge, in which all the tricks made score towards the game
- auger-electron — a nonradiative process in which an atom in an excited state undergoes a transition to a lower state by the emission of a bound electron (Auger electron) rather than by the emission of an x-ray.
- autoregression — (mathematics) An autoregressive process that is used to model many types of natural behaviour.
- autoregulation — the continual automatic adjustment or self-regulation of a biochemical, physiological, or ecological system to maintain a stable state.
- autosuggestion — a process of suggestion in which the person unconsciously supplies or consciously attempts to supply the means of influencing his own behaviour or beliefs
- aviation badge — wings.
- aviation-badge — Also called aviation badge. Military Informal. a badge bearing the image of a spread pair of bird's wings with a distinctive center design, awarded to an aircrewman on completion of certain requirements.
- babbling brook — a cook
- babbling error — (networking) An Ethernet node attempting to transmit more than 1518 data bytes - the largest allowed Ethernet packet. This is why the Maximum Transmission Unit for IP traffic on Ethernet is 1500.
- backing vocals — a vocal accompaniment for a pop singer
- ballot rigging — Ballot rigging is the act of illegally changing the result of an election by producing a false record of the number of votes.
- bamboo turning — turning of spindles and framing members to simulate the jointing of bamboo.
- bang to rights — caught red-handed
- barber-surgeon — (formerly) a barber practicing surgery and dentistry.
- barnacle goose — a N European goose, Branta leucopsis, that has a black-and-white head and body and grey wings