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14-letter words containing a, n, t, h

  • art exhibition — an exhibition of works of art such as pictures
  • arthrocentesis — The clinical procedure of using a syringe to collect synovial fluid from a joint capsule, used in the diagnosis of gout, arthritis, and synovial infections.
  • arthroconidium — A kind of asexual fungal spore, typically produced by segmentation of pre-existing fungal hyphae.
  • asphalt jungle — an expression used to refer to a city environment, which emphasizes its dangerous nature
  • assistantships — Plural form of assistantship.
  • 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.
  • asthenospheric — relating to the asthenosphere
  • asynchronicity — (uncountable) The state of being asynchronous.
  • asynchronistic — Not synchronistic.
  • at full length — stretched out; completely extended
  • at one's heels — just behind or following closely
  • at second hand — If you experience something at second hand, you are told about it by other people rather than experiencing it yourself.
  • at the hand of — through the action of
  • austrian shade — a window shade in which the fabric falls in a series of puffy festoons created by vertical rows of shirring.
  • authenticating — to establish as genuine.
  • authentication — to establish as genuine.
  • authorisations — Plural form of authorisation.
  • authoritarians — Plural form of authoritarian.
  • authorizations — Plural form of authorization.
  • azidothymidine — an antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV/AIDS
  • back and forth — If someone moves back and forth, they repeatedly move in one direction and then in the opposite direction.
  • back-and-forth — backward and forward; side to side; to and fro: a back-and-forth shuttling of buses to the stadium; the back-and-forth movement of a clock's pendulum.
  • backscratching — a long-handled device for scratching one's own back.
  • balance weight — a weight used in machines to counterbalance a part, as of a crankshaft
  • ball lightning — a luminous electrically charged ball occasionally seen during electrical storms
  • ban-the-bomber — a person who vigorously advocates banning the development or use of nuclear weapons.
  • bang to rights — caught red-handed
  • bargain hunter — A bargain hunter is someone who is looking for goods that are value for money, usually because they are on sale at a lower price than normal.
  • basting thread — inexpensive, loosely twisted thread that can be easily pulled out when permanent stitching is in place
  • batement light — a compartment of a window with tracery, the bottom of which is formed by the arched head of a compartment or compartments below.
  • bathing beauty — an attractive girl in a swimming costume
  • bathing trunks — Bathing trunks are shorts that a man wears when he goes swimming.
  • batting helmet — a rigid plastic cap with a sidepiece extending down over the ear, worn for protection while batting
  • bayonet charge — a charge by riflemen with fixed bayonets
  • be in the wars — If someone has been in the wars, they have been injured, for example in a fight or in an accident.
  • be in the wash — If you say that something such as an item of clothing is in the wash, you mean that it is being washed, is waiting to be washed, or has just been washed and should therefore not be worn or used.
  • be on the ball — to be alert; be efficient
  • bead lightning — lightning in which the intensity appears to vary along the path and which thus resembles a string of beads.
  • beclomethasone — a potent synthetic corticosteroid, C 28 H 37 ClO 7 , prepared as an inhalant in the treatment of bronchial asthma.
  • bengal catechu — catechu.
  • benzanthracene — a carcinogenic hydrocarbon
  • beta-endorphin — a potent endorphin released by the anterior pituitary gland in response to pain, trauma, exercise, or other forms of stress.
  • bipartisanship — representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions: Government leaders hope to achieve a bipartisan foreign policy.
  • birthing chair — a chair constructed to allow a woman in labour to give birth in a sitting position
  • bisphosphonate — any drug of a class that inhibits the resorption of bone; used in treating certain bone disorders, esp osteoporosis
  • black as night — totally dark
  • black panthers — (in the US) a militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end the political dominance of White people
  • blanket finish — a finish so close that a blanket would cover all the contestants involved
  • blanket stitch — a strong reinforcing stitch for the edges of blankets and other thick material
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