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14-letter words containing a, n, t, r, c

  • alpha-carotene — a common form of carotene found in certain vegetables and fruit
  • alpine currant — an ornamental shrub, Ribes alpinum, of Europe, having greenish-yellow flowers and scarlet fruit.
  • amaranthaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Amaranthaceae (or Amarantaceae), a family of tropical and temperate herbaceous or shrubby flowering plants that includes the amaranths and cockscomb
  • american cloth — a glazed or waterproofed cotton cloth
  • american lotus — water chinquapin (def 1).
  • american party — an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
  • american twist — a service in which the ball is spun so as to bounce high and to the left of the receiver.
  • amphotericin b — an antibiotic compound, C46H73NO20, used in treating certain diseases caused by parasitic fungi, such as systemic candidiasis
  • amrit ceremony — the ceremony of initiation into the Khalsa, at which amrit is drunk by and sprinkled on the heads of candidates for initiation
  • anagrammatical — Alternative form of anagrammatic.
  • anal character — Psychoanalysis. a group of personality traits including meticulousness, compulsiveness, and rigidity, believed to be associated with excessive preoccupation with the anal phase as a child, with effects lingering into adulthood.
  • analytical crm — (business)   Software which helps a business build customer relationships and analyse ways to improve them.
  • anchoritically — in the manner of or resembling an anchorite
  • ancient regime — ancien régime.
  • andrew project — (project)   A distributed system project for support of educational and research computing at Carnegie Mellon University, named after Andrew Carnegie, an American philanthropist who provided money to establish CMU. See also Andrew File System, Andrew Message System, Andrew Toolkit, class.
  • angelic doctor — an epithet of Saint Thomas Aquinas
  • ankle bracelet — an ornamental chain worn around the ankle
  • antaphrodisiac — Capable of reducing the sex drive.
  • antarctic zone — the section of the earth's surface lying between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.
  • antenatal care — the medical care that women receive when they are pregnant
  • anthropometric — the measurement of the size and proportions of the human body.
  • anthropopathic — Of or relating to anthropopathy.
  • anthropophobic — relating to the fear of people and human companionship
  • anti-bacterial — destructive to or inhibiting the growth of bacteria.
  • anti-corporate — of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations: a corporate executive; She considers the new federal subsidy just corporate welfare.
  • anti-neuralgic — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
  • antiadrenergic — Preventing or counteracting the effects of adrenaline.
  • antiallergenic — not causing an allergic reaction
  • antiarrhythmic — a drug that corrects irregular heartbeat
  • anticarcinogen — a chemical that acts against cancer
  • anticensorship — opposed to a policy or programme of censoring
  • anticipatorily — of, showing, or expressing anticipation.
  • anticommercial — opposed to profit-seeking or commercialism
  • anticommutator — (mathematics) A function of two elements A and B, defined as AB + BA.
  • anticonformity — action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc.
  • anticorrosives — Plural form of anticorrosive.
  • anticorruption — the opposition to or prevention of corruption
  • antidemocratic — opposed to the principles or practice of democracy
  • antidromically — in an antidromic manner
  • antienergistic — resisting applied energy
  • antihistorical — opposed to history or to methods which emphasize or require historical study
  • antilock brake — a brake fitted to some road vehicles that prevents skidding and improves control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
  • antimicrobials — Plural form of antimicrobial.
  • antimonarchist — opposed to a monarchy
  • antiphrastical — the use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning.
  • antipsychiatry — an approach to mental disorders that makes use of concepts derived from existentialism, psychoanalysis, and sociological theory
  • antiradicalism — the opposition to radicalism
  • antireflective — treated in some way to prevent reflection
  • antirepublican — opposed to the principles or practice of republicanism
  • antiscriptural — opposed to or contradicting scripture
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