14-letter words containing a, n, y, t
- bird sanctuary — an area of land in which birds are protected and encouraged to breed
- blankety-blank — damned
- blantyre-limbe — a city in S Malawi: largest city in the country; formed in 1956 from the adjoining towns of Blantyre and Limbe. Pop: 647 000 (2005 est)
- boarding party — group of officers or sailors who board a ship
- body snatching — the act or practice of robbing a grave to obtain a cadaver for dissection.
- bony labyrinth — an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. Synonyms: maze, network, web.
- born yesterday — brought forth by birth.
- bornyl acetate — a colorless liquid, C 12 H 20 O 2 , having a piny, camphorlike odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of perfume, and as a plasticizer.
- bornyl formate — a liquid, C 11 H 18 O 2 , having a piny odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of soaps and disinfectants.
- boundary-stone — a stone marking a boundary, sometimes giving information such as the initials of the local authority in whose jurisdiction the boundary is
- brandy snifter — snifter (def 1).
- breathtakingly — thrillingly beautiful, remarkable, astonishing, exciting, or the like: a breathtaking performance.
- britney spears — beers
- by a long shot — People sometimes use the expression by a long shot to emphasize the opinion they are giving.
- by acclamation — by an overwhelming majority without a ballot
- by appointment — If something can be done by appointment, people can arrange in advance to do it at a particular time.
- by implication — If you say that something is the case by implication, you mean that a statement, event, or situation implies that it is the case.
- by the vanload — in very large quantities
- byzantine rite — the rite of the Greek Orthodox Church and of certain Uniat churches, observed in the Greek language.
- call into play — to begin to operate
- cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
- catty-cornered — cater-cornered
- central valley — the chief wine-producing region of California, centered in San Joaquin County.
- chantilly lace — a delicate ornamental lace
- charge density — the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface
- charter colony — a colony, such as Virginia or Massachusetts, created by royal charter under the control of an individual, trading company, etc, and exempt from interference by the Crown
- chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
- cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
- christian year — a year in the ecclesiastical calendar, used especially in reference to the various feast days and special seasons.
- chrysanthemums — Plural form of chrysanthemum.
- cinametography — Misspelling of cinematography.
- cinematography — Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema.
- circumgyration — the act of rolling, turning, or travelling about
- circumnutatory — relating to circumnutation
- cisnormativity — (LGBT, neologism) The assumption that all human beings are cisgender, i.e. have a gender identity which matches the sex they were assigned at birth.
- clairaudiently — in a clairaudient manner
- climate canary — a human being or other living organism whose lack of health indicates environmental problems, reminiscent of the way in which live canaries were once used to detect the presence of poisonous gas in coal mines
- clinkety-clank — a succession of alternating clinks and clanks: the clinkety-clank of armored vehicles on the rough road.
- coevolutionary — of or relating to coevolution
- coincidentally — You use coincidentally when you want to draw attention to a coincidence.
- come naturally — If something comes naturally to you, you find it easy to do and quickly become good at it.
- commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commentary box — the place where the commentators on a sporting event sit
- commodity loan — a loan made to producers of commodities, whereby the trader buys commodities on credit and returns the loan after the commodities are sold
- community card — (in certain card games) a card that every player can use to form a hand in combination with the cards that he or she alone has been dealt
- community care — help available to persons living in their own homes, rather than services provided in residential institutions
- company doctor — a businessperson or accountant who specializes in turning ailing companies into profitable enterprises
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- concealability — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- conceivability — capable of being conceived; imaginable.