14-letter words containing a, r, e
- aquatic centre — a complex with facilities for water sports, including swimming pools
- aqueous humour — the watery fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens
- arabia deserta — an ancient division of Arabia, in the N part between Syria and Mesopotamia.
- arabia petraea — an ancient division of Arabia, in the NW part.
- arabian coffee — a tall, widely cultivated shrub (Coffea arabica) of the madder family, yielding coffee beans that are the world's chief source of commercially produced coffee: native to Africa but now present throughout the tropics, esp. in Brazil
- arabian desert — a desert in E Egypt, between the Nile, the Gulf of Suez, and the Red Sea: mountainous parts rise over 1800 m (6000 ft). Area: about 220 000 sq km (85 000 sq miles)
- arabic numeral — one of the symbols 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (opposed to Roman numerals)
- arable farming — the growing of arable crops
- araguaya-river — a river flowing N from central Brazil to the Tocantins River. about 1100 miles (1770 km) long.
- arborsculpture — The art and craft technique of growing and shaping tree trunks.
- arc-jet engine — a type of rocket engine using propellant gas heated by an electric arc.
- archaebacteria — (formerly) a group of microorganisms now regarded as members of the Archaea
- archaeocyathid — one of the marine invertebrates of the extinct phylum Archaeocyatha, widely distributed during the Cambrian Period, having a limy, typically conical or cylindrical skeleton composed of sievelike inner and outer walls.
- archaeological — of or relating to archaeology.
- archaeologists — Plural form of archaeologist.
- archaeometrist — a person who uses archaeometry
- archaeozoology — the analysis and interpretation of animal remains found at archaeological sites
- archebacterium — (biology) alternative spelling of archaebacterium.
- archencephalon — the primitive forebrain region of the embryo, anterior to the notochord, that gives rise to the midbrain and forebrain.
- archetypically — the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
- archgenethliac — the person most proficient at casting horoscopes
- archidiaconate — the office, term of office, or area of jurisdiction of an archdeacon
- archiepiscopal — of or associated with an archbishop
- archimandrites — Plural form of archimandrite.
- archipterygium — (anatomy) A primitive fin, like that of Ceratodus.
- architectonics — the science of architecture
- arctic current — a cold ocean current flowing S along the Labrador coast through Davis Strait to the Grand Banks where it divides, the E branch joining the North Atlantic Current and the W branch flowing into the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
- arctic monkeys — British rock group (formed 2002): comprising Alex Turner (born 1986; vocals, guitar), Jamie Cook (born 1985, guitar), Matt Helders (born 1986, drums, vocals) and Nick O'Malley (born 1985, bass guitar); their albums include Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), and AM (2013)
- arctic redpoll — a finch, Carduelis hornemanni, of the family Fringillidae, which breeds in tundra birch forest
- ardent spirits — spirits, such as rum, whisky, etc
- area pellucida — the translucent central area of the blastoderm of birds and reptiles within which the embryo develops.
- area vasculosa — that part of the area opaca in which the blood cells and vessels are formed.
- area vitellina — the nonvascular part of the area opaca surrounding the area vasculosa.
- areal velocity — a measure of the velocity of one celestial body in orbit about another, equal to the area swept out per unit time by the vector joining the two bodies.
- argonne forest — a wooded region in NE France: battles, World War I, 1918; World War II, 1944.
- argue the toss — to wrangle or dispute at length
- argumentations — Plural form of argumentation.
- argus pheasant — either of two pheasants, Argusianus argus (great argus) or Rheinardia ocellata (crested argus), occurring in SE Asia and Indonesia. The males have very long tails marked with eyelike spots
- arithmetically — the method or process of computation with figures: the most elementary branch of mathematics.
- arkansas stone — a type of stone used as a whetstone for metal objects, especially knives.
- armamentariums — Plural form of armamentarium.
- armor-piercing — (of bullets, artillery shells, etc.) designed especially for piercing armor.
- arms inspector — a person who carries out an arms inspection
- aromatherapist — An aromatherapist is a person who is qualified to practise aromatherapy.
- arrest warrant — a legal document giving permission to arrest someone
- arresting gear — any mechanism or device for bringing something to a stop, as an airplane landing on an aircraft carrier.
- arriere-pensee — an unrevealed thought or intention
- arrondissement — the largest administrative subdivision of a department
- art collection — a collection of art works
- art exhibition — an exhibition of works of art such as pictures