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14-letter words containing a, r, g

  • alley cropping — a method of planting in which rows of trees are interspersed with rows of crops, improving the soil and providing nutrients, particularly nitrogen, to the crops.
  • alligator clip — a spring-loaded fastening device having jaws with a sawlike edge that resemble those of an alligator, used as to make a temporary electrical connection
  • alligator pear — avocado
  • alpha virginis — spica
  • alpine glacier — a glacier that descends from a high valley
  • alveolar ridge — the ridgelike border of the upper and lower jaws containing the sockets of the teeth.
  • american eagle — the bald eagle, esp when depicted as the national emblem of the US
  • american organ — a reed organ having a suction bellows that draws the air in through the reeds.
  • among other(s) — You use expressions like among other things or among others to indicate that there are several more facts, things, or people like the one or ones mentioned, but that you do not intend to mention them all.
  • an early night — If you have an early night, you go to bed early. If you have a late night, you go to bed late.
  • anagrammatical — Alternative form of anagrammatic.
  • anagrammatized — Simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize.
  • anchorage dues — money paid so that a ship can anchor somewhere
  • ancient regime — ancien régime.
  • and everything — You say 'and everything' after mentioning a particular thing or list of things to indicate that they are only examples and that other things are also involved.
  • andorra-prolog — (language)  
  • angelic doctor — an epithet of Saint Thomas Aquinas
  • anglo-american — of or relating to relations between England and the United States or their peoples
  • angostura bark — the bitter aromatic bark of certain South American rutaceous trees of the genus Cusparia or Galipea, formerly used medicinally to reduce fever
  • anopisthograph — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on only one side of the leaves.
  • 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-neuralgic — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
  • antiadrenergic — Preventing or counteracting the effects of adrenaline.
  • antiaggression — opposing aggressive behaviour
  • antiallergenic — not causing an allergic reaction
  • anticarcinogen — a chemical that acts against cancer
  • antienergistic — resisting applied energy
  • antiforeignism — the policy or practice of showing hostility toward foreigners, foreign customs, etc.
  • antigovernment — opposed to government
  • antilogarithms — Plural form of antilogarithm.
  • antiregulatory — opposed to regulation
  • apostrophizing — Present participle of apostrophize.
  • approach light — one of a series of lights installed along the projected centerline of an airport runway to assist a pilot in aligning the aircraft during the approach to landing at night.
  • approach stage — the stage of landing when a plane is approaching the runway
  • 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
  • arabian nights — Thea collection of ancient tales from Arabia, India, Persia, etc.
  • arable farming — the growing of arable crops
  • arachnological — relating to arachnology
  • araguaya-river — a river flowing N from central Brazil to the Tocantins River. about 1100 miles (1770 km) long.
  • arc-jet engine — a type of rocket engine using propellant gas heated by an electric arc.
  • archaeological — of or relating to archaeology.
  • archaeologists — Plural form of archaeologist.
  • archaeozoology — the analysis and interpretation of animal remains found at archaeological sites
  • archgenethliac — the person most proficient at casting horoscopes
  • archipterygium — (anatomy) A primitive fin, like that of Ceratodus.
  • argand diagram — a diagram in which complex numbers are represented by the points in the plane the coordinates of which are respectively the real and imaginary parts of the number, so that the number x + iy is represented by the point (x, y), or by the corresponding vector <x, y>. If the polar coordinates of (x, y) are (r, θ), r is the modulus and θ the argument of x + iy
  • argonne forest — a wooded region in NE France: battles, World War I, 1918; World War II, 1944.
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