14-letter words containing a, r, h
- american cloth — a glazed or waterproofed cotton cloth
- american holly — See under holly (def 1).
- 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.
- amphiarthroses — a joint permitting only slight motion, as that between the vertebrae.
- amphiarthrosis — a type of articulation permitting only slight movement, as between the vertebrae of the backbone
- amphiprostylar — Amphiprostyle.
- amphiprostyles — Plural form of amphiprostyle.
- amphotericin b — an antibiotic compound, C46H73NO20, used in treating certain diseases caused by parasitic fungi, such as systemic candidiasis
- 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.
- anachronically — something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare.
- 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.
- analyzed rhyme — the use of assonance and consonance in a complex pattern at the ends of alternate lines of a quatrain, as in head, mat, met, had.
- anamorphoscope — an optical device, such as a cylindrical lens, for correcting an image that has been distorted by anamorphosis
- anchorage dues — money paid so that a ship can anchor somewhere
- anchoritically — in the manner of or resembling an anchorite
- 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.
- and/or whatnot — People sometimes say 'and whatnot' or 'or whatnot' after mentioning one or more things, to refer in a vague way to other things which are similar.
- andhra pradesh — a state of SE India, on the Bay of Bengal: formed in 1953 from parts of Tamil Nadu (then called Madras) and Hyderabad states. Capital: Hyderabad. Pop: 75 727 541 (2001). Area: about 275 068 sq km (106 204 sq miles)
- andrew johnson — Andrew, 1808–75, seventeenth president of the U.S. 1865–69.
- androcephalous — having a human head
- anesthesimeter — a device for measuring the amount of anesthetic given by inhalation.
- animal shelter — an establishment, especially one supported by charitable contributions, that provides a temporary home for dogs, cats, and other animals that are offered for adoption.
- anopisthograph — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on only one side of the leaves.
- antaphrodisiac — Capable of reducing the sex drive.
- anterior tooth — a tooth in the front of the mouth; an incisor or cuspid.
- anthony dollar — a cupronickel coin of the U.S., equal to one dollar, bearing a portrait of Susan B. Anthony on its obverse: first issued in 1979.
- anthropography — the study of human geography and variation; ethnography
- anthropoid ape — any primate of the family Pongidae, having no tail, elongated arms, and a highly developed brain. The group includes gibbons, orang-utans, chimpanzees, and gorillas
- anthropologist — a person who specializes in anthropology
- anthropometric — the measurement of the size and proportions of the human body.
- anthropopathic — Of or relating to anthropopathy.
- anthropophagus — A cannibal, especially in legends or fables.
- anthropophobia — the fear of people and human companionship
- anthropophobic — relating to the fear of people and human companionship
- anthropophuism — the attribution of human qualities to gods
- anthroposphere — noosphere.
- anti-apartheid — opposed to apartheid
- anti-authority — demonstrating a rejection of authority
- anti-diarrheal — an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
- antiarrhythmic — a drug that corrects irregular heartbeat
- anticensorship — opposed to a policy or programme of censoring
- antidiarrhoeal — a drug used to prevent or treat diarrhoea
- antihistorical — opposed to history or to methods which emphasize or require historical study
- antilogarithms — Plural form of antilogarithm.
- 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
- antithrombotic — preventing the formation of blood clots
- apheliotropism — a tendency of certain plants to turn away from the sun; negative heliotropism
- aphoristically — in an aphoristic manner