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15-letter words containing a, s, h, i

  • anti-historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • anti-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
  • anti-malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
  • antiaphrodisiac — something that represses sexual desire
  • antiarrhythmics — Plural form of antiarrhythmic.
  • anticholesterol — an agent which acts against cholesterol, either as an antibody produced naturally by many mammals or in the form of a drug
  • antichristianly — in an Antichristian manner
  • antifashionable — not conforming to mainstream fashion
  • antihypotensive — An antihypotensive is any drug that raises low blood pressure.
  • antishoplifting — designed to prevent shoplifting
  • apophthegmatise — to speak in apophthegms
  • apophthegmatist — a person who creates apophthegms
  • apostle pitcher — a stoneware pitcher decorated in relief with figures of the apostles.
  • apostrophically — (rhetoric) Using apostrophe; with sudden exclamatory dialogue.
  • apple macintosh — Macintosh
  • apprenticeships — Plural form of apprenticeship.
  • approach lights — lights on the runway that guide planes coming in to land
  • archaeobotanist — A person engaged in archaeobotany.
  • archiepiscopacy — a form of church government in which power is vested in archbishops.
  • archiepiscopate — the rank, office, or term of office of an archbishop
  • arthur brisbane — Arthur, 1864–1936, U.S. journalist.
  • asiago (cheese) — a hard, dry, sharply flavored cheese originally of N Italy
  • asian shorthair — a generic term for a group of breeds of short-haired cat of Burmese type, including the Bombay
  • asiatic cholera — cholera (def 1).
  • astrophysically — from an astrophysical point of view
  • astrophysicists — Plural form of astrophysicist.
  • at right angles — If two things are at right angles, they are situated so that they form an angle of 90° where they touch each other. You can also say that one thing is at right angles to another.
  • at short notice — Notice is used in expressions such as 'at short notice', 'at a moment's notice' or 'at twenty-four hours' notice', to indicate that something can or must be done within a short period of time.
  • at the earliest — At the earliest means not before the date or time mentioned.
  • atherosclerosis — a degenerative disease of the arteries characterized by patchy thickening of the inner lining of the arterial walls, caused by deposits of fatty material; a form of arteriosclerosis
  • atherosclerotic — Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with atherosclerosis.
  • athletic sports — sports, esp track and field events, in which athleticism is required
  • atmospherically — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • auf wiedersehen — goodbye, until we see each other again
  • augmented sixth — an interval greater than a major sixth by a chromatic half step.
  • austria-hungary — the Dual Monarchy established in 1867, consisting of what are now Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and parts of Poland, Romania, Ukraine, and Italy. The empire was broken up after World War I
  • authentications — Plural form of authentication.
  • autobiographers — Plural form of autobiographer.
  • autobiographies — Plural form of autobiography.
  • autoradiographs — Plural form of autoradiograph.
  • autoschediastic — offhand, with little forethought or preparation
  • bacchanalianism — the practice of bacchanalian behaviour; drunken revelry
  • back-scratching — a reciprocal exchange of favors, aid, or compliments
  • bacterial ghost — a bacterial cell that is emptied and filled artificially with another substance
  • bacteriophagous — Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
  • bag on the side — An extension to an established hack that is supposed to add some functionality to the original. Usually derogatory, implying that the original was being overextended and should have been thrown away, and the new product is ugly, inelegant, or bloated. Also "to hang a bag on the side [of]". "C++? That's just a bag on the side of C." "They want me to hang a bag on the side of the accounting system."
  • bahasa malaysia — the dialect of Malay used as the official language of Malaysia.
  • bait and switch — Bait and switch is used to refer to a sales technique in which goods are advertised at low prices in order to attract customers, although only a small number of the low-priced goods are available.
  • bait-and-switch — denoting a deceptive method of selling, by which customers, attracted to a store by sale items, are told either that the advertised bargain item is out of stock or is inferior to a higher-priced item that is available.
  • balanoposthitis — An inflammation of the glans penis and the prepuce.
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