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15-letter words containing a, s, o

  • asclepiadaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Asclepiadaceae, a family of mostly tropical and subtropical flowering plants, including the milkweed and swallowwort, having pollen in the form of a waxy mass (pollinium): now usually regarded as a subfamily of the Apocynaceae
  • 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).
  • assemblypersons — Plural form of assemblyperson.
  • assign a policy — If you assign a policy, you transfer legal ownership of an insurance policy to another person.
  • assimilationism — the theory of promoting the incorporation and mixing of different groups in society
  • assimilationist — a person who favours and promotes the incorporation and mixing of different groups in society
  • association law — any law governing the association of ideas
  • astrobiologists — Plural form of astrobiologist.
  • astrodynamicist — a person who studies astrodynamics
  • astronautically — In an astronautic way.
  • astronavigation — celestial navigation
  • astrophotograph — a photograph of the heavenly bodies
  • astrophotometry — the measurement of the intensity of light of celestial objects.
  • astrophysically — from an astrophysical point of view
  • astrophysicists — Plural form of astrophysicist.
  • as…as they come — the most characteristic example of a class or type
  • at death's door — If you say that someone is at death's door, you mean they are very ill indeed and likely to die.
  • at pistol point — being under or using the threat of being shot
  • 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 controls — If someone is at the controls of a machine or other piece of equipment, they are operating it.
  • at the hands of — If someone experiences a particular kind of treatment, especially unpleasant treatment, at the hands of a person or organization, they receive it from them.
  • at your service — You can use 'at your service' after your name as a formal way of introducing yourself to someone and saying that you are willing to help them in any way you can.
  • 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
  • atlantic salmon — a valuable food and game fish, Salmo salar, mainly of northern coastal Atlantic waters or, when spawning, in freshwater streams tributary to the ocean.
  • atlas mountains — a mountain system of N Africa, between the Mediterranean and the Sahara. Highest peak: Mount Toubkal, 4165 m (13 664 ft)
  • atmospherically — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • atrabiliousness — The state or quality of being characterized by melancholy or glumness.
  • audubon society — a North American organization devoted to the conservancy of birds
  • augusta gregory — Lady Augusta (Isabella Augusta Persse) 1852–1932, Irish dramatist.
  • aurora borealis — the aurora seen around the North Pole
  • authentications — Plural form of authentication.
  • autobiographers — Plural form of autobiographer.
  • autobiographies — Plural form of autobiography.
  • autocannibalism — The eating of part of one's own body.
  • autodestructive — likely to cause one's own destruction
  • autodidacticism — any self-directed learning or self-education
  • autofluorescent — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting autofluorescence.
  • automatic focus — a system in a camera which automatically adjusts the lens so that the object being photographed is in focus, often one using infrared light to estimate the distance of the object from the camera
  • autoradiographs — Plural form of autoradiograph.
  • autoschediastic — offhand, with little forethought or preparation
  • autostereoscopy — The display of stereoscopic images without the use of special viewing equipment.
  • autotransformer — a transformer in which part of the winding is common to both primary and secondary circuits
  • autotransfusion — a process in which a patient receives some of his or her own blood in a transfusion rather than a donor's blood
  • autotransplants — Plural form of autotransplant.
  • aviator glasses — sunglasses that look like goggles
  • azobisformamide — (chemistry) azodicarbonamide.
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