15-letter words containing a, s, t, e, r
- a hornet's nest — If you say that someone has stirred up a hornet's nest, you mean that they have done something which has caused a lot of argument or trouble.
- a shingle short — unintelligent or mentally subnormal
- a small fortune — a very high price or cost
- a stone's throw — If you say that one place is a stone's throw from another, you mean that the places are close to each other.
- a straight face — If you manage to keep a straight face, you manage to look serious, although you want to laugh.
- absorbabilities — Plural form of absorbability.
- absorption edge — a discontinuity in the graph of the absorption coefficient of a substance plotted against the wavelength of x-rays being absorbed, representing the minimum energy necessary to free electrons from particular shells of the atoms of the substance.
- abstract number — a number that does not designate the quantity of any particular kind of thing.
- accelerationist — a person, especially an economist, who advocates or promotes the acceleration principle.
- accessorization — to fit or equip with accessories: to accessorize a car with special seat covers.
- accessory fruit — a fruit having enlarged accessory structures in addition to those formed from the ovary, as the strawberry, in which the fleshy tissue is the enlarged receptacle and the true fruits are the small, dry achenes borne on its surface
- achromatic lens — a system of two or more lenses that is substantially free from chromatic aberration and in which the lenses are made of different substances so that the focal length of the system is the same for two or three wavelengths of light.
- acid test ratio — a ratio of cash, receivables, and marketable securities to current liabilities, used in determining credit risks.
- acoustic screen — a fabric-covered, double-sided screen used in open areas such as offices to absorb noise
- acoustoelectric — electroacoustic.
- acroanaesthesia — (pathology) Loss of sensation in the extremities.
- act of congress — a law that has been passed by both houses of the US Congress and signed by the president; if the president has chosen to veto the bill, it can be passed by a two-thirds majority in Congress
- actinide series — a series of 15 radioactive elements with increasing atomic numbers from actinium to lawrencium
- actinium series — a radioactive decay series that starts with uranium-235 and ends with lead-207
- actinochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with actinism; photochemistry.
- activity series — a table of metals, listed in the order of their ability to replace other metals while in solution
- acute bisectrix — See under bisectrix (def 1).
- adamawa-eastern — a branch of the Niger-Congo family of languages, centered in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and the Central African Republic, including Sango and Zande.
- adhesive factor — the ratio of the force that can be exerted on driving wheels with full traction to the weight on the driving wheels, usually expressed as a percentage.
- adjustable-rate — designating or of a debt obligation, esp. a mortgage on real property, having terms which allow the interest rate to change over time
- admiralty house — the official residence of the Governor General of Australia, in Sydney
- adoption papers — documentation relating to the adoption of a particular child
- adrenalectomies — Plural form of adrenalectomy.
- adrenoreceptors — Plural form of adrenoreceptor.
- adventuresomely — In an adventuresome manner.
- adventurousness — the quality of being adventurous
- advertising man — adman (def 1).
- aerodynamicists — Plural form of aerodynamicist.
- aerotitis media — temporary deafness and pain arising from traumatic inflammation of the middle ear, caused by a rapid change in barometric pressure, as a rise in ambient cabin pressure in an aircraft descending from high altitude for landing.
- affirmativeness — The property of being affirmative.
- after a fashion — If you say that something was done after a fashion, you mean that it was done, but not very well.
- aftershave balm — a soothing lotion for application to the face after shaving
- aggregate score — a score calculated by adding the results of several matches
- agulhas current — a fast, warm ocean current flowing southwest along the SE coast of Africa
- air-superiority — designating a fighter aircraft built for long patrol capability at high altitudes and supersonic speeds, with air-to-air combat as its principal mission.
- airmail sticker — a sticker that is put on airmail letters to make sure they are not sent by surface mail
- albertus magnus — Saint. original name Albert, Count von Böllstadt. ?1193–1280, German scholastic philosopher; teacher of Thomas Aquinas and commentator on Aristotle. Feast day: Nov 15
- alfred e. smith — Adam, 1723–90, Scottish economist.
- algebra of sets — a nonempty collection of sets having the property that the union of two sets of the collection is a set of the collection and the complement of each set of the collection is a set in the collection.
- algerian stripe — a fabric woven with alternate stripes of coarse cotton and silk, usually cream-colored.
- alligator shear — heavy shears for cutting metal slabs.
- alpes-maritimes — a department of the SE corner of France in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region. Capital: Nice. Pop: 1 045 973 (2003 est). Area: 4298 sq km (1676 sq miles)
- altar of repose — a pedestal or niche upon which the sacraments are preserved from Maundy Thursday to Good Friday.
- alternativeness — The state of being alternative or representing alternatives.
- ambrosia beetle — any of various small beetles of the genera Anisandrus, Xyleborus, etc, that bore tunnels into solid wood, feeding on fungi growing in the tunnels: family Scolytidae (bark beetles)
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