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14-letter words containing a, t, o, n, e, m

  • asthenospermic — (medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile.
  • at one's mercy — compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner.
  • atomic veteran — a veteran of the armed forces who was exposed to radioactivity during the testing or use of nuclear (atomic) weapons in World War II or subsequent wars.
  • autoenrollment — Automatic enrollment (especially of security certificates in a computer system).
  • azidothymidine — an antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV/AIDS
  • bamboo network — a network of close-knit Chinese entrepreneurs with large corporate empires in southeast Asia
  • ban-the-bomber — a person who vigorously advocates banning the development or use of nuclear weapons.
  • base community — (especially in South America) a group of people taking part in religious devotions and Bible study, who seek to apply this in their socioeconomic and political situation.
  • base component — the system of rules in a transformational grammar that specify the deep structure of the language
  • battered woman — See under battered woman syndrome.
  • battered-women — the array of physical and psychological injuries exhibited by women (battered women or battered wives) who have been beaten repeatedly or otherwise abused by their partners or spouses.
  • beclomethasone — a potent synthetic corticosteroid, C 28 H 37 ClO 7 , prepared as an inhalant in the treatment of bronchial asthma.
  • beta geminorum — Pollux
  • billy no-mates — a person with no friends
  • biocontainment — the confinement, as by sealed-off chambers, of materials that are harmful or potentially harmful to life.
  • bioremediation — the use of plants to extract heavy metals from contaminated soils and water
  • blue mountains — a mountain range in the US, in NE Oregon and SE Washington. Highest peak: Rock Creek Butte, 2773 m (9097 ft)
  • bornyl formate — a liquid, C 11 H 18 O 2 , having a piny odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of soaps and disinfectants.
  • bring onstream — To bring onstream a plant, mine, oilfield, etc. is to start production there.
  • by appointment — If something can be done by appointment, people can arrange in advance to do it at a particular time.
  • cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
  • calendar month — A calendar month is one of the twelve months of the year.
  • camp pendleton — a U.S. Marine Corps base in SW California on the Gulf of Santa Catalina.
  • caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
  • caramelization — the conversion of sugar into caramel, caused by heating
  • carpenter moth — any of various large moths of the family Cossidae, the larvae of which bore beneath and cause damage to tree bark
  • carpet bombing — Carpet bombing is heavy bombing from aircraft, with the intention of hitting as many places as possible in a particular area.
  • casement cloth — a sheer fabric made of a variety of fibers, used for window curtains and as backing for heavy drapery or decorative fabrics.
  • castrametation — the art of designing and laying out an encampment
  • celto-germanic — having the characteristics of both the Celtic and Germanic peoples.
  • center of mass — the point in a body or system of bodies at which the entire mass may be assumed to be concentrated
  • central moment — a moment about the center of a distribution, usually the mean.
  • centre of mass — the point at which the mass of a system could be concentrated without affecting the behaviour of the system under the action of external linear forces
  • ceremonial tea — a Japanese green tea made from choice shade-grown leaves that are cured by a steaming, drying, and powdering process: used in chanoyu.
  • chemical toner — toner (def 4).
  • chemical-toner — a person or thing that tones.
  • chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
  • chemotaxonomic — of or relating to chemotaxonomy
  • cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
  • chronometrical — a timepiece or timing device with a special mechanism for ensuring and adjusting its accuracy, for use in determining longitude at sea or for any purpose where very exact measurement of time is required.
  • cinametography — Misspelling of cinematography.
  • cinematography — Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema.
  • cinnamon stone — essonite
  • cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
  • combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
  • come naturally — If something comes naturally to you, you find it easy to do and quickly become good at it.
  • come to an end — to become completed or exhausted
  • comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier
  • commemorations — Plural form of commemoration.
  • commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
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