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

  • at close range — If you see or hit something at close range or from close range, you are very close to it when you see it or hit it. If you do something at a range of half a mile, for example, you are half a mile away from it when you do it.
  • 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.
  • at one's peril — If you say that someone does something at their peril, you are warning them that they will probably suffer as a result of doing it.
  • at one's worst — When someone is at their worst, they are as unpleasant, bad, or unsuccessful as it is possible for them to be.
  • 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.
  • attrition rate — the rate at which customers or subscribers switch from one supplier to another
  • auction bridge — a variety of bridge, now generally superseded by contract bridge, in which all the tricks made score towards the game
  • auditory nerve — either of the eighth pair of cranial nerves, which connect the ear with the brain and carry impulses relating to sound and balance
  • auger-electron — a nonradiative process in which an atom in an excited state undergoes a transition to a lower state by the emission of a bound electron (Auger electron) rather than by the emission of an x-ray.
  • autocovariance — (statistics) The covariance of a signal with another part of the same signal.
  • autoenrollment — Automatic enrollment (especially of security certificates in a computer system).
  • autoregression — (mathematics) An autoregressive process that is used to model many types of natural behaviour.
  • autoregulation — the continual automatic adjustment or self-regulation of a biochemical, physiological, or ecological system to maintain a stable state.
  • autoresponders — Plural form of autoresponder.
  • auxiliary note — a nonharmonic note occurring between two harmonic notes
  • auxiliary tone — a melodic ornamental tone following a principal tone by a step above or below and returning to the principal tone; embellishment.
  • axis-ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
  • back to nature — If you want to get back to nature, you want to return to a simpler way of living.
  • backside-front — backend-to.
  • 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.
  • bancroft prize — one of a group of annual awards for literary achievement in American history and biography: administered by Columbia University.
  • basque country — Theregion comprising three provinces in N Spain, on the Bay of Biscay, inhabited by Basques: 2,803 sq mi (7,260 sq km); pop. 2,104,000
  • 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.
  • bayonet charge — a charge by riflemen with fixed bayonets
  • beard-stroking — deep thought
  • beta geminorum — Pollux
  • beta reduction — [lambda-calculus] The application of a lambda abstraction to an argument expression. A copy of the body of the lambda abstraction is made and occurrences of the bound variable being replaced by the argument. E.g. (\ x . x+1) 4 --> 4+1 Beta reduction is the only kind of reduction in the pure lambda-calculus. The opposite of beta reduction is beta abstraction. These are the two kinds of beta conversion. See also name capture.
  • beta-endorphin — a potent endorphin released by the anterior pituitary gland in response to pain, trauma, exercise, or other forms of stress.
  • betray oneself — to reveal one's true character, intentions, etc
  • binary counter — (electronics, hardware)   A digital circuit which has a clock input and a number of count outputs which give the number of clock cycles. The output may change either on rising or falling clock edges. The circuit may also have a reset input which sets all outputs to zero when asserted. The counter may be either a synchronous counter or a ripple counter.
  • bioaeronautics — the use of aircraft in the discovery, development, and protection of natural and biological resources
  • biodegradation — to decay and become absorbed by the environment: toys that will biodegrade when they're discarded.
  • bioregionalist — someone who believes in bioregionalism
  • bioremediation — the use of plants to extract heavy metals from contaminated soils and water
  • blanket-flower — any composite plant of the genus Gaillardia, having showy heads of yellow or red flowers.
  • blood relation — A blood relation or blood relative is someone who is related to you by birth rather than by marriage.
  • blotting paper — Blotting paper is thick soft paper that you use for soaking up and drying ink on a piece of paper.
  • born yesterday — brought forth by birth.
  • bornyl acetate — a colorless liquid, C 12 H 20 O 2 , having a piny, camphorlike odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of perfume, and as a plasticizer.
  • 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.
  • borrowing rate — the interest rate at which money may be borrowed, esp an official rate set by a central bank
  • botanic garden — a place in which plants are grown, studied, and exhibited
  • boundary-stone — a stone marking a boundary, sometimes giving information such as the initials of the local authority in whose jurisdiction the boundary is
  • branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
  • breaking point — If something or someone has reached breaking point, they have so many problems or difficulties that they can no longer cope with them, and may soon collapse or be unable to continue.
  • bring onstream — To bring onstream a plant, mine, oilfield, etc. is to start production there.
  • broken-hearted — Someone who is broken-hearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
  • bronchial tube — Your bronchial tubes are the two tubes which connect your windpipe to your lungs.
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