14-letter words containing a, t, y
- apotropaically — in an apotropaic manner
- appendicectomy — surgical removal of any appendage, esp the vermiform appendix
- appleton layer — the F region of the ionosphere
- appreciatively — feeling or showing appreciation: an appreciative audience at the concert.
- aquaculturally — In an aquacultural manner; with regard to, or by means of, aquaculture.
- arachnodactyly — A condition in which the fingers and hands are abnormally long and slender.
- archaeocyathid — one of the marine invertebrates of the extinct phylum Archaeocyatha, widely distributed during the Cambrian Period, having a limy, typically conical or cylindrical skeleton composed of sievelike inner and outer walls.
- archetypically — the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
- archipterygium — (anatomy) A primitive fin, like that of Ceratodus.
- arctic monkeys — British rock group (formed 2002): comprising Alex Turner (born 1986; vocals, guitar), Jamie Cook (born 1985, guitar), Matt Helders (born 1986, drums, vocals) and Nick O'Malley (born 1985, bass guitar); their albums include Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), and AM (2013)
- areal velocity — a measure of the velocity of one celestial body in orbit about another, equal to the area swept out per unit time by the vector joining the two bodies.
- arithmetically — the method or process of computation with figures: the most elementary branch of mathematics.
- arthrogryposis — (countable, pathology) The permanent fixation of a joint in a contracted position.
- artificial eye — a manufactured eye of glass, plastic, or other material, usually hemispherical or cup-shaped, worn cosmetically over a blind eye or in the socket of a lost eye and sometimes attached to muscles to provide movement.
- as you like it — a comedy (1599?) by Shakespeare.
- assembly plant — An assembly plant is a factory where large items such as cars are put together, usually using parts which have been made in other factories.
- assembly point — a designated place where people have been told to wait after evacuating a building in the event of a fire or other emergency
- asseveratingly — in an asseverating or affirming manner
- assimilability — the capacity to be assimilated or made similar
- assisted dying — the suicide of a person afflicted by an incurable disease, using a lethal dose of drugs provided by a physician for this purpose
- astigmatoscopy — examination by means of an astigmatoscope.
- astrochemistry — the study of the chemistry of celestial bodies and space, esp by means of spectroscopy
- astrolithology — The science of aerolites.
- astrologically — In an astrological manner.
- astronomically — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- astrophysicist — An astrophysicist is someone who studies astrophysics.
- asymmetrically — not identical on both sides of a central line; unsymmetrical; lacking symmetry: Most faces are asymmetric.
- asymptotically — of or relating to an asymptote.
- asynchronicity — (uncountable) The state of being asynchronous.
- asynchronistic — Not synchronistic.
- 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 physics — the branch of physics concerned with the structure and behaviour of atomic nuclei
- attemptability — the capability of being attempted or condition of being attemptable
- attractability — The quality of being attractable.
- auditory canal — the narrow passageway from the outer ear to the eardrum.
- 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
- augmentatively — In an augmentative fashion.
- authority file — a file, either on cards or in machine-readable format, in which decisions involving bibliographic records, particularly for form of entry, are recorded to establish a precedent or rule for subsequent decisions and to provide for consistency of entries.
- autocoprophagy — the consumption of one's own faeces
- autocratically — In an autocratic manner.
- autopolyploidy — having more than two haploid sets of chromosomes that are derived from the same ancestral species.
- autoreactivity — (immunology) The condition of being autoreactive.
- autotypography — a process in which drawings are executed on gelatin before being impressed on a soft metal plate to allow for printing
- 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.
- azidothymidine — an antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV/AIDS
- baby-battering — the physical abuse of a baby or young child
- bachelor party — A bachelor party is a party for a man who is getting married very soon, to which only men are invited.
- barbary states — semi-independent Turkish provinces along the coast of N Africa (16th-19th cent.); Tripoli, Tunisia, Algeria, & Morocco
- barium-hydrate — Also called calcined baryta, barium oxide, barium monoxide, barium protoxide. a white or yellowish-white poisonous solid, BaO, highly reactive with water: used chiefly as a dehydrating agent and in the manufacture of glass.