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18-letter words containing c, e, r, t, a

  • arbitration clause — a clause in a contract laying down that disputes between the parties should be settled by arbitration
  • arctic archipelago — group of mostly large islands in the Arctic Ocean off the N coast of Canada
  • aristotelian logic — the logical theories of Aristotle as developed in the Middle Ages, concerned mainly with syllogistic reasoning: traditional as opposed to modern or symbolic logic
  • arm's-length price — a price of a transaction agreed in accordance with market values, disregarding any connection such as common ownership of the companies involved
  • arsenic trisulfide — a yellow or red crystalline substance, As 2 S 3 , occurring in nature as the mineral orpiment, and used as a pigment (king's yellow) and in pyrotechnics.
  • artificial reality — virtual reality.
  • asciibetical order — (jargon, programming)   /as'kee-be'-t*-kl or'dr/ Used to indicate that data is sorted in ASCII collated order rather than alphabetical order. The main difference is that, in ASCII, all the upper case letters come before any of the lower case letters so, e.g., "Z" comes before "a".
  • asiatic black bear — a bear, Selenarctos thibetanus, of central and E Asia, whose coat is black with a pale V-shaped mark on the chest
  • assessment process — a series of steps that constitute a method of assessing students or workers
  • associate director — a person who is joined with one or more other directors in an enterprise, business, etc, having equal or nearly equal status
  • association cortex — any of the regions of the cerebral cortex of the brain connected by numerous nerve fibers to all parts of both cerebral hemispheres and coordinating such higher activities as learning and reasoning.
  • associative cortex — the part of the cortex that does not have direct connections to the senses or motor system and is thought to be involved in higher mental processes
  • associative memory — content addressable memory
  • ast computers, llc — (company)   The private company formed in January 1999 when Mr. Beny Alagem, the former chairman of Packard Bell NEC, Inc., bought the name and intellectual property of AST Research, Inc.. AST Computers, LLC provide hardware, software, and services for small US businesses. Address: Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • ast research, inc. — (company)   A company, formed some time before 1980, that was a leading personal computer manufacturer. AST developed desktop computers, mobile computers, and servers that were sold in more than 100 countries worldwide. In January 1999 the name and intellectual property were acquired by a new company named AST Computers, LLC. As of 2000-03-02 it was trading as ARI Service.
  • astrometric binary — a binary star that can be recognized as such because of its undulating proper motion.
  • asymmetric warfare — warfare in which opposing groups or nations have unequal military resources, and the weaker opponent uses unconventional weapons and tactics, as terrorism, to exploit the vulnerabilities of the enemy.
  • asymptotic freedom — a property of the force between quarks, according to quantum chromodynamics, such that they behave almost like free particles when they are close together within a hadron.
  • at/from a distance — If you are at a distance from something, or if you see it or remember it from a distance, you are a long way away from it in space or time.
  • athletic supporter — jockstrap
  • atmospheric engine — an early form of single-acting engine in which the power stroke is provided by atmospheric pressure acting upon a piston in an exhausted cylinder.
  • atmospheric window — wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum that can be transmitted through the earth's atmosphere. Atmospheric windows occur in the visible, infrared, and radio regions of the spectrum
  • attendance figures — the number of people present at events such as football matches or concerts
  • attendance officer — someone whose job is to keep records of students' attendance at school and to encourage students to attend
  • auditory phonetics — the branch of phonetics concerned with the perception of speech sounds by humans
  • australopithecines — Plural form of australopithecine.
  • authorized capital — the total amount of value of the shares that a company is allowed to distribute
  • autogenic training — a technique for reducing stress through mental exercises to produce physical relaxation
  • automatic exposure — the automatic adjustment of the lens aperture and shutter speed of a camera by a control mechanism
  • aviation insurance — Aviation insurance is insurance cover for aircraft, and for damage, injury, or loss of life or cargo while traveling on aircraft.
  • bachelor apartment — a flat consisting of one room that is used as a sitting room and bedroom, as well as a kitchenette and a bathroom
  • bachelor's-buttons — any of various plants of the daisy family with button-like flower heads
  • bachelorette party — A bachelorette party is a party for a woman who is getting married very soon, to which only women are invited.
  • back end generator — (tool)   (BEG) A code generator developed by H. Emmelmann et al at GMD, University Karlsruhe, Germany. Its input language is Back End Generator Language (BEGL).
  • back to square one — If you are back to square one, you have to start dealing with something from the beginning again because the way you were dealing with it has failed.
  • back/down to earth — If you come down to earth or back to earth, you have to face the reality of everyday life after a period of great excitement.
  • bankers-acceptance — a draft or bill of exchange that a bank has accepted. Abbreviation: BA. Also called banker's acceptance. Compare acceptance (def 6).
  • bargaining counter — A bargaining counter is the same as a bargaining chip.
  • basal conglomerate — a conglomerate deposited on an erosion surface and constituting the bottom layer of a stratigraphic series.
  • basket-handle arch — an arch having a symmetrical form drawn from an odd number of radii in excess of one, which increase in length from the springing toward the center.
  • battle of clontarf — a battle fought in 1014, near Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland, in which the Danes were defeated by the Irish but the Irish king, Brian Boru, was killed
  • benchmark position — a public service job used for comparison with a similar position, such as a position in commerce, for wage settlements
  • bichromate process — any of several methods of photography in which the light-sensitive medium is alkaline bichromate associated with a colloid such as gum, albumen, or gelatin.
  • biodiversification — the process by which the diversity of plants or animals develops or is increased within a particular region or group of organisms.
  • biological parents — the biological mother and father of a child
  • biological therapy — biotherapy
  • biz-core stability — (security)   Internet security products which secure the business core.
  • black lives matter — a political and social movement originating among African Americans, emphasizing basic human rights and racial equality for black people and campaigning against various forms of racism. Abbreviations: BLM, B.L.M.
  • black-necked stork — a large Australian stork, Xenorhyncus asiaticus, having a white plumage, dark green back and tail, and red legs
  • blackwater rafting — the sport of riding through underground caves on a large rubber tube
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