14-letter words containing e, h, o, a
- andrew johnson — Andrew, 1808–75, seventeenth president of the U.S. 1865–69.
- androcephalous — having a human head
- anesthesiology — the science of anesthesia and anesthetics
- angle of pitch — the acute angle between the longitudinal axis of an aircraft or spacecraft and the direction of the wind relative to the vehicle.
- anterior tooth — a tooth in the front of the mouth; an incisor or cuspid.
- anthropoid ape — any primate of the family Pongidae, having no tail, elongated arms, and a highly developed brain. The group includes gibbons, orang-utans, chimpanzees, and gorillas
- anthropometric — the measurement of the size and proportions of the human body.
- anthroposphere — noosphere.
- anti bolshevik — a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
- anti-bolshevik — a person who is opposed to Bolshevism
- anticensorship — opposed to a policy or programme of censoring
- antidiarrhoeal — a drug used to prevent or treat diarrhoea
- antihemophilic — That counteracts bleeding in hemophiliacs.
- antihomosexual — opposed to homosexual people and behaviour
- antilymphocyte — (immunology, of an antibody) That acts against lymphocytes.
- antitechnology — opposed to technology or the use of technological devices
- apheliotropism — a tendency of certain plants to turn away from the sun; negative heliotropism
- aphthous fever — foot-and-mouth disease.
- apocryphalness — the quality of being apocryphal
- apophthegmatic — Alternative form of apothegmatic.
- apothecary jar — a small, covered jar, formerly used by druggists to hold pharmaceuticals, now chiefly in household use to hold spices, candies, cosmetics, etc., and sometimes decorated, as a lamp base or flower vase.
- apothegmatical — Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
- apple polisher — a sycophant; toady
- apple-polisher — to curry favor with someone, especially in an obsequious or flattering manner.
- approach stage — the stage of landing when a plane is approaching the runway
- aqueous humour — the watery fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens
- 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.
- archaeological — of or relating to archaeology.
- archaeologists — Plural form of archaeologist.
- archaeometrist — a person who uses archaeometry
- archaeozoology — the analysis and interpretation of animal remains found at archaeological sites
- archencephalon — the primitive forebrain region of the embryo, anterior to the notochord, that gives rise to the midbrain and forebrain.
- archidiaconate — the office, term of office, or area of jurisdiction of an archdeacon
- archiepiscopal — of or associated with an archbishop
- architectonics — the science of architecture
- argue the toss — to wrangle or dispute at length
- aromatherapist — An aromatherapist is a person who is qualified to practise aromatherapy.
- art exhibition — an exhibition of works of art such as pictures
- arteriographic — relating to arteriography
- arthrocentesis — The clinical procedure of using a syringe to collect synovial fluid from a joint capsule, used in the diagnosis of gout, arthritis, and synovial infections.
- arthroplasties — Plural form of arthroplasty.
- asthenospermia — (medicine) Loss or reduction in the strength or energy of sperm cells, hence infertility. Not always infertile many are subfertile.
- asthenospermic — (medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile.
- asthenospheric — relating to the asthenosphere
- astrochemistry — the study of the chemistry of celestial bodies and space, esp by means of spectroscopy
- at (the) worst — You use at worst or at the worst to indicate that you are mentioning the worst thing that might happen in a situation.
- at loggerheads — If two or more people or groups are at loggerheads, they disagree very strongly with each other.
- at one's heels — just behind or following closely
- at second hand — If you experience something at second hand, you are told about it by other people rather than experiencing it yourself.
- at the cost of — at the expense of losing