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15-letter words containing e, m, a, r

  • amegakaryocytic — Characterized by a lack of megakaryocytes.
  • america firster — a member or supporter of the America First Committee.
  • american beauty — a variety of hybrid, perennial red rose
  • american blight — any plant louse of the family Aphididae, characterized by a waxy secretion that appears like a jumbled mass of fine, curly, white cottony or woolly threads, as Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid or American blight) and Prociphilus tessellatus (woolly alder aphid)
  • american cheese — a type of smooth hard white or yellow cheese similar to a mild Cheddar
  • american copper — a malleable, ductile, metallic element having a characteristic reddish-brown color: used in large quantities as an electrical conductor and in the manufacture of alloys, as brass and bronze. Symbol: Cu; atomic weight: 63.54; atomic number: 29; specific gravity: 8.92 at 20°C.
  • american cotton — upland cotton.
  • american empire — a style of American furniture making and related crafts from c1815 to c1840, corresponding to the French Empire and late English Regency styles.
  • american gothic — a painting (1930) by Grant Wood.
  • american indian — American Indian people or things belong to or come from one of the native peoples of America.
  • american ipecac — a plant, Gillenia stipulata, of the rose family, of the eastern coast of the U.S., having white flowers on long stalks.
  • american league — one of the two major professional U.S. baseball leagues, established in 1900. Abbreviation: A.L.
  • american legion — an association of former member of the US armed forces
  • american linden — any tree of the genus Tilia, as T. americana (American linden) or T. europaea (European linden) having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and heart-shaped leaves, grown as an ornamental or shade tree. Compare linden family.
  • american marten — pine marten (def 2).
  • american smooth — a style of competitive ballroom dancing which incorporates elements of Latin dance
  • american wigeon — a bird of North America, Anas americana, that is similar to the wigeon; the male has a white crown
  • americanization — Americanization is the process by which people or countries become more and more similar to Americans and the United States.
  • americanologist — a foreign expert or specialist in American cultural or political matters: a leading Americanologist in the Kremlin.
  • amery ice shelf — an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the SW Indian Ocean, bordered by Enderby Land on the N and American Highland on the W.
  • amicable number — either of a pair of positive integers in which each member is equal to the sum of the submultiples of the other, as 220 and 284.
  • amphitheatrical — Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.
  • amyl propionate — a colorless liquid, C 8 H 16 O 2 , having an applelike odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of flavorings and perfume.
  • analog computer — a mechanical, electrical, or electronic computer that performs arithmetical operations by using some variable physical quantity, such as mechanical movement or voltage, to represent numbers
  • anamorphic lens — a component in the optical system of a film projector for converting standard 35mm film images into wide-screen format
  • andromonoecious — (of a plant species) having hermaphrodite and male flowers on the same plant
  • angel's-trumpet — any of several plants belonging to the genera Brugmansia and Datura, of the nightshade family, having large, trumpet-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
  • angry young men — a group of young writers in Great Britain after WWII, bitterly critical of upper-class and middle-class values, practices, etc.
  • angular measure — the units used to measure angles. Compare angle1 (def 1c).
  • animal behavior — behavior (def 2).
  • anne of denmark — 1574–1619, wife (from 1589) of James I of England and VI of Scotland
  • anthropometrics — the science of measuring the size and proportions of the human body (called anthropometry), especially as applied to the design of furniture and machines.
  • anti-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
  • anti-federalism — U.S. History. a member or supporter of the Antifederal party.
  • anti-liberalism — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
  • anticlericalism — opposed to the influence and activities of the clergy or the church in secular or public affairs.
  • antiferromagnet — a material which exhibits antiferromagnetism
  • antihemorrhagic — That stops or reduces hemorrhage.
  • antimaterialism — an attitude opposed to materialism
  • antimaterialist — opposed to materialism
  • antiremonstrant — the party that opposed the Remonstrants
  • apartment block — building: flats, apartments
  • apartment hotel — a hotel that rents furnished apartments or suites suitable for housekeeping, on a weekly or more permanent basis, and usually supplies all hotel services.
  • apartment house — a building containing a number of residential apartments.
  • apical meristem — meristem at the apex of a root or shoot.
  • apollo computer — (company)   A company making workstations often used for CAD. From 1980 to 1987, Apollo were the largest manufacturer of network workstations. Apollo workstations ran Aegis, a proprietary operating system with a Posix-compliant Unix alternative frontend. Apollo's networking was particularly elegant, among the first to allow demand paging over the network, and allowing a degree of network transparency and low sysadmin-to-machine ratio that is still unmatched. Apollo's largest customers were Mentor Graphics (electronic design), GM, Ford, Chrysler, and Boeing (mechanical design). Apollo was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 1989, and gradually closed down over the period 1990-1997.
  • approximateness — The quality of being approximate.
  • arabian jasmine — a climbing shrub, Jasminum sambac, of India, having hairy branches and very fragrant white flowers that turn purple with age, used in making jasmine tea; sampaguita.
  • arabic numerals — the figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and the 0 (zero) that originated in India; Hindu-Arabic numerals
  • arc de triomphe — the triumphal arch in Paris begun by Napoleon I to commemorate his victories of 1805–6 and completed in 1836
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