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16-letter words containing e, n, t, a, m

  • anger management — Anger management is a set of guidelines that are designed to help people control their anger.
  • angular diameter — the angle that the apparent diameter of a celestial object subtends at the eye of the observer.
  • angular momentum — a property of a mass or system of masses turning about some fixed point; it is conserved in the absence of the action of external forces
  • animal magnetism — the quality of being attractive, esp to members of the opposite sex
  • animated cartoon — a film produced by photographing a series of gradually changing drawings, etc, which give the illusion of movement when the series is projected rapidly
  • annular ligament — any of various ligaments that encircle a part, such as the wrist, ankle, or trachea
  • anomalistic year — the interval between two successive passages of the earth through perihelion; 365.25964 mean solar days
  • antepenultimates — Plural form of antepenultimate.
  • anthropocentrism — an anthropocentric theory or view.
  • anthropometrical — Pertaining to anthropometry.
  • anthropomorphise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of anthropomorphize.
  • anthropomorphize — to attribute or ascribe human form or behaviour to (a god, animal, object, etc)
  • anthroposemiotic — Of or pertaining to anthroposemiotics.
  • anti-consumerism — a modern movement for the protection of the consumer against useless, inferior, or dangerous products, misleading advertising, unfair pricing, etc.
  • anti-development — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
  • anti-imperialist — opposed to imperialism
  • anti-materialism — preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
  • anti-materialist — a person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
  • anti-orientalism — a peculiarity or idiosyncrasy of the peoples of Asia, especially the East.
  • anti-sentimental — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
  • anticippointment — (informal, rare) A feeling of anticipation followed by disappointment.
  • antimony sulfate — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-insoluble solid, Sb 2 (SO 4) 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
  • antimony sulfide — antimony pentasulfide.
  • aplastic anaemia — anaemia caused by a defect in the body's ability to regenerate blood cells
  • archaeoastronomy — the scientific study of the beliefs and practices concerning astronomy that existed in ancient and prehistoric civilizations
  • archaeomagnetism — an archaeological technique for dating certain clay objects by measuring the extent to which they have been magnetized by the earth's magnetic field
  • armed neutrality — military preparedness without commitment, especially as the expressed policy of a neutral nation in wartime; readiness to counter with force an invasion of rights by any belligerent power.
  • arms and the man — a comedy (1898) by G. B. Shaw.
  • ascending rhythm — rising rhythm.
  • assembly routine — assembler (def 2a).
  • assessment tests — tests that form part of the regular assessment of students' knowledge and learning
  • asset management — the way in which the acquisition, use and disposal of the assets of an individual or a company are managed in order to maximize any profit they generate
  • astronomer royal — an honorary title awarded to an eminent British astronomer: until 1972, the Astronomer Royal was also director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory
  • attitude of mind — Your attitude of mind is your general way of thinking and feeling.
  • atwood's machine — a device consisting of two unequal masses connected by a string passed over a pulley, used to illustrate the laws of motion.
  • autotransformers — Plural form of autotransformer.
  • autumnal equinox — the time at which the sun crosses the plane of the equator away from the relevant hemisphere, making day and night of equal length. It occurs about Sept 23 in the N hemisphere (March 21 in the S hemisphere)
  • axminster carpet — a type of patterned carpet with a cut pile
  • badminton racket — the type of racket used in games of badminton
  • balloon mortgage — A balloon mortgage is a mortgage on which the repayments are relatively small until the large final payment.
  • baltimore canyon — a submarine valley cut into the continental shelf and slope seaward of Chesapeake Bay.
  • bargain basement — If you refer to something as a bargain basement thing, you mean that it is cheap and not very good quality.
  • bargain-basement — very low-priced.
  • barium carbonate — a white, poisonous, water-insoluble powder, BaCO 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of rodenticides, paints, and dyes.
  • baron tweedsmuir — the title of Scottish novelist John Buchan
  • basement complex — the undifferentiated assemblage of rock (basement rock) underlying the oldest stratified rocks in any region: usually crystalline, metamorphosed, and mostly, but not necessarily, Precambrian in age.
  • batesian mimicry — mimicry in which a harmless species is protected from predators by means of its resemblance to a harmful or inedible species
  • bathroom cabinet — a wall-mounted cabinet in a bathroom, typically with a mirror front and used for the storage of medicines and toiletries
  • be on the market — to be offered for sale
  • be the making of — to cause the success of
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