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16-letter words containing e, t

  • action committee — a group of people who come together to organize and supervise others who are fighting for a particular cause or carrying out a particular task
  • action potential — a localized change in electrical potential, from about –70 mV to +30 mV and back again, that occurs across a nerve fibre during transmission of a nerve impulse
  • activated carbon — a porous highly adsorptive form of carbon used to remove colour or impurities from liquids and gases, in the separation and extraction of chemical compounds, and in the recovery of solvents
  • activated sludge — a mass of aerated precipitated sewage added to untreated sewage to bring about purification by hastening decomposition by microorganisms
  • activation order — an instruction to create, mobilize, or organize a unit
  • active directory — (operating system)   A directory service from Microsoft Corporation, similar in concept to Novell Netware Directory Services, that also integrates with the user organisation's DNS structure and is interoperable with LDAP. Active Directory is included in Windows 2000.
  • active transport — a process by which molecules are enabled to pass across a membrane from a region in which they are in a low concentration to one of high concentration; this requires the expenditure of energy in metabolism and is assisted by carrier proteins, commonly referred to as pumps
  • adaptive routing — dynamic routing
  • add to the check — If you add an item or expense to the check at a restaurant or hotel, you put an extra charge onto a customer's bill to charge for an additional service they have used.
  • added title page — a title page preceding or following the main title page of a book, often giving a series title or the book title in another language.
  • addition polymer — a polymer formed by the direct reaction of two or more monomers, and with no resulting water or other by-product.
  • additive inverse — the number that must be added to a number to equal zero
  • additive process — a photographic process in which the desired colours are produced by adding together appropriate proportions of three primary colours
  • adhesive plaster — adhesive tape, especially in wide sheets.
  • adjective clause — a relative clause that modifies a noun or pronoun, as the clause that I told you about in This is the book that I told you about and who saw us in It was she who saw us.
  • adjective phrase — An adjective phrase or adjectival phrase is a group of words based on an adjective, such as 'very nice' or 'interested in football.' An adjective phrase can also consist simply of an adjective.
  • adjustable-pitch — (of a marine or aircraft propeller) having blades whose pitch can be changed while the propeller is stationary, chiefly to suit various conditions of navigation or flight.
  • adjutant general — a member of the Army Board responsible for personnel and administrative functions
  • administratively — pertaining to administration; executive: administrative ability.
  • administratrices — Plural form of administratrix.
  • admirable bolete — an edible mushroom, Boletus mirabilis, of Rocky Mountain and Pacific northwestern evergreen forests, having a dark-red, scaly or woolly cap with yellow pores and a stout stem.
  • admitting office — an office in a hospital where administrative staff carry out the procedures necessary to admit a patient to the hospital
  • advantageousness — The state or quality of being advantageous.
  • adventitiousness — The degree to which a thing is adventitious.
  • adventure racing — a contest in which teams compete in an expedition-length race which involves two or more sporting disciplines, often running, mountain biking, climbing, kayaking, and elements of navigation and orienteering
  • advice columnist — An advice columnist is a person who writes a column in a newspaper or magazine in which they reply to readers who have written to them for advice on their personal problems.
  • advisory teacher — a teacher who visits schools to advise teachers on curriculum developments within a particular subject area
  • aeolian deposits — sediments, such as loess, made up of windblown grains of sand or dust
  • aerometeorograph — an aircraft instrument that records temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure
  • aerotherapeutics — the treatment of disease by the use of air, esp. by exposing patients to changes in atmospheric pressure
  • aesthetic labour — workers employed by a company for their appearance or accent, with the aim of promoting the company's image
  • aestheticisation — Act or process of aestheticising.
  • aestheticization — Alternative form of aestheticisation.
  • affectionateness — The state or quality of being affectionate.
  • affirmative flag — a flag having five horizontal stripes, blue, white, red, white, and blue, from top to bottom, signifying “yes”: letter C in the International Code of Signals.
  • affluent society — a society in which the material benefits of prosperity are widely available
  • african elephant — a type of elephant that is native to Africa
  • against the head — from the opposing side's put-in to the scrum
  • agency agreement — an agreement between a business and an agent appointed to promote its interests
  • aggregate demand — the total demand for goods and services in an economy at a specified price level and in a specified time period
  • aggregate supply — the total supply of goods and services produced by a national economy in a specified time period, at a specified price level
  • agustin iturbide — Agustín de [ah-goos-teen de] /ˌɑ gusˈtin dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1783–1824, Mexican soldier and revolutionary: as Agustín I, emperor of Mexico 1822–23.
  • ai international — (company)   One of distributors of Prolog++, subsumed by Customer Engagement Company before December 1998.
  • air-raid shelter — a structure, often located underground, that is designed to protect people during an air raid
  • aircraft carrier — An aircraft carrier is a warship with a long, flat deck where aircraft can take off and land.
  • alaskan malamute — any of a breed of large, strong dog with a thick coat of gray or black-and-white and a bushy tail: it was developed as a sled dog by the Alaskan Eskimo
  • alder flycatcher — a North American flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum, of alder thickets and other moist areas, that has greenish-brown upper parts and whitish underparts and is almost indistinguishable except by voice from E. traillii (willow flycatcher)
  • aleutian current — a current in the Pacific Ocean that flows eastward between latitudes 40° and 50° N.
  • aleutian islands — a chain of over 150 volcanic islands, extending southwestwards from the Alaska Peninsula between the N Pacific and the Bering Sea
  • alfred the great — 849–99, king of Wessex (871–99) and overlord of England, who defeated the Danes and encouraged learning and writing in English
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