14-letter words containing i, n, d, a, t, o
- apsidal motion — the rotation of the major axis of an eccentric orbit in the plane of the orbit.
- archidiaconate — the office, term of office, or area of jurisdiction of an archdeacon
- arrondissement — the largest administrative subdivision of a department
- arthroconidium — A kind of asexual fungal spore, typically produced by segmentation of pre-existing fungal hyphae.
- assistance dog — a dog that has been specially trained to live with and accompany a disabled person, carrying out such tasks as prompting them to take medication or assisting them to cross a road
- auction bridge — a variety of bridge, now generally superseded by contract bridge, in which all the tricks made score towards the game
- auditory canal — the narrow passageway from the outer ear to the eardrum.
- auditory nerve — either of the eighth pair of cranial nerves, which connect the ear with the brain and carry impulses relating to sound and balance
- autoantibodies — Plural form of autoantibody.
- autodesk, inc. — (company) The distributors of the AutoCAD CAD package. Address: Sausalito, CA, USA.
- aviation badge — wings.
- aviation cadet — one who trains to become an officer in an air force.
- aviation-badge — Also called aviation badge. Military Informal. a badge bearing the image of a spread pair of bird's wings with a distinctive center design, awarded to an aircrewman on completion of certain requirements.
- axis-ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
- azidothymidine — an antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV/AIDS
- backside-front — backend-to.
- ball indicator — a flight instrument that measures the angle of roll about an aircraft's horizontal axis, thereby indicating whether or not the aircraft is skidding or slipping.
- bastard indigo — a bushy shrub, Amorpha fruticosa, of the legume family, native to North America, having elongated clusters of dull purplish or bluish flowers.
- bastardisation — Alternative form of bastardization.
- bastardization — the act of bastardizing
- beard-stroking — deep thought
- beta reduction — [lambda-calculus] The application of a lambda abstraction to an argument expression. A copy of the body of the lambda abstraction is made and occurrences of the bound variable being replaced by the argument. E.g. (\ x . x+1) 4 --> 4+1 Beta reduction is the only kind of reduction in the pure lambda-calculus. The opposite of beta reduction is beta abstraction. These are the two kinds of beta conversion. See also name capture.
- beta-endorphin — a potent endorphin released by the anterior pituitary gland in response to pain, trauma, exercise, or other forms of stress.
- beta-oxidation — a process by which fatty acids are degraded, involving oxidation of the beta carbons and removal of successive two-carbon fragments from the fatty acid.
- biodegradation — to decay and become absorbed by the environment: toys that will biodegrade when they're discarded.
- bioremediation — the use of plants to extract heavy metals from contaminated soils and water
- blood relation — A blood relation or blood relative is someone who is related to you by birth rather than by marriage.
- boarding party — group of officers or sailors who board a ship
- boatswain bird — tropic bird.
- body snatching — the act or practice of robbing a grave to obtain a cadaver for dissection.
- botanic garden — a place in which plants are grown, studied, and exhibited
- bronchodilator — any drug or other agent that causes dilation of the bronchial tubes by relaxing bronchial muscle: used, esp in the form of aerosol sprays, for the relief of asthma
- bulletin board — A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.
- carbon trading — Carbon trading is the practice of buying and selling the right to produce carbon dioxide emissions, so that people, countries or companies who use a lot of fuel and electricity can buy rights from those that do not use so much.
- cardinal point — The cardinal points are the four main points of the compass, north, south, east, and west.
- cardiocentesis — surgical puncture of the heart
- chlorthalidone — a diuretic used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and hypertension
- chondrichthian — any member of the class Chondrichthyes, comprising the cartilaginous fishes.
- chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
- closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
- co-educational — A co-educational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- coincidentally — You use coincidentally when you want to draw attention to a coincidence.
- combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
- commandantship — the office of a commandant
- commodity loan — a loan made to producers of commodities, whereby the trader buys commodities on credit and returns the loan after the commodities are sold
- community card — (in certain card games) a card that every player can use to form a hand in combination with the cards that he or she alone has been dealt
- compassionated — Simple past tense and past participle of compassionate.
- conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- conceptualized — Simple past tense and past participle of conceptualize.