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16-letter words containing i, n, t, e, s

  • anterioposterior — Alternative form of anteroposterior.
  • anthropocentrism — an anthropocentric theory or view.
  • anthropomorphise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of anthropomorphize.
  • anthropophagites — Plural form of anthropophagite.
  • 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-federalists — U.S. History. a member or supporter of the Antifederal party.
  • 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-progressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
  • anti-segregation — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
  • anti-sentimental — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
  • antiangiogenesis — (medicine) The prevention of angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels.
  • anticholinergics — Plural form of anticholinergic.
  • anticyclogenesis — the intensification or development of an anticyclone.
  • antiessentialist — Opposing essentialism.
  • antihypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
  • antihypertensive — able to inhibit or control hypertension
  • antilles current — a warm ocean current flowing NW along the N coast of the Greater Antilles and joining the Florida Current off the SW coast of Florida.
  • 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.
  • antirecessionary — used to counteract or offest the economic effects of a recession: the president's antirecessionary program.
  • anxiety disorder — any of various mental disorders characterized by extreme anxiety and including panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder
  • anxiety neurosis — a relatively mild form of mental illness characterized by extreme distress and agitation, often occurring without any obvious cause
  • aplastic anaemia — anaemia caused by a defect in the body's ability to regenerate blood cells
  • appeals tribunal — a tribunal that hears appeals
  • appreciativeness — The state or quality of being appreciative.
  • 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
  • archconservative — consistently holding extremely conservative views: publisher of the city's archconservative newspaper.
  • arsenic trioxide — a white poisonous powder used in the manufacture of glass and as an insecticide, rat poison, and weedkiller. Formula: As2O3
  • arthus' reaction — a severe, local immune reaction to the injection of an antigen in a sensitized host.
  • artistic license — (legal)   The open source license applicable to Perl.
  • as is one's wont — If someone does a particular thing as is their wont, they do that thing often or regularly.
  • as likely as not — very probably
  • ascending rhythm — rising rhythm.
  • ascidian tadpole — the free-swimming larva of an ascidian, having a tadpole-like tail containing the notochord and nerve cord
  • asiatic elephant — Indian elephant. See under elephant.
  • assembly routine — assembler (def 2a).
  • assistant editor — a person who assists an editor in their work
  • assistant priest — a person who assists a priest in their work or who is not yet fully qualified as a priest
  • association area — any of the regions of the cerebral cortex of the brain connected by numerous nerve fibers to all parts of both cerebral hemispheres and coordinating such higher activities as learning and reasoning.
  • astroengineering — (scifi) The construction of megastructures in space by technologically advanced beings.
  • at one's leisure — when one has free time
  • athanasian creed — a profession of faith widely used in the Western Church which, although formerly attributed to Athanasius, probably originated in Gaul between 381 and 428 ad
  • 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.
  • australian rules — a game resembling rugby football, played in Australia between teams of 18 men each on an oval pitch, with a ball resembling a large rugby ball. Players attempt to kick the ball between posts (without crossbars) at either end of the pitch, scoring six points for a goal (between the two main posts) and one point for a behind (between either of two outer posts and the main posts). They may punch or kick the ball and run with it provided that they bounce it every ten yards
  • aversion therapy — a method of suppressing an undesirable habit, such as excessive smoking, by causing the subject to associate an unpleasant effect, such as an electric shock or nausea, with the habit
  • axminster carpet — a type of patterned carpet with a cut pile
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