15-letter words containing l, a, c, t
- alopecia areata — loss of hair in circumscribed patches.
- alpine accentor — a small bird of the sparrow family, Prunella collaris, found especially in mountain regions of S Europe and Asia
- alta california — a former Spanish colony of New Spain, in the modern-day states of California, Nevada, and N Arizona: ceded by Mexico to the United States 1848.
- aluminosilicate — a silicate in which some of the silicon in the tetrahedral unit SiO4 has been replaced by aluminium
- ambisyllabicity — (poetry) The property of a consonant being analysed as acting simultaneously as the coda of one syllable and the onset of the following syllable.
- ambulance train — a train designed to carry sick or injured people
- ambulatory care — care given at a hospital to non-resident patients, including minor surgery and outpatient treatment
- 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)
- americanologist — a foreign expert or specialist in American cultural or political matters: a leading Americanologist in the Kremlin.
- ammunition clip — a device for storing rounds of ammunition and feeding them into a weapon
- amphitheatrical — Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.
- anacoluthically — in an anacoluthic manner
- anaesthetically — by means of an anaesthetic
- 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
- ancylostomiasis — infestation of the human intestine with blood-sucking hookworms, causing progressive anaemia
- angle of attack — the acute angle between the chord line of an aerofoil and the undisturbed relative airflow
- anisotropically — Physics. of unequal physical properties along different axes. Compare isotropic (def 1).
- anomalistically — In an anomalistic manner; with irregularity.
- antarctic plate — a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising Antarctica and adjacent ocean basins (the South Indian, Southeast Pacific, and Atlantic-Indian basins) and bounded on the north by the Nazca, South American, African, Indo-Australian, and Pacific plates.
- antenatal class — a class that women attend when they are pregnant to learn how to stay healthy, cope with the birth, look after the newborn baby etc
- anthropological — the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
- anti-allergenic — not aggravating an allergy; intended or prepared for those suffering from an allergy: antiallergenic cosmetics.
- anti-capitalism — an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.
- anti-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
- anti-historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- anti-radicalism — the holding or following of radical or extreme views or principles.
- anti-republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
- anti-technology — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
- anticardiolipin — (medicine, immunology) Directed against cardiolipin.
- anticholesterol — an agent which acts against cholesterol, either as an antibody produced naturally by many mammals or in the form of a drug
- anticholinergic — blocking nerve impulses through the parasympathetic nerves
- antichristianly — in an Antichristian manner
- anticlericalism — opposed to the influence and activities of the clergy or the church in secular or public affairs.
- anticlimactical — anticlimactic
- anticlinal trap — An anticlinal trap is a structural trap which is closed by an anticline (= an arch-shaped fold in rock, in which rock layers are upwardly convex).
- anticoagulation — (medicine) Acting to combat or prevent coagulation of blood.
- anticolonialism — the opposition to colonialism
- anticolonialist — a person who is opposed to colonialism
- anticonvulsants — Plural form of anticonvulsant.
- antieducational — opposing the provision of knowledge
- antiforeclosure — opposed to the process of foreclosure
- antilock brakes — brakes fitted to some road vehicles that prevent skidding and improve control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
- antimonarchical — opposed to the monarchy
- antimony glance — stibnite
- antiperistaltic — reversed peristaltic action of the intestines, by which their contents are carried upward.
- antispeculation — opposed to or acting against excessive oil speculation
- antispeculative — opposed to or acting against speculation
- antitheoretical — opposed to or contradicting a theory
- antituberculous — (medicine) Acting to combat or counteract tuberculosis.
- apartment block — building: flats, apartments