16-letter words containing l, a, d
- a mixed blessing — If you say that a situation is a mixed blessing, you mean that it has disadvantages as well as advantages.
- absobloodylutely — (British slang) absolutely.
- accidental death — death that was caused unintentionally
- accordion pleats — tiny knife pleats
- acetylandromedol — grayanotoxin.
- acidophilus milk — milk fermented by bacteria of the species Lactobacillus acidophilus, used in treating disorders of the gastrointestinal tract
- acknowledgements — Plural form of acknowledgement.
- acoustical cloud — one of a number of acoustic panels installed near the ceiling of a concert hall to reflect sound for improving the acoustic quality of music.
- activated sludge — a mass of aerated precipitated sewage added to untreated sewage to bring about purification by hastening decomposition by microorganisms
- activity holiday — a type of holiday in which holiday-makers can take part in many different organized activities, esp sports
- adam de la halle — c1240–87, French troubadour: composer.
- 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.
- adenohypophyseal — Alternative form of adenohypophysial.
- adenohypophysial — Relating to the adenohypophysis.
- 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.
- 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
- administrational — the management of any office, business, or organization; direction.
- administratively — pertaining to administration; executive: administrative ability.
- 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.
- adverbial phrase — a group of two or more words that function together as an adverb, as the phrase in a minute in I'll be with you in a minute.
- 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.
- aeolian deposits — sediments, such as loess, made up of windblown grains of sand or dust
- african marigold — a tropical American plant, Tagetes erecta, cultivated for its yellow or orange flower heads and strongly scented foliage: family Asteraceae (composites)
- african wild dog — a mottled dog of Africa, Lycaon pictus
- against all odds — If something happens against all odds, it happens or succeeds although it seemed impossible or very unlikely.
- air-raid shelter — a structure, often located underground, that is designed to protect people during an air raid
- 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 islands — a chain of over 150 volcanic islands, extending southwestwards from the Alaska Peninsula between the N Pacific and the Bering Sea
- alexander baring — Alexander, 1st Baron Ashburton, 1774–1848, British statesman.
- alexander dubcek — Alexander, 1921–92, Czechoslovakian political leader: first secretary of the Communist Party 1968–69.
- alexander island — island of Antarctica, just west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, in the British Antarctic Territory: c. 16,700 sq mi (43,253 sq km)
- alexander nevski — Saint. ?1220–63, Russian prince and military leader, who defeated the Swedes at the River Neva (1240) and the Teutonic knights at Lake Peipus (1242)
- alexander nevsky — 1220?-63; Russ. military hero, statesman, & saint
- alexandria senna — See under senna (def 2).
- 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
- algol 60 revised — (language) (Or "Revised ALGOL 60") A revision of Algol 60 which still lacked standard I/O.
- algol 68 revised — (language) A significant simplification of ALGOL 68.
- all in good time — in due course
- all sb ever does — You use the expression all someone ever does when you want to emphasize that they do the same thing all the time, and this annoys you.
- alligator lizard — any of several lizards of the genera Algaria and Gerrhonotus, of western North America, having shinglelike scales and a fold along each side that permits expansion.
- alloyed junction — a semiconductor junction used in some junction transistors and formed by alloying metal contacts, functioning as emitter and collector regions, to a wafer of semiconductor that acts as the base region
- alpha-adrenergic — of or having to do with an alpha receptor
- altitude chamber — a chamber for simulating the conditions of air pressure and temperature for a given altitude in order to test the behavior of people and equipment in such an environment.
- aluminum carbide — a yellow, crystalline solid, Al 4 C 3 , that reacts with water to form methane.
- ambulance driver — a person whose job is to drive an ambulance
- amende honorable — a public apology and reparation made to satisfy the honour of the person wronged
- amending formula — a specified process or procedure by which a constitution may be amended
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