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15-letter words containing m, a

  • argumentatively — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
  • aristotelianism — a philosophical tradition based on the wide-ranging belief system of Aristotle
  • arithmetic mean — an average value of a set of integers, terms, or quantities, expressed as their sum divided by their number
  • armaments depot — a store for armaments
  • armenian church — the national Church of Armenia, founded in the early fourth century ad, the dogmas and liturgy of which are similar to those of the Orthodox Church
  • armes parlantes — arms using devices to illustrate the name of the bearers, such as a rose and a wall to illustrate the name Rosewall
  • armour-piercing — capable of penetrating armour plate
  • arms inspection — the official checking of a country's weapons and other military equipment, usually to check that international agreements have been respected
  • army air forces — a unit comprising almost all aviation, with its personnel, equipment, etc.: it became part of the Air Force on July 26, 1947.
  • army-navy store — a retail store selling a stock of surplus army, naval, and other military apparel and goods, often at bargain rates.
  • arrangement fee — a fee charged by a bank, building society, etc for setting up a loan
  • arrest judgment — to stay proceedings after a verdict, on the grounds of error or possible error
  • arrondissements — Plural form of arrondissement.
  • asbestos cement — a compound of asbestos fiber and Portland cement formerly used for various nonstructural building purposes.
  • assemblypersons — Plural form of assemblyperson.
  • assimilationism — the theory of promoting the incorporation and mixing of different groups in society
  • assimilationist — a person who favours and promotes the incorporation and mixing of different groups in society
  • astrodynamicist — a person who studies astrodynamics
  • astrophotometry — the measurement of the intensity of light of celestial objects.
  • asymmetric bars — a pair of wooden or fibreglass bars placed parallel to each other but set at different heights, for various exercises
  • asymmetric time — musical time consisting of an odd number of beats in each bar divided into uneven combinations, such as 3 + 2, 4 + 3, 2 + 3 + 2, etc
  • as…as they come — the most characteristic example of a class or type
  • at arm's length — If you hold something at arm's length, you hold it away from your body with your arm straight.
  • at the mercy of — in the power of
  • atlantic salmon — a valuable food and game fish, Salmo salar, mainly of northern coastal Atlantic waters or, when spawning, in freshwater streams tributary to the ocean.
  • atlas mountains — a mountain system of N Africa, between the Mediterranean and the Sahara. Highest peak: Mount Toubkal, 4165 m (13 664 ft)
  • atmospherically — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • atomic cocktail — an aqueous solution of radioactive substance administered orally as part of the treatment for cancer
  • audio equipment — electrical devices used to play or record sound
  • augmented roman — a writing system based on an expanded English alphabet, consisting of 43 characters representing different phonemes of spoken English, used for teaching beginners to read. Abbreviation: I.T.A., i.t.a.
  • augmented sixth — an interval greater than a major sixth by a chromatic half step.
  • augusta emerita — a market town in W Spain, in Extremadura, on the Guadiana River: founded in 25 bc; became the capital of Lusitania and one of the chief cities of Iberia. Pop: 52 110 (2003 est)
  • australian mist — a breed of medium-sized cat with a short spotted or marbled coat
  • autocannibalism — The eating of part of one's own body.
  • autocollimation — the process used in an autocollimator.
  • autodidacticism — any self-directed learning or self-education
  • automata theory — the formal study of the power of computation of abstract machines
  • automatic drive — an automotive transmission requiring either very little or no manual shifting of gears.
  • automatic focus — a system in a camera which automatically adjusts the lens so that the object being photographed is in focus, often one using infrared light to estimate the distance of the object from the camera
  • automatic pilot — An automatic pilot or an autopilot is a device in an aircraft that automatically keeps it on a particular course.
  • automatic rifle — a type of light machine gun capable of firing automatically or in single shots.
  • automorphically — in an automorphic manner
  • autorhythmicity — The quality of being autorhythmic, or generating its own rhythm, as for example the cells of the cardiac muscle do.
  • autotransformer — a transformer in which part of the winding is common to both primary and secondary circuits
  • axiom of choice — the axiom of set theory that given any collection of disjoint sets, a set can be so constructed that it contains one element from each of the given sets.
  • azobisformamide — (chemistry) azodicarbonamide.
  • azuchi-momoyama — a period of Japanese art, 1568–1600, characterized by construction of imposing, elegant castles and small, unadorned teahouses, lavish decorative arts, and bright-colored painting.
  • bacchanalianism — the practice of bacchanalian behaviour; drunken revelry
  • baconian method — induction (def 4a).
  • badminton court — the court on which games of badminton are played
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