14-letter words containing m, e, a, n
- ambitransitive — (of a verb) Able to be used transitively or intransitively without requiring morphological change.
- ambulance crew — the team of people who man an ambulance
- ambulancewoman — a woman who works as part of an ambulance crew
- american bison — a member of the cattle tribe, Bison bison, formerly widely distributed over the prairies of W North America but now confined to reserves and parks, with a massive head, shaggy forequarters, and a humped back
- american chair — Hitchcock chair.
- american cloth — a glazed or waterproofed cotton cloth
- american dream — the U.S. ideal according to which equality of opportunity permits any American to aspire to high attainment and material success
- american eagle — the bald eagle, esp when depicted as the national emblem of the US
- american holly — See under holly (def 1).
- american lotus — water chinquapin (def 1).
- american organ — a reed organ having a suction bellows that draws the air in through the reeds.
- american party — an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
- american sable — the brown fur of the American marten, Martes americana
- american samoa — the part of Samoa administered by the US. Capital: Pago Pago. Pop: 54 719 (2013 est). Area: 197 sq km (76 sq miles)
- american senna — wild senna.
- american twist — a service in which the ball is spun so as to bounce high and to the left of the receiver.
- amillennialist — A believer in amillennialism.
- aminoglycoside — of or relating to amino sugars in glycosidic linkage.
- aminopeptidase — an enzyme produced by the glands of the small intestine
- aminophenazone — a crystalline compound used to reduce pain and fever. Formula: C13H17N3O
- among other(s) — You use expressions like among other things or among others to indicate that there are several more facts, things, or people like the one or ones mentioned, but that you do not intend to mention them all.
- amphibiousness — The state or quality of being amphibious.
- amphisbaenians — Plural form of amphisbaenian.
- amphotericin b — an antibiotic compound, C46H73NO20, used in treating certain diseases caused by parasitic fungi, such as systemic candidiasis
- amrit ceremony — the ceremony of initiation into the Khalsa, at which amrit is drunk by and sprinkled on the heads of candidates for initiation
- amusement park — An amusement park is the same as a funfair.
- amusement ride — a device at a fair, theme park, etc that people can ride in
- amylobarbitone — Obsolete spelling of amobarbital.
- anagrammatized — Simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize.
- analyzed rhyme — the use of assonance and consonance in a complex pattern at the ends of alternate lines of a quatrain, as in head, mat, met, had.
- anamorphoscope — an optical device, such as a cylindrical lens, for correcting an image that has been distorted by anamorphosis
- anathematizing — Present participle of anathematize.
- ancient regime — ancien régime.
- ancient wisdom — pre-Christian knowledge, philosophy, and beliefs
- and no mistake — certainly
- andromedotoxin — a poisonous substance found in various plants of the family Ericaceae, and in particular in plants of the genus Andromeda
- andromonoecism — the condition of being andromonoecious
- andy tanenbaum — Andrew Tanenbaum
- anesthesimeter — a device for measuring the amount of anesthetic given by inhalation.
- angle of climb — the angle between the axis of motion of a climbing aircraft and the horizontal plane.
- anglo-american — of or relating to relations between England and the United States or their peoples
- animadversions — Plural form of animadversion.
- animal cracker — a sweet or savoury biscuit in the shape of an animal
- animal shelter — an establishment, especially one supported by charitable contributions, that provides a temporary home for dogs, cats, and other animals that are offered for adoption.
- animal testing — Animal testing involves doing scientific tests on animals when developing new products or drugs.
- animal welfare — the protection of the health and well-being of animals
- anthropometric — the measurement of the size and proportions of the human body.
- anti-incumbent — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- anticommercial — opposed to profit-seeking or commercialism
- antidefamation — (of a group or organization) against defamation