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14-letter words containing n, a, c, r

  • africanthropus — a genus of hominids of eastern Africa, assumed from a number of now lost skull fragments to have been a form of archaic Homo : no longer in technical use.
  • afro-caribbean — Afro-Caribbean refers to people from the Caribbean whose ancestors came from Africa.
  • agaric mineral — rock milk.
  • age difference — a disparity in ages between two people
  • agrotechnician — a specialist in the science and technology of agriculture, farm production, or the like.
  • agrotechnology — the technology of agriculture, as the methods or machinery needed for efficient production.
  • air cavalryman — a soldier assigned to the air cavalry.
  • air conduction — Medicine/Medical. transmission of sound vibrations to the eardrum through the external auditory meatus (opposed to bone conduction).
  • air controller — a military person assigned to monitor, manage, etc. aircraft within a specified region
  • airconditioned — Alternative spelling of air-conditioned.
  • airconditioner — Alternative form of air conditioner.
  • aircraftswoman — a woman holding a noncommissioned rank in the RAF.
  • airplane cloth — a strong, plain-weave cloth of linen or cotton, originally used for airplane wings
  • alarm reaction — the first stage of the general adaptation syndrome, in which the body responds to stress by exhibiting shock.
  • alaska current — an ocean current flowing counterclockwise in the Gulf of Alaska.
  • alcmanic verse — a form of verse used in Greek drama and Latin dramatic poetry, composed in dactylic tetrameter.
  • alexander city — a city in E Alabama.
  • all-conquering — having defeated all opponents over a long period of time
  • alley cropping — a method of planting in which rows of trees are interspersed with rows of crops, improving the soil and providing nutrients, particularly nitrogen, to the crops.
  • alliance party — a non-sectarian Northern Irish political party founded in 1970
  • allowance race — a race in which each horse is assigned a specified weight according to age, record of past performance, sex, etc.
  • almond extract — oil, essence
  • alpha centauri — a binary star, the brightest star in the constellation Centaurus: magnitude, -0.27: it is the nearest of the stars that are visible to the naked eye, except for the sun
  • alpha-carotene — a common form of carotene found in certain vegetables and fruit
  • alphanumerical — alphanumeric; characterized by having letters and numerals
  • alpine currant — an ornamental shrub, Ribes alpinum, of Europe, having greenish-yellow flowers and scarlet fruit.
  • alpine glacier — a glacier that descends from a high valley
  • amaranthaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Amaranthaceae (or Amarantaceae), a family of tropical and temperate herbaceous or shrubby flowering plants that includes the amaranths and cockscomb
  • ambulance crew — the team of people who man an ambulance
  • 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.
  • 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
  • anacardiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Anacardiaceae, a chiefly tropical family of trees and shrubs many of which have edible drupes. The family includes the cashew, mango, pistachio, and sumach
  • anachronically — something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare.
  • anagrammatical — Alternative form of anagrammatic.
  • anal character — Psychoanalysis. a group of personality traits including meticulousness, compulsiveness, and rigidity, believed to be associated with excessive preoccupation with the anal phase as a child, with effects lingering into adulthood.
  • analytical crm — (business)   Software which helps a business build customer relationships and analyse ways to improve them.
  • anamorphoscope — an optical device, such as a cylindrical lens, for correcting an image that has been distorted by anamorphosis
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