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14-letter words containing n, a, g, o

  • animal kingdom — a category of living organisms comprising all animals
  • anopisthograph — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on only one side of the leaves.
  • antagonistical — Alternative form of antagonistic.
  • antagonization — to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist of: His speech antagonized many voters.
  • anthologically — In the manner of an anthology.
  • anthropography — the study of human geography and variation; ethnography
  • anthropologist — a person who specializes in anthropology
  • anthropophagus — A cannibal, especially in legends or fables.
  • anti-bourgeois — opposed to anyone or anything considered bourgeois
  • anti-dogmatism — dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.
  • anti-oxidizing — to convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen.
  • antiaggression — opposing aggressive behaviour
  • antiangiogenic — noting or pertaining to a substance that reduces the growth of new blood vessels needed by tumors to grow and metastasize.
  • anticarcinogen — a chemical that acts against cancer
  • anticoagulants — Also, anticoagulative [an-tee-koh-ag-yuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv, an-tahy-] /ˌæn ti koʊˈæg yəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪv, ˌæn taɪ-/ (Show IPA). preventing coagulation, especially of blood.
  • antiforeignism — the policy or practice of showing hostility toward foreigners, foreign customs, etc.
  • antigovernment — opposed to government
  • antilogarithms — Plural form of antilogarithm.
  • antiodontalgic — of use in the treatment of toothache
  • antiphlogistic — of or relating to the prevention or alleviation of inflammation
  • antiregulatory — opposed to regulation
  • antitechnology — opposed to technology or the use of technological devices
  • anyone's guess — something difficult to predict
  • apostrophizing — Present participle of apostrophize.
  • approximeeting — the practice of a group of people making indefinite plans to meet and then altering those plans regularly via mobile phones according to changing circumstances
  • arachnological — relating to arachnology
  • argonne forest — a wooded region in NE France: battles, World War I, 1918; World War II, 1944.
  • argumentations — Plural form of argumentation.
  • armor-piercing — (of bullets, artillery shells, etc.) designed especially for piercing armor.
  • armour-plating — The armour-plating on a vehicle or building is the hard metal covering which is intended to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
  • as good as new — If you say that something or someone is as good as new, you mean that they are in a very good condition or state, especially after they have been damaged or ill.
  • ascending node — the node through which an orbiting body passes as it moves to the north (opposed to descending node).
  • assistance dog — a dog that has been specially trained to live with and accompany a disabled person, carrying out such tasks as prompting them to take medication or assisting them to cross a road
  • astronavigator — One who performs astronavigation; an astronaut or space pilot.
  • at close range — If you see or hit something at close range or from close range, you are very close to it when you see it or hit it. If you do something at a range of half a mile, for example, you are half a mile away from it when you do it.
  • auction bridge — a variety of bridge, now generally superseded by contract bridge, in which all the tricks made score towards the game
  • auger-electron — a nonradiative process in which an atom in an excited state undergoes a transition to a lower state by the emission of a bound electron (Auger electron) rather than by the emission of an x-ray.
  • autoregression — (mathematics) An autoregressive process that is used to model many types of natural behaviour.
  • autoregulation — the continual automatic adjustment or self-regulation of a biochemical, physiological, or ecological system to maintain a stable state.
  • autosuggestion — a process of suggestion in which the person unconsciously supplies or consciously attempts to supply the means of influencing his own behaviour or beliefs
  • aviation badge — wings.
  • aviation-badge — Also called aviation badge. Military Informal. a badge bearing the image of a spread pair of bird's wings with a distinctive center design, awarded to an aircrewman on completion of certain requirements.
  • babbling brook — a cook
  • babbling error — (networking)   An Ethernet node attempting to transmit more than 1518 data bytes - the largest allowed Ethernet packet. This is why the Maximum Transmission Unit for IP traffic on Ethernet is 1500.
  • backing vocals — a vocal accompaniment for a pop singer
  • ballot rigging — Ballot rigging is the act of illegally changing the result of an election by producing a false record of the number of votes.
  • bamboo turning — turning of spindles and framing members to simulate the jointing of bamboo.
  • bang to rights — caught red-handed
  • barber-surgeon — (formerly) a barber practicing surgery and dentistry.
  • barnacle goose — a N European goose, Branta leucopsis, that has a black-and-white head and body and grey wings
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