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16-letter words containing n, a, s, t

  • (as) like as not — If you say that something will happen like as not or as like as not, you mean that it will probably happen.
  • (at) second hand — not from the original source; indirectly
  • a mensa et thoro — denoting or relating to a form of divorce in which the parties remain married but do not cohabit: abolished in England in 1857
  • abdominocentesis — (surgery) Extraction of peritoneal fluid from the abdomen for evaluation, using a trocar.
  • absentmindedness — Alternative form of absent-mindedness.
  • absolute ceiling — the maximum height above sea level, usually measured in feet or metres, at which an aircraft can maintain horizontal flight
  • absolute minimum — the smallest value a given function assumes on a specified set. Compare minimum (def 5a).
  • absolute monarch — a monarchy that is not limited or restrained by laws or a constitution.
  • absorbent cotton — raw cotton made absorbent by the removal of its wax: used for surgical dressings, etc.
  • abstract machine — 1.   (language)   A processor design which is not intended to be implemented as hardware, but which is the notional executor of a particular intermediate language (abstract machine language) used in a compiler or interpreter. An abstract machine has an instruction set, a register set and a model of memory. It may provide instructions which are closer to the language being compiled than any physical computer or it may be used to make the language implementation easier to port to other platforms. A virtual machine is an abstract machine for which an interpreter exists. Examples: ABC, Abstract Machine Notation, ALF, CAML, F-code, FP/M, Hermes, LOWL, Christmas, SDL, S-K reduction machine, SECD, Tbl, Tcode, TL0, WAM. 2.   (theory)   A procedure for executing a set of instructions in some formal language, possibly also taking in input data and producing output. Such abstract machines are not intended to be constructed as hardware but are used in thought experiments about computability. Examples: Finite State Machine, Turing Machine.
  • acanthocephalans — Plural form of acanthocephalan.
  • accommodationism — A policy of being accommodating.
  • accommodationist — a person who seeks to promote adaptation to or compromise with an opposing point of view
  • accordion pleats — tiny knife pleats
  • accountabilities — the state of being accountable, liable, or answerable.
  • accounts payable — A company's accounts payable are all the money that it owes to other companies for goods or services that it has received, or a list of these companies and the amounts owed to them.
  • accrued interest — interest which has been earned since an investment was made or since a previous interest payment
  • acculturationist — a person who studies the process of acculturation.
  • accumulativeness — The state or qualities of being accumulative.
  • acetylene series — a group of similar hydrocarbons
  • achievement test — a test designed to measure the effects that learning and teaching have on individuals
  • acknowledgements — Plural form of acknowledgement.
  • acoustic neuroma — a benign brain tumour of the vestibulocochlear nerve, one of the nerves connecting the ear to the brain, which can cause hearing and balance problems
  • acquaintanceship — a person known to one, but usually not a close friend.
  • actinobacillosis — a disease of cattle and sheep, caused by infection with an Actinobacillus lignieresii and characterized by soft tissue lesions, esp of the tongue
  • actinodermatitis — dermatitis from exposure to radiation, esp ultraviolet light or X-rays
  • actinopterygians — Plural form of actinopterygian.
  • active transport — a process by which molecules are enabled to pass across a membrane from a region in which they are in a low concentration to one of high concentration; this requires the expenditure of energy in metabolism and is assisted by carrier proteins, commonly referred to as pumps
  • additive inverse — the number that must be added to a number to equal zero
  • administrational — the management of any office, business, or organization; direction.
  • administratively — pertaining to administration; executive: administrative ability.
  • administratrices — Plural form of administratrix.
  • advantageousness — The state or quality of being advantageous.
  • adventitiousness — The degree to which a thing is adventitious.
  • 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
  • aestheticisation — Act or process of aestheticising.
  • aestheticization — Alternative form of aestheticisation.
  • affectionateness — The state or quality of being affectionate.
  • affluent society — a society in which the material benefits of prosperity are widely available
  • against all odds — If something happens against all odds, it happens or succeeds although it seemed impossible or very unlikely.
  • against the head — from the opposing side's put-in to the scrum
  • agustin iturbide — Agustín de [ah-goos-teen de] /ˌɑ gusˈtin dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1783–1824, Mexican soldier and revolutionary: as Agustín I, emperor of Mexico 1822–23.
  • alaskan malamute — any of a breed of large, strong dog with a thick coat of gray or black-and-white and a bushy tail: it was developed as a sled dog by the Alaskan Eskimo
  • aleutian islands — a chain of over 150 volcanic islands, extending southwestwards from the Alaska Peninsula between the N Pacific and the Bering Sea
  • alliterativeness — The state or quality of being alliterative.
  • alternate angles — two angles at opposite ends and on opposite sides of a transversal cutting two lines
  • aluminosilicates — Plural form of aluminosilicate.
  • aluminum sulfate — a white crystalline salt, Al2(SO4)3, made by treating bauxite or clay with sulfuric acid: it is used in sizing paper, purifying water, fixing dyes, tanning, etc.
  • ambidextrousness — The state or quality of being ambidextrous.

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