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16-letter words containing n, e, s

  • anthropocentrism — an anthropocentric theory or view.
  • anthropomorphise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of anthropomorphize.
  • anthropophagites — Plural form of anthropophagite.
  • anthroposemiotic — Of or pertaining to anthroposemiotics.
  • anti-consumerism — a modern movement for the protection of the consumer against useless, inferior, or dangerous products, misleading advertising, unfair pricing, etc.
  • anti-federalists — U.S. History. a member or supporter of the Antifederal party.
  • anti-imperialist — opposed to imperialism
  • anti-materialism — preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
  • anti-materialist — a person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
  • anti-orientalism — a peculiarity or idiosyncrasy of the peoples of Asia, especially the East.
  • anti-progressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
  • anti-segregation — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
  • anti-sentimental — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
  • antiangiogenesis — (medicine) The prevention of angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels.
  • anticholinergics — Plural form of anticholinergic.
  • anticyclogenesis — the intensification or development of an anticyclone.
  • antiessentialist — Opposing essentialism.
  • antihypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
  • antihypertensive — able to inhibit or control hypertension
  • antilles current — a warm ocean current flowing NW along the N coast of the Greater Antilles and joining the Florida Current off the SW coast of Florida.
  • antimony sulfate — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-insoluble solid, Sb 2 (SO 4) 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
  • antimony sulfide — antimony pentasulfide.
  • antirecessionary — used to counteract or offest the economic effects of a recession: the president's antirecessionary program.
  • anxiety disorder — any of various mental disorders characterized by extreme anxiety and including panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder
  • anxiety neurosis — a relatively mild form of mental illness characterized by extreme distress and agitation, often occurring without any obvious cause
  • aplastic anaemia — anaemia caused by a defect in the body's ability to regenerate blood cells
  • appeals tribunal — a tribunal that hears appeals
  • apples and pears — stairs
  • applied sciences — sciences that are put to practical use
  • appreciativeness — The state or quality of being appreciative.
  • apprehensiveness — uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.
  • approachableness — capable of being approached; accessible.
  • aquidneck island — an island in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
  • archaeoastronomy — the scientific study of the beliefs and practices concerning astronomy that existed in ancient and prehistoric civilizations
  • archaeomagnetism — an archaeological technique for dating certain clay objects by measuring the extent to which they have been magnetized by the earth's magnetic field
  • archconservative — consistently holding extremely conservative views: publisher of the city's archconservative newspaper.
  • arms and the man — a comedy (1898) by G. B. Shaw.
  • arsenic trioxide — a white poisonous powder used in the manufacture of glass and as an insecticide, rat poison, and weedkiller. Formula: As2O3
  • arthus' reaction — a severe, local immune reaction to the injection of an antigen in a sensitized host.
  • artistic license — (legal)   The open source license applicable to Perl.
  • as is one's wont — If someone does a particular thing as is their wont, they do that thing often or regularly.
  • as likely as not — very probably
  • ascending rhythm — rising rhythm.
  • ascidian tadpole — the free-swimming larva of an ascidian, having a tadpole-like tail containing the notochord and nerve cord
  • ashmolean museum — a museum, attached to Oxford University and founded in 1683, noted for its paintings and archaeological collections
  • asiatic elephant — Indian elephant. See under elephant.
  • assembly routine — assembler (def 2a).
  • assessment tests — tests that form part of the regular assessment of students' knowledge and learning
  • asset management — the way in which the acquisition, use and disposal of the assets of an individual or a company are managed in order to maximize any profit they generate
  • assigned counsel — any private lawyer designated by a city or county court to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases at public expense.
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