14-letter words containing n, o, t, a, l
- apolipoprotein — any of a group of glycoproteins that form part of the structure of lipoproteins, some of which have been associated with Alzheimer's disease
- apple turnover — a pastry containing apple
- appleton layer — the F region of the ionosphere
- appreciational — gratitude; thankful recognition: They showed their appreciation by giving him a gold watch.
- apsidal motion — the rotation of the major axis of an eccentric orbit in the plane of the orbit.
- arachnodactyly — A condition in which the fingers and hands are abnormally long and slender.
- 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.
- art collection — a collection of art works
- assault weapon — any of various automatic and semiautomatic military firearms utilizing an intermediate-power cartridge, designed for individual use. Compare assault rifle.
- assembly point — a designated place where people have been told to wait after evacuating a building in the event of a fire or other emergency
- assert oneself — to insist on one's rights, or on being recognized
- astronomically — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- at a loose end — If you are at a loose end, you are bored because you do not have anything to do and cannot think of anything that you want to do. In American English, you usually say that you are at loose ends.
- 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.
- at one's elbow — within easy reach
- at one's heels — just behind or following closely
- at one's peril — If you say that someone does something at their peril, you are warning them that they will probably suffer as a result of doing it.
- atlantic ocean — the world's second largest ocean, bounded in the north by the Arctic, in the south by the Antarctic, in the west by North and South America, and in the east by Europe and Africa. Greatest depth: 9220 m (30 246 ft). Area: about 81 585 000 sq km (31 500 000 sq miles)
- attention line — a line of text after the address on a piece of correspondence, directing it to a particular person or department.
- auditory canal — the narrow passageway from the outer ear to the eardrum.
- 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.
- autoenrollment — Automatic enrollment (especially of security certificates in a computer system).
- autoregulation — the continual automatic adjustment or self-regulation of a biochemical, physiological, or ecological system to maintain a stable state.
- autotransplant — autograft.
- auxiliary note — a nonharmonic note occurring between two harmonic notes
- auxiliary tone — a melodic ornamental tone following a principal tone by a step above or below and returning to the principal tone; embellishment.
- axial skeleton — the bones that together comprise the skull and the vertebral column
- ball indicator — a flight instrument that measures the angle of roll about an aircraft's horizontal axis, thereby indicating whether or not the aircraft is skidding or slipping.
- 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.
- balto-slavonic — a hypothetical subfamily of Indo-European languages consisting of Baltic and Slavonic. It is now generally believed that similarities between them result from geographical proximity rather than any special relationship
- baptismal font — a large bowl for baptismal water, usually mounted on a pedestal
- barong tagalog — (in the Philippines) a man's long-sleeved formal overblouse, made of fine, sheer fabric, often embroidered.
- battle station — the place or position that one is assigned to for battle or in an emergency.
- be on the ball — to be alert; be efficient
- beclomethasone — a potent synthetic corticosteroid, C 28 H 37 ClO 7 , prepared as an inhalant in the treatment of bronchial asthma.
- betake oneself — to go; move
- betray oneself — to reveal one's true character, intentions, etc
- billy no-mates — a person with no friends
- bioregionalist — someone who believes in bioregionalism
- bipolarisation — the act of bipolarising
- bipolarization — the action of rendering something bipolar
- blanket-flower — any composite plant of the genus Gaillardia, having showy heads of yellow or red flowers.
- blaxploitation — a genre of films featuring Black stereotypes
- bleat on about — If you say that someone is bleating on about something, you mean that they are talking about it a great deal in a way which makes them sound weak and irritating.
- block faulting — the process by which tensional forces in the earth's crust cause large bodies of rock to founder.
- block mountain — a mountain produced by faulting and the uplifting of large blocks of rock
- blood and guts — dealing with or depicting war or violence, especially in a lurid manner: a blood-and-guts movie.
- blood relation — A blood relation or blood relative is someone who is related to you by birth rather than by marriage.
- blood-and-guts — dealing with or depicting war or violence, especially in a lurid manner: a blood-and-guts movie.
- blotting paper — Blotting paper is thick soft paper that you use for soaking up and drying ink on a piece of paper.