14-letter words containing n
- antiradicalism — the opposition to radicalism
- antireflective — treated in some way to prevent reflection
- antiregulatory — opposed to regulation
- antirepublican — opposed to the principles or practice of republicanism
- antiretroviral — inhibiting the process by which a retrovirus replicates
- antiscientific — opposed to the principles, methods, or aims of science
- antiscriptural — opposed to or contradicting scripture
- antiseparatist — a person who opposes separatism
- antiseptically — with the aid of antiseptics.
- antispasmodics — Plural form of antispasmodic.
- antisubversion — opposed to or acting against subversion
- antisyphilitic — acting against syphilis
- antitechnology — opposed to technology or the use of technological devices
- antithetically — in an antithetical way
- antithrombotic — preventing the formation of blood clots
- antitubercular — acting against tuberculosis
- antiulcerative — An antiulcerative is an agent that prevents the formation or promotes the healing of ulcers.
- antiuniversity — a group or institution which disregards the established traditions or practices of university education
- antoine domino — Antoine ("Fats") born 1928, U.S. rhythm-and-blues pianist, singer, and composer.
- antoninus pius — 86–161 ad, emperor of Rome (138–161); adopted son and successor of Hadrian
- anxiety attack — a sudden onset of extreme distress and agitation
- anxiety-attack — an intense attack of anxiety characterized by feelings of impending doom and trembling, sweating, pounding heart, and other physical symptoms.
- any occupation — Any occupation insurance covers a person if they cannot work under any circumstances, in any occupation, following an accident, injury, or disability.
- anyone's guess — something difficult to predict
- apocryphalness — the quality of being apocryphal
- 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
- apostrophizing — Present participle of apostrophize.
- apparent power — The apparent power of an alternating current circuit is the product of the RMS values of the voltage and the current, expressed as volt-amperes.
- appearance fee — An appearance fee is money paid to a famous person such as a sports star or film star for taking part in a public event.
- appendectomies — Plural form of appendectomy.
- appendicectomy — surgical removal of any appendage, esp the vermiform appendix
- apple islander — a native or inhabitant of Tasmania
- apple turnover — a pastry containing apple
- appleton layer — the F region of the ionosphere
- applicableness — applying or capable of being applied; relevant; suitable; appropriate: an applicable rule; a solution that is applicable to the problem.
- apportionments — Plural form of apportionment.
- appreciational — gratitude; thankful recognition: They showed their appreciation by giving him a gold watch.
- apprehensively — uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.
- apprenticement — apprenticeship
- apprenticeship — Someone who has an apprenticeship works for a fixed period of time for a person who has a particular skill in order to learn the skill. Apprenticeship is the system of learning a skill like this.
- appropriations — Plural form of appropriation.
- approximations — Plural form of approximation.
- 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
- apsidal motion — the rotation of the major axis of an eccentric orbit in the plane of the orbit.
- aquatic centre — a complex with facilities for water sports, including swimming pools
- arabian coffee — a tall, widely cultivated shrub (Coffea arabica) of the madder family, yielding coffee beans that are the world's chief source of commercially produced coffee: native to Africa but now present throughout the tropics, esp. in Brazil
- arabian desert — a desert in E Egypt, between the Nile, the Gulf of Suez, and the Red Sea: mountainous parts rise over 1800 m (6000 ft). Area: about 220 000 sq km (85 000 sq miles)
- arabian nights — Thea collection of ancient tales from Arabia, India, Persia, etc.
- arabic numeral — one of the symbols 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (opposed to Roman numerals)
- arable farming — the growing of arable crops