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15-letter words containing o, a, t, e, s

  • archeoastronomy — the branch of archaeology that deals with the apparent use by prehistoric civilizations of astronomical techniques to establish the seasons or the cycle of the year, especially as evidenced in the construction of megaliths and other ritual structures.
  • archiepiscopate — the rank, office, or term of office of an archbishop
  • aristotelianism — a philosophical tradition based on the wide-ranging belief system of Aristotle
  • armaments depot — a store for armaments
  • arms inspection — the official checking of a country's weapons and other military equipment, usually to check that international agreements have been respected
  • army-navy store — a retail store selling a stock of surplus army, naval, and other military apparel and goods, often at bargain rates.
  • arrondissements — Plural form of arrondissement.
  • articles of war — the disciplinary and legal procedures by which the naval and military forces of Great Britain were bound before the 19th century
  • as best one can — If someone does something as best they can, they do it as well as they can, although it is very difficult.
  • as often as not — If you say that something happens as often as not, or more often than not, you mean that it happens fairly frequently, and that this can be considered as typical of the kind of situation you are talking about.
  • asbestos cement — a compound of asbestos fiber and Portland cement formerly used for various nonstructural building purposes.
  • asiatic cholera — cholera (def 1).
  • astrophotometry — the measurement of the intensity of light of celestial objects.
  • as…as they come — the most characteristic example of a class or type
  • at death's door — If you say that someone is at death's door, you mean they are very ill indeed and likely to die.
  • at short notice — Notice is used in expressions such as 'at short notice', 'at a moment's notice' or 'at twenty-four hours' notice', to indicate that something can or must be done within a short period of time.
  • at the controls — If someone is at the controls of a machine or other piece of equipment, they are operating it.
  • at the hands of — If someone experiences a particular kind of treatment, especially unpleasant treatment, at the hands of a person or organization, they receive it from them.
  • at your service — You can use 'at your service' after your name as a formal way of introducing yourself to someone and saying that you are willing to help them in any way you can.
  • atherosclerosis — a degenerative disease of the arteries characterized by patchy thickening of the inner lining of the arterial walls, caused by deposits of fatty material; a form of arteriosclerosis
  • atherosclerotic — Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with atherosclerosis.
  • athletic sports — sports, esp track and field events, in which athleticism is required
  • atmospherically — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • atrabiliousness — The state or quality of being characterized by melancholy or glumness.
  • audubon society — a North American organization devoted to the conservancy of birds
  • augusta gregory — Lady Augusta (Isabella Augusta Persse) 1852–1932, Irish dramatist.
  • authentications — Plural form of authentication.
  • autobiographers — Plural form of autobiographer.
  • autobiographies — Plural form of autobiography.
  • autodestructive — likely to cause one's own destruction
  • autofluorescent — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting autofluorescence.
  • autoschediastic — offhand, with little forethought or preparation
  • autostereoscopy — The display of stereoscopic images without the use of special viewing equipment.
  • autotransformer — a transformer in which part of the winding is common to both primary and secondary circuits
  • aviator glasses — sunglasses that look like goggles
  • backup software — (tool, software)   Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. It may include its own scheduling function to automate the procedure or, preferably, work with generic scheduling facilities. It may include facilities for managing the backup media (e.g. maintaining an index of tapes) and for restoring files from backups. Examples are Unix's dump command and Windows's ntbackup.
  • bacterial ghost — a bacterial cell that is emptied and filled artificially with another substance
  • bacteriophagous — Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
  • bag on the side — An extension to an established hack that is supposed to add some functionality to the original. Usually derogatory, implying that the original was being overextended and should have been thrown away, and the new product is ugly, inelegant, or bloated. Also "to hang a bag on the side [of]". "C++? That's just a bag on the side of C." "They want me to hang a bag on the side of the accounting system."
  • bandstop filter — A bandstop filter is a filter designed to eliminate all frequencies within a band of frequencies.
  • baptism of fire — If someone who has just begun a new job has a baptism of fire, they immediately have to cope with very many severe difficulties and obstacles.
  • barn-door skate — an Atlantic skate, Raja laevis, that grows to a length of 4 feet (1.2 meters) or more.
  • base technology — (company)   The company which developed and distributes Liana. E-mail: Jack Krupansky <[email protected]> (owner). Address: Base Technology, Attn: Jack Krupansky, 1500 Mass. Ave. NW #114 Washington, DC 2005, USA. 800-786-9505 Telephone: +1 800 876 9505.
  • basic autocoder — Early system on IBM 7070. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • basic education — (in India) education in which all teaching is correlated with the learning of a craft
  • basidiomycetous — belonging or pertaining to the basidiomycetes.
  • bathing costume — A bathing costume is a piece of clothing that is worn for swimming, especially by women and girls.
  • bathroom scales — scales typically kept in a bathroom for people to weigh themselves
  • battle of wills — A battle of wills is a situation that involves people who try to defeat each other by refusing to change their own aims or demands and hoping that their opponents will weaken first.
  • battle stations — the places to which soldiers, sailors, warships, etc. are assigned for a battle or an emergency
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