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15-letter words containing o, h, a, r

  • anthropometrics — the science of measuring the size and proportions of the human body (called anthropometry), especially as applied to the design of furniture and machines.
  • anthropomorphic — Anthropomorphic means relating to the idea that an animal, a god, or an object has feelings or characteristics like those of a human being.
  • anthropopathism — ascription of human passions or feelings to a being or beings not human, especially to a deity.
  • anthropophagite — a cannibal
  • anthropophagous — Who practices anthropophagy.
  • anthropopsychic — the attribution of consciousness to divine beings and nature
  • anthroposophist — A proponent of anthroposophy.
  • anti-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
  • anti-historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • antiaphrodisiac — something that represses sexual desire
  • anticholesterol — an agent which acts against cholesterol, either as an antibody produced naturally by many mammals or in the form of a drug
  • anticholinergic — blocking nerve impulses through the parasympathetic nerves
  • antihemorrhagic — That stops or reduces hemorrhage.
  • antimonarchical — opposed to the monarchy
  • antipornography — opposed to or acting against pornography
  • antitheoretical — opposed to or contradicting a theory
  • apartment hotel — a hotel that rents furnished apartments or suites suitable for housekeeping, on a weekly or more permanent basis, and usually supplies all hotel services.
  • apartment house — a building containing a number of residential apartments.
  • aphrodite terra — a large plateau region that stretches approximately halfway around the middle latitude of Venus.
  • apostle pitcher — a stoneware pitcher decorated in relief with figures of the apostles.
  • apostrophically — (rhetoric) Using apostrophe; with sudden exclamatory dialogue.
  • approach lights — lights on the runway that guide planes coming in to land
  • approachability — capable of being approached; accessible.
  • approved school — In Britain in the past, an approved school was a boarding school where young people could be sent to stay if they had been found guilty of a crime.
  • arc de triomphe — the triumphal arch in Paris begun by Napoleon I to commemorate his victories of 1805–6 and completed in 1836
  • arch of triumph — Arc de Triomphe.
  • archaeastronomy — (astronomy, archaeology) The historical, especially archeological, study of astronomy; the study of the astronomical systems and methods of ancient cultures often embracing the astrology and cosmology of the past.
  • archaeobotanist — A person engaged in archaeobotany.
  • 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.
  • archeologically — In a archeological manner or fashion.
  • archiepiscopacy — a form of church government in which power is vested in archbishops.
  • archiepiscopate — the rank, office, or term of office of an archbishop
  • architectonical — Alternative form of architectonic.
  • around the bend — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
  • around the horn — (thrown) from third base to second to first in trying for a double play
  • asian shorthair — a generic term for a group of breeds of short-haired cat of Burmese type, including the Bombay
  • asiatic cholera — cholera (def 1).
  • astrophotograph — a photograph of the heavenly bodies
  • astrophotometry — the measurement of the intensity of light of celestial objects.
  • astrophysically — from an astrophysical point of view
  • astrophysicists — Plural form of astrophysicist.
  • 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 mercy of — in the power of
  • 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.
  • authoritatively — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
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