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15-letter words containing o, n, a

  • antivivisection — opposed to the act or practice or performing experiments on living animals, involving cutting into or dissecting the body
  • anybody's guess — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
  • aortic stenosis — abnormal narrowing of the aorta, especially of its orifice, usually as a result of rheumatic fever or embryologic anomalies.
  • apartment block — building: flats, apartments
  • 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.
  • apolipoproteins — Plural form of apolipoprotein.
  • apostolicalness — The state or quality of being apostolical.
  • apple macintosh — Macintosh
  • apprentice work — work done when young and a novice
  • appropinquation — the action of approaching
  • appropriateness — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
  • approval rating — approval of a politician as shown by opinion polls
  • approximateness — The quality of being approximate.
  • aqueous ammonia — ammonia (def 2).
  • aqueous-ammonia — a colorless, pungent, suffocating, highly water-soluble, gaseous compound, NH 3 , usually produced by the direct combination of nitrogen and hydrogen gases: used chiefly for refrigeration and in the manufacture of commercial chemicals and laboratory reagents.
  • arbitration bar — a bar of cast iron used as a sample for the batch to which it belongs.
  • 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.
  • architectonical — Alternative form of architectonic.
  • ariboflavinosis — a condition resulting from a dietary deficiency of riboflavin
  • aristotelianism — a philosophical tradition based on the wide-ranging belief system of Aristotle
  • armaments depot — a store for armaments
  • armour-piercing — capable of penetrating armour plate
  • 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.
  • 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
  • arrivals lounge — a waiting area for people meeting passengers
  • arrondissements — Plural form of arrondissement.
  • arroz con pollo — a Latin American dish consisting of chicken and rice cooked usually with saffron
  • arterialization — to convert (venous blood) into arterial blood by the action of oxygen in the lungs.
  • 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.
  • as you go along — If you do something as you go along, you do it while you are doing another thing, without preparing it beforehand.
  • asbestos cement — a compound of asbestos fiber and Portland cement formerly used for various nonstructural building purposes.
  • ascending colon — the first portion of the colon, beginning at the cecum in the lower right abdominal cavity and continuing upward along the right posterior abdominal wall to approximately the lower ribs.
  • asian shorthair — a generic term for a group of breeds of short-haired cat of Burmese type, including the Bombay
  • assemblypersons — Plural form of assemblyperson.
  • assign a policy — If you assign a policy, you transfer legal ownership of an insurance policy to another person.
  • assimilationism — the theory of promoting the incorporation and mixing of different groups in society
  • assimilationist — a person who favours and promotes the incorporation and mixing of different groups in society
  • association law — any law governing the association of ideas
  • astrodynamicist — a person who studies astrodynamics
  • astronautically — In an astronautic way.
  • astronavigation — celestial navigation
  • at pistol point — being under or using the threat of being shot
  • 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.
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