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

  • albert memorial — monument to Prince Albert of England in Kensington Gardens, London: 175 ft (53 m) high
  • alder buckthorn — a Eurasian rhamnaceous shrub, Frangula alnus, with small greenish flowers and black berry-like fruits
  • algaroth powder — antimony oxychloride.
  • algebra of sets — a nonempty collection of sets having the property that the union of two sets of the collection is a set of the collection and the complement of each set of the collection is a set in the collection.
  • alligator shear — heavy shears for cutting metal slabs.
  • allorecognition — The ability of an individual organism to distinguish its own tissues from those of another.
  • allotetraploidy — the condition of being an allotetraploid
  • almirante brown — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
  • alopecia areata — loss of hair in circumscribed patches.
  • alpine accentor — a small bird of the sparrow family, Prunella collaris, found especially in mountain regions of S Europe and Asia
  • altar of repose — a pedestal or niche upon which the sacraments are preserved from Maundy Thursday to Good Friday.
  • aluminum borate — a white, granular, water-insoluble powder, 2Al 2 O 3 ⋅B 2 O 3 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of crown glass.
  • ambrosia beetle — any of various small beetles of the genera Anisandrus, Xyleborus, etc, that bore tunnels into solid wood, feeding on fungi growing in the tunnels: family Scolytidae (bark beetles)
  • ambulatory care — care given at a hospital to non-resident patients, including minor surgery and outpatient treatment
  • amegakaryocytic — Characterized by a lack of megakaryocytes.
  • american cotton — upland cotton.
  • american gothic — a painting (1930) by Grant Wood.
  • american smooth — a style of competitive ballroom dancing which incorporates elements of Latin dance
  • americanization — Americanization is the process by which people or countries become more and more similar to Americans and the United States.
  • americanologist — a foreign expert or specialist in American cultural or political matters: a leading Americanologist in the Kremlin.
  • amyl propionate — a colorless liquid, C 8 H 16 O 2 , having an applelike odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of flavorings and perfume.
  • an axe to grind — an ulterior motive
  • anacostia river — a river in the District of Columbia flowing into the Potomac River. about 24 miles (39 km) long.
  • analog computer — a mechanical, electrical, or electronic computer that performs arithmetical operations by using some variable physical quantity, such as mechanical movement or voltage, to represent numbers
  • anchorage point — a point to which something such as the straps securing a childseat can be safely attached
  • ancient history — Ancient history is the history of ancient civilizations, especially Greece and Rome.
  • andrew of crete — a.d. c650–730, Greek poet and Orthodox archbishop of Crete.
  • androstenedione — a weak hormone, C19H26O2, produced by the ovaries, testes, and adrenal glands as a precursor to estrogen, testosterone, etc.: formerly taken in a concentrated tablet or capsule form as by some bodybuilders
  • anfractuosities — Plural form of anfractuosity.
  • angina pectoris — a sudden intense pain in the chest, often accompanied by feelings of suffocation, caused by momentary lack of adequate blood supply to the heart muscle
  • angustirostrate — having a narrow, beak-like part
  • anne of austria — 1601–66, wife of Louis XIII of France and daughter of Philip III of Spain: regent of France (1643–61) for her son Louis XIV
  • answer the door — When you answer the door, you go and open the door because a visitor has knocked on it or rung the bell.
  • antarctic ocean — the sea surrounding Antarctica, consisting of the most southerly parts of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans
  • anteprohibition — before prohibition.
  • anteroposterior — Relating to or directed toward both front and back.
  • anthony burgess — Anthony, 1917–93, English novelist and critic.
  • anthropocentric — regarding man as the most important and central factor in the universe
  • anthropogenesis — the study of the origins of man
  • 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.
  • anthropophagite — a cannibal
  • anti-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
  • anti-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
  • anti-globalizer — a political activist who challenges the concept of globalization and promotes practices that do not cause environmental damage
  • anti-productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • anti-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
  • anticarcinogens — Plural form of anticarcinogen.
  • 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
  • antiferromagnet — a material which exhibits antiferromagnetism
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