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14-letter words containing o, r

  • american holly — See under holly (def 1).
  • american lotus — water chinquapin (def 1).
  • american organ — a reed organ having a suction bellows that draws the air in through the reeds.
  • american samoa — the part of Samoa administered by the US. Capital: Pago Pago. Pop: 54 719 (2013 est). Area: 197 sq km (76 sq miles)
  • ammonia liquor — a concentrated solution of ammonia, ammonium compounds, and sulfur compounds, obtained as a by-product in the destructive distillation of bituminous coal.
  • among other(s) — You use expressions like among other things or among others to indicate that there are several more facts, things, or people like the one or ones mentioned, but that you do not intend to mention them all.
  • amount at risk — the difference between the reserve of a life-insurance policy and its face amount.
  • amphiarthroses — a joint permitting only slight motion, as that between the vertebrae.
  • amphiarthrosis — a type of articulation permitting only slight movement, as between the vertebrae of the backbone
  • amphiprostylar — Amphiprostyle.
  • amphiprostyles — Plural form of amphiprostyle.
  • amphotericin b — an antibiotic compound, C46H73NO20, used in treating certain diseases caused by parasitic fungi, such as systemic candidiasis
  • amrit ceremony — the ceremony of initiation into the Khalsa, at which amrit is drunk by and sprinkled on the heads of candidates for initiation
  • amur cork tree — an Asiatic cork tree, Phellodendron amurense, of the rue family, having a deeply ridged, corky bark.
  • amylobarbitone — Obsolete spelling of amobarbital.
  • anacardiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Anacardiaceae, a chiefly tropical family of trees and shrubs many of which have edible drupes. The family includes the cashew, mango, pistachio, and sumach
  • anachronically — something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare.
  • anamorphoscope — an optical device, such as a cylindrical lens, for correcting an image that has been distorted by anamorphosis
  • anchorage dues — money paid so that a ship can anchor somewhere
  • anchoritically — in the manner of or resembling an anchorite
  • and/or whatnot — People sometimes say 'and whatnot' or 'or whatnot' after mentioning one or more things, to refer in a vague way to other things which are similar.
  • andorra-prolog — (language)  
  • andrew jackson — Andrew ("Old Hickory") 1767–1845, U.S. general: 7th president of the U.S. 1829–37.
  • andrew johnson — Andrew, 1808–75, seventeenth president of the U.S. 1865–69.
  • andrew project — (project)   A distributed system project for support of educational and research computing at Carnegie Mellon University, named after Andrew Carnegie, an American philanthropist who provided money to establish CMU. See also Andrew File System, Andrew Message System, Andrew Toolkit, class.
  • andrew toolkit — (tool)   (ATK) A portable user interface toolkit developed as part of the Andrew project, running on the X Window System and distributed with X11R5.
  • androcephalous — having a human head
  • androdioecious — (of a plant species) having hermaphrodite and male flowers on separate plants
  • andromedotoxin — a poisonous substance found in various plants of the family Ericaceae, and in particular in plants of the genus Andromeda
  • andromonoecism — the condition of being andromonoecious
  • angelic doctor — an epithet of Saint Thomas Aquinas
  • anglo-american — of or relating to relations between England and the United States or their peoples
  • angostura bark — the bitter aromatic bark of certain South American rutaceous trees of the genus Cusparia or Galipea, formerly used medicinally to reduce fever
  • animadversions — Plural form of animadversion.
  • anne of france — (Anne de Beaujeu) 1460–1522, daughter of Louis XI of France: regent during the minority of her brother Charles VIII 1483–91.
  • anopisthograph — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on only one side of the leaves.
  • antaphrodisiac — Capable of reducing the sex drive.
  • antarctic zone — the section of the earth's surface lying between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.
  • anterior tooth — a tooth in the front of the mouth; an incisor or cuspid.
  • anteroparietal — situated in a forward part or on the wall of an organ or cavity.
  • anthony dollar — a cupronickel coin of the U.S., equal to one dollar, bearing a portrait of Susan B. Anthony on its obverse: first issued in 1979.
  • anthropography — the study of human geography and variation; ethnography
  • anthropoid ape — any primate of the family Pongidae, having no tail, elongated arms, and a highly developed brain. The group includes gibbons, orang-utans, chimpanzees, and gorillas
  • anthropologist — a person who specializes in anthropology
  • anthropometric — the measurement of the size and proportions of the human body.
  • anthropopathic — Of or relating to anthropopathy.
  • anthropophagus — A cannibal, especially in legends or fables.
  • anthropophobia — the fear of people and human companionship
  • anthropophobic — relating to the fear of people and human companionship
  • anthropophuism — the attribution of human qualities to gods
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