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14-letter words containing o, t, e

  • aromatherapist — An aromatherapist is a person who is qualified to practise aromatherapy.
  • arrondissement — the largest administrative subdivision of a department
  • art collection — a collection of art works
  • art exhibition — an exhibition of works of art such as pictures
  • arteriographic — relating to arteriography
  • arthrocentesis — The clinical procedure of using a syringe to collect synovial fluid from a joint capsule, used in the diagnosis of gout, arthritis, and synovial infections.
  • arthroplasties — Plural form of arthroplasty.
  • as a matter of — If you are going to do something as a matter of urgency or priority, you are going to do it as soon as possible, because it is important.
  • as all get-out — to a considerable degree; greatly
  • as you like it — a comedy (1599?) by Shakespeare.
  • assault course — An assault course is an area of land covered with obstacles such as walls which people, especially soldiers, use to improve their skills and strength.
  • assault weapon — any of various automatic and semiautomatic military firearms utilizing an intermediate-power cartridge, designed for individual use. Compare assault rifle.
  • assembly point — a designated place where people have been told to wait after evacuating a building in the event of a fire or other emergency
  • assert oneself — to insist on one's rights, or on being recognized
  • assistance dog — a dog that has been specially trained to live with and accompany a disabled person, carrying out such tasks as prompting them to take medication or assisting them to cross a road
  • associated gas — Associated gas is raw natural gas that comes through crude oil wells.
  • asthenospermia — (medicine) Loss or reduction in the strength or energy of sperm cells, hence infertility. Not always infertile many are subfertile.
  • asthenospermic — (medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile.
  • asthenospheric — relating to the asthenosphere
  • astigmatometer — an apparatus for measuring the degree of astigmatism.
  • astigmatoscope — an instrument for determining the presence and severity of astigmatism.
  • astrochemistry — the study of the chemistry of celestial bodies and space, esp by means of spectroscopy
  • astrocompasses — Plural form of astrocompass.
  • astrogeologist — a person who studies astrogeology
  • at (the) worst — You use at worst or at the worst to indicate that you are mentioning the worst thing that might happen in a situation.
  • at a loose end — If you are at a loose end, you are bored because you do not have anything to do and cannot think of anything that you want to do. In American English, you usually say that you are at loose ends.
  • at close range — If you see or hit something at close range or from close range, you are very close to it when you see it or hit it. If you do something at a range of half a mile, for example, you are half a mile away from it when you do it.
  • at knife-point — under threat of being stabbed
  • at loggerheads — If two or more people or groups are at loggerheads, they disagree very strongly with each other.
  • at one's elbow — within easy reach
  • at one's heels — just behind or following closely
  • at one's mercy — compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner.
  • at one's peril — If you say that someone does something at their peril, you are warning them that they will probably suffer as a result of doing it.
  • at one's worst — When someone is at their worst, they are as unpleasant, bad, or unsuccessful as it is possible for them to be.
  • at second hand — If you experience something at second hand, you are told about it by other people rather than experiencing it yourself.
  • at the cost of — at the expense of losing
  • at the hand of — through the action of
  • at the outside — You use at the outside to say that you think that a particular amount is the largest possible in a particular situation, or that a particular time is the latest possible time for something to happen.
  • athlete's foot — Athlete's foot is a fungal infection in which the skin between the toes becomes cracked or peels off.
  • athletic coach — a person qualified to train athletes
  • atlantic ocean — the world's second largest ocean, bounded in the north by the Arctic, in the south by the Antarctic, in the west by North and South America, and in the east by Europe and Africa. Greatest depth: 9220 m (30 246 ft). Area: about 81 585 000 sq km (31 500 000 sq miles)
  • atlas autocode — (language)   The Autocode for the Ferranti Atlas, which may have been the first commercial computer with hardware-paged virtual memory. Whereas other autocodes were basically assembly languages, Atlas Autocode was high-level and block-structured, resembling a cross between Fortran and ALGOL 60. It had call-by value, loops, declarations, complex numbers, pointers, heap and stack storage generators, dynamic arrays, and extensible syntax.
  • atomic reactor — reactor (def 4).
  • atomic veteran — a veteran of the armed forces who was exposed to radioactivity during the testing or use of nuclear (atomic) weapons in World War II or subsequent wars.
  • atomic warfare — war in which nuclear weapons are used
  • atomic-powered — powered by atomic energy
  • attention line — a line of text after the address on a piece of correspondence, directing it to a particular person or department.
  • attention span — the period of time during which someone's attention is held by something in particular
  • attrition rate — the rate at which customers or subscribers switch from one supplier to another
  • auction bridge — a variety of bridge, now generally superseded by contract bridge, in which all the tricks made score towards the game
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