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16-letter words containing r, a

  • alexander nevski — Saint. ?1220–63, Russian prince and military leader, who defeated the Swedes at the River Neva (1240) and the Teutonic knights at Lake Peipus (1242)
  • alexander nevsky — 1220?-63; Russ. military hero, statesman, & saint
  • alexandria senna — See under senna (def 2).
  • alfred the great — 849–99, king of Wessex (871–99) and overlord of England, who defeated the Danes and encouraged learning and writing in English
  • algebraic number — any number that is a root of a polynomial equation having rational coefficients such as √2 but not π
  • algol 60 revised — (language)   (Or "Revised ALGOL 60") A revision of Algol 60 which still lacked standard I/O.
  • algol 68 revised — (language)   A significant simplification of ALGOL 68.
  • alimentary canal — The alimentary canal in a person or animal is the passage in their body through which food passes from their mouth to their anus.
  • alizarin crimson — a pigment used in painting, derived from anthraquinone and characterized by its red color and transparency.
  • all for the best — turning out to be good or fortunate after all
  • all over the map — changeable
  • all sb ever does — You use the expression all someone ever does when you want to emphasize that they do the same thing all the time, and this annoys you.
  • all-terrain bike — mountain bike. Abbreviation: ATB.
  • allegheny spurge — a low, shrubby evergreen plant, Pachysandra procumbens, having spikes of white or purplish flowers, native to the southeastern U.S. and widely cultivated as a ground cover.
  • allele frequency — the frequency of occurrence or proportions of different alleles of a particular gene in a given population.
  • alligator lizard — any of several lizards of the genera Algaria and Gerrhonotus, of western North America, having shinglelike scales and a fold along each side that permits expansion.
  • alligator pepper — a tropical African zingiberaceous plant, Amomum melegueta, having red or orange spicy seed capsules
  • alligator wrench — a wrench having a V -shaped pair of serrated jaws set at right angles to the shank for turning cylindrical or irregularly shaped parts.
  • alliterativeness — The state or quality of being alliterative.
  • alpha conversion — (theory)   In lambda-calculus and reduction, the renaming of a formal parameter in a lambda abstraction. This does not change the meaning of the abstraction. For example: \ x . x+1 <--> \ y . y+1 If the actual argument to a lambda abstraction contains instances of the abstraction's formal parameter then it is necessary to rename the parameter before applying the abstraction to avoid name capture.
  • alpha-adrenergic — of or having to do with an alpha receptor
  • alpha-beta brass — a type of brass that contains 35–45 per cent zinc
  • alpha-interferon — interferon (def 2).
  • alpha-tocopherol — Alpha-tocopherol is a form of vitamin E.
  • alphanumerically — In an alphanumeric manner; using alphanumeric characters.
  • alpine bearberry — a related species, A. alpina of European mountains, having black berries
  • alternate angles — two angles at opposite ends and on opposite sides of a transversal cutting two lines
  • alternative fact — a theory posited as an alternative to another, often more widely accepted, theory
  • alternative fuel — An alternative fuel is any automotive fuel other than gasoline and diesel fuel.
  • alternative rock — a broad category of popular rock music typically regarded as somewhat out of the mainstream and variously including elements of punk rock, heavy metal, folk music, etc.
  • alternative vote — of or relating to a system of voting in which voters list the candidates in order of preference. If no candidate obtains more than 50% of first-preference votes, the votes for the bottom candidate are redistributed according to the voters' next preference
  • altitude chamber — a chamber for simulating the conditions of air pressure and temperature for a given altitude in order to test the behavior of people and equipment in such an environment.
  • aluminium bronze — any of a range of copper alloys that contain between 5 and 10 per cent aluminium
  • aluminum carbide — a yellow, crystalline solid, Al 4 C 3 , that reacts with water to form methane.
  • aluminum nitrate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Al(NO 3) 3 ⋅9H 2 O, used chiefly as a mordant in dyeing cotton.
  • alvarez quintero — Joa‧ˈquín (hwɑˈkin ) ; hwäkēnˈ) 1873-1944; Sp. playwright
  • alveolar process — the ridgelike border of the upper and lower jaws containing the sockets of the teeth.
  • amaryllis family — the plant family Amaryllidaceae, typified by herbaceous plants having alternate or basal lance-shaped leaves, bulbs or corms, and showy, lilylike flowers and including the amaryllis, daffodil, onion and its relatives, and snowdrop.
  • ambidextrousness — The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
  • ambulance chaser — a lawyer who seeks to encourage and profit from the lawsuits of accident victims
  • ambulance driver — a person whose job is to drive an ambulance
  • ambulance worker — any person who works in the ambulance service
  • amebic dysentery — a form of dysentery caused by an amoeba (Entamoeba histolytica)
  • amende honorable — a public apology and reparation made to satisfy the honour of the person wronged
  • amending formula — a specified process or procedure by which a constitution may be amended
  • american bittern — any of several tawny brown herons that inhabit reedy marshes, as Botaurus lentiginosus (American bittern) of North America, and B. stellaris, of Europe.
  • american buffalo — bison (def 1).
  • american cowslip — shooting star (def 2).
  • american english — the form of English spoken in the US
  • american kestrel — a small American falcon (Falco sparverius) with a reddish-brown back and tail; sparrow hawk
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