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16-letter words containing s

  • alexander nevsky — 1220?-63; Russ. military hero, statesman, & saint
  • alexandria senna — See under senna (def 2).
  • 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.
  • 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 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-encompassing — all-embracing.
  • 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.
  • 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-beta brass — a type of brass that contains 35–45 per cent zinc
  • alternate angles — two angles at opposite ends and on opposite sides of a transversal cutting two lines
  • aluminosilicates — Plural form of aluminosilicate.
  • aluminum sulfate — a white crystalline salt, Al2(SO4)3, made by treating bauxite or clay with sulfuric acid: it is used in sizing paper, purifying water, fixing dyes, tanning, etc.
  • 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 stocks — high-performance stocks and shares recommended by a broker to a dissatisfied client to improve their relationship
  • amebic dysentery — a form of dysentery caused by an amoeba (Entamoeba histolytica)
  • 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
  • american mustard — a mild yellow mustard
  • american spanish — Spanish as used in Latin America. Abbreviation: AmerSp.
  • amerigo vespucci — Amerigo [uh-mer-i-goh;; Italian ah-me-ree-gaw] /əˈmɛr ɪˌgoʊ;; Italian ˌɑ mɛˈri gɔ/ (Show IPA), (Americus Vespucius) 1451–1512, Italian merchant, adventurer, and explorer after whom America was named.
  • amindivi islands — group of islands in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India: the N part of Lakshadweep territory
  • aminotransferase — transaminase.
  • ammonia solution — ammonia (def 2).
  • ammonia-solution — 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.
  • ammonium sulfate — an ammonium salt, (NH4)2SO4, made chiefly from synthetic ammonia and used in making fertilizers, in treating water, etc.
  • amne machin shan — a mountain range in W central China. Highest peak, Amne Machin, 23, 490 feet (7164 meters).
  • amusement arcade — An amusement arcade is a place where you can play games on machines which work when you put money in them.
  • an end in itself — If you consider something to be an end in itself, you do it because it seems desirable and not because it is likely to lead to something else.
  • anabolic steroid — Anabolic steroids are drugs which people, especially athletes, take to make their muscles bigger and to give them more strength.
  • anal intercourse — a form of sexual intercourse in which the penis is inserted into the anus
  • anastasio somoza — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), (Anastasio Somoza García) 1896–1956, Nicaraguan political leader: president 1937–47, 1950–56 (father of Anastasio and Luis Somoza Debayle).
  • ancestor worship — (in certain societies) the veneration of ancestors whose spirits are frequently held to possess the power to influence the affairs of the living.
  • anderson shelter — a small prefabricated air-raid shelter of World War II consisting of an arch of corrugated metal and designed to be partly buried in people's gardens and covered with earth for protection
  • andrea del sarto — Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
  • andreas vesalius — Andreas [ahn-dre-ahs] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1514–64, Flemish anatomist.
  • andrei vishinsky — Andrei Yanuarievich [uhn-dryey yi-noo-ah-ryi-vyich] /ʌnˈdryeɪ yɪ nuˈɑ ryɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1883–1954, Soviet statesman.
  • andromeda strain — a hypothetical microorganism, as might be developed from biological research, that if released would uncontrollably kill living things on earth
  • anesthesiologist — An anesthesiologist is a doctor who specializes in giving anaesthetics to patients.
  • angel-hair pasta — spaghetti made in very fine strands
  • angelus silesius — (Johannes Scheffler) 1627–77, German poet.
  • anglo-australian — belonging, relating to, or involving England and Australia, or the people of the two countries.
  • angostura (bark) — the bitter aromatic bark of either of two South American trees (Galipea officinalis or Cusparia trifoliata) of the rue family, used as a medicinal tonic and as a flavoring in bitters
  • animal husbandry — the science of breeding, rearing, and caring for farm animals
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