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15-letter words containing t, r, a, p

  • anti-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
  • anti-corruption — the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt.
  • anti-depressant — An anti-depressant is a drug which is used to treat people who are suffering from depression.
  • anti-patriarchy — a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe and descent is reckoned in the male line, with the children belonging to the father's clan or tribe.
  • anti-productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • anti-puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
  • anti-republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
  • anti-separatist — a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church.
  • antiaphrodisiac — something that represses sexual desire
  • anticardiolipin — (medicine, immunology) Directed against cardiolipin.
  • anticlinal trap — An anticlinal trap is a structural trap which is closed by an anticline (= an arch-shaped fold in rock, in which rock layers are upwardly convex).
  • antidepressants — of or relating to a substance that is used in the treatment of mood disorders, as characterized by various manic or depressive affects.
  • antiperistalses — Plural form of antiperistalsis.
  • antiperistalsis — contractions of the intestine that force the contents in the opposite direction to the normal
  • antiperistaltic — reversed peristaltic action of the intestines, by which their contents are carried upward.
  • antiperspirants — Plural form of antiperspirant.
  • antipornography — opposed to or acting against pornography
  • antiprogressive — opposed to or acting against progression in society
  • antitranspirant — any substance that decreases transpiration and, usually, photosynthesis
  • apartment block — building: flats, apartments
  • apartment hotel — a hotel that rents furnished apartments or suites suitable for housekeeping, on a weekly or more permanent basis, and usually supplies all hotel services.
  • apartment house — a building containing a number of residential apartments.
  • aphrodite terra — a large plateau region that stretches approximately halfway around the middle latitude of Venus.
  • apical meristem — meristem at the apex of a root or shoot.
  • apolipoproteins — Plural form of apolipoprotein.
  • apollo asteroid — one of a number of asteroids whose orbits cross that of the earth.
  • apollo computer — (company)   A company making workstations often used for CAD. From 1980 to 1987, Apollo were the largest manufacturer of network workstations. Apollo workstations ran Aegis, a proprietary operating system with a Posix-compliant Unix alternative frontend. Apollo's networking was particularly elegant, among the first to allow demand paging over the network, and allowing a degree of network transparency and low sysadmin-to-machine ratio that is still unmatched. Apollo's largest customers were Mentor Graphics (electronic design), GM, Ford, Chrysler, and Boeing (mechanical design). Apollo was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 1989, and gradually closed down over the period 1990-1997.
  • apostle pitcher — a stoneware pitcher decorated in relief with figures of the apostles.
  • apostles' creed — a concise statement of Christian beliefs dating from about 500 ad, traditionally ascribed to the Apostles
  • apostolic vicar — vicar apostolic.
  • apostrophically — (rhetoric) Using apostrophe; with sudden exclamatory dialogue.
  • appeal tribunal — An appeal tribunal is a special court or committee that is formed to reconsider a decision made by another court or committee.
  • appellate court — In the United States, an appellate court is a special court where people who have been convicted of a crime can appeal against their conviction.
  • apprentice work — work done when young and a novice
  • apprenticeships — Plural form of apprenticeship.
  • approach lights — lights on the runway that guide planes coming in to land
  • approachability — capable of being approached; accessible.
  • appropinquation — the action of approaching
  • appropriateness — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
  • approval rating — approval of a politician as shown by opinion polls
  • approximateness — The quality of being approximate.
  • arc de triomphe — the triumphal arch in Paris begun by Napoleon I to commemorate his victories of 1805–6 and completed in 1836
  • arch of triumph — Arc de Triomphe.
  • archiepiscopate — the rank, office, or term of office of an archbishop
  • armaments depot — a store for armaments
  • armes parlantes — arms using devices to illustrate the name of the bearers, such as a rose and a wall to illustrate the name Rosewall
  • arms inspection — the official checking of a country's weapons and other military equipment, usually to check that international agreements have been respected
  • artillery plant — any of various tropical urticaceous plants of the genus Pilea, such as P. microphylla, all having stamens that discharge their pollen explosively
  • asset-stripping — If a person or company is involved in asset-stripping, they buy companies cheaply, sell off their assets to make a profit, and then close the companies down.
  • astrophotograph — a photograph of the heavenly bodies
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