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14-letter words containing t, r

  • altitudinarian — relating to high ideals
  • altruistically — unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic).
  • amaranthaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Amaranthaceae (or Amarantaceae), a family of tropical and temperate herbaceous or shrubby flowering plants that includes the amaranths and cockscomb
  • amateur status — the status of an athlete who has never been paid to perform
  • amateurishness — The quality of being amateurish.
  • ambidextrously — In an ambidextrous manner.
  • ambisinistrous — clumsy or unskillful with both hands.
  • ambitransitive — (of a verb) Able to be used transitively or intransitively without requiring morphological change.
  • american cloth — a glazed or waterproofed cotton cloth
  • american lotus — water chinquapin (def 1).
  • american party — an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
  • american twist — a service in which the ball is spun so as to bounce high and to the left of the receiver.
  • 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.
  • amusement park — An amusement park is the same as a funfair.
  • amusement ride — a device at a fair, theme park, etc that people can ride in
  • amylobarbitone — Obsolete spelling of amobarbital.
  • an early night — If you have an early night, you go to bed early. If you have a late night, you go to bed late.
  • anagrammatical — Alternative form of anagrammatic.
  • anagrammatized — Simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize.
  • anal character — Psychoanalysis. a group of personality traits including meticulousness, compulsiveness, and rigidity, believed to be associated with excessive preoccupation with the anal phase as a child, with effects lingering into adulthood.
  • anal retentive — a person who exhibits anal personality traits
  • anal-retentive — having an anal character.
  • analytical crm — (business)   Software which helps a business build customer relationships and analyse ways to improve them.
  • anchoritically — in the manner of or resembling an anchorite
  • ancient regime — ancien régime.
  • and everything — You say 'and everything' after mentioning a particular thing or list of things to indicate that they are only examples and that other things are also involved.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • andromedotoxin — a poisonous substance found in various plants of the family Ericaceae, and in particular in plants of the genus Andromeda
  • anesthesimeter — a device for measuring the amount of anesthetic given by inhalation.
  • angelic doctor — an epithet of Saint Thomas Aquinas
  • angostura bark — the bitter aromatic bark of certain South American rutaceous trees of the genus Cusparia or Galipea, formerly used medicinally to reduce fever
  • animal shelter — an establishment, especially one supported by charitable contributions, that provides a temporary home for dogs, cats, and other animals that are offered for adoption.
  • animal spirits — cheerful and exuberant boisterousness
  • ankle bracelet — an ornamental chain worn around the ankle
  • 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.
  • antenatal care — the medical care that women receive when they are pregnant
  • 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.
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