15-letter words containing ant
- antiprogressive — opposed to or acting against progression in society
- antirationalism — the opposition to rationalism
- antirationalist — opposed to rationalism
- antirationality — the opposition to rationality
- antiremonstrant — the party that opposed the Remonstrants
- antiretrovirals — Plural form of antiretroviral.
- antiromanticism — the opposition to romanticism
- antisegregation — opposed to or acting against segregration
- antisentimental — (of a piece of art or literature) deliberately unsentimental
- antishoplifting — designed to prevent shoplifting
- antispeculation — opposed to or acting against excessive oil speculation
- antispeculative — opposed to or acting against speculation
- antitheoretical — opposed to or contradicting a theory
- antitraditional — opposed to or acting with disregard for tradition
- antitranspirant — any substance that decreases transpiration and, usually, photosynthesis
- antitrinitarian — rejecting or opposed to the Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity
- antituberculous — (medicine) Acting to combat or counteract tuberculosis.
- antivivisection — opposed to the act or practice or performing experiments on living animals, involving cutting into or dissecting the body
- armes parlantes — arms using devices to illustrate the name of the bearers, such as a rose and a wall to illustrate the name Rosewall
- artillery plant — any of various tropical urticaceous plants of the genus Pilea, such as P. microphylla, all having stamens that discharge their pollen explosively
- assistant judge — a person who assists a judge in their work or who is not yet fully qualified as a judge
- atlantic puffin — any of several alcidine sea birds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda, having a short neck and a large, compressed, grooved bill, as F. arctica (Atlantic puffin) of the North Atlantic.
- atlantic ridley — ridley (def 1).
- atlantic salmon — a valuable food and game fish, Salmo salar, mainly of northern coastal Atlantic waters or, when spawning, in freshwater streams tributary to the ocean.
- atlantic-ridley — ridley (def 1).
- autotransplants — Plural form of autotransplant.
- avant la lettre — before the (specified) concept, word, person, etc. existed
- banded anteater — an Australian marsupial, Myrmecobius fasciatus, feeding on termites and having the body marked with whitish transverse bars: nearly extinct.
- beefsteak plant — an Asian plant, Perilla frutescens crispa, with aromatic red or green leaves which are used in cooking: family Lamiaceae
- buffalo currant — an ornamental shrub, Ribes odoratum, of the central U.S., having showy, drooping clusters of fragrant yellow flowers and edible black fruit.
- butler's pantry — a pantry in a large house where crockery, glassware, cutlery, etc is kept
- byzantine chant — liturgical plainsong identified with the Eastern Orthodox Church and dating from the Byzantine Empire.
- cabin attendant — flight attendant.
- canteen culture — the alleged clannishness of the police force, whereby the prevalent attitudes inhibit officers from reporting or speaking out against malpractice, racism, etc
- canterbury bell — a campanulaceous biennial European plant, Campanula medium, widely cultivated for its blue, violet, or white flowers
- canterbury lamb — New Zealand lamb exported chilled or frozen to the United Kingdom
- cantilever beam — a long thick straight-sided piece of wood, metal, concrete, etc that is fixed at one end and is free at the other
- cast-iron plant — any of several plants belonging to the genus Aspidistra, of the lily family, native to eastern Asia, especially A. eliator, having large evergreen leaves often striped with white, and grown as a houseplant.
- chantilly-sauce — a town in N France, N of Paris: lace manufacture.
- check guarantee — A check guarantee is any method, usually via a plastic card, that guarantees that a payment made by check will be honored by the account holder’s bank.
- chemoattractant — a chemical substance that provokes chemotaxis, esp one that causes a bacterium to move in the direction in which its concentration is increasing
- chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
- chief assistant — the most important or top-ranking assistant to an official
- child-resistant — that resists being opened, tampered with, or damaged by a child; childproof: a child-resistant medicine cabinet.
- chinese lantern — a collapsible lantern made of thin coloured paper
- chorioallantoic — relating to the chorioallantois
- chorioallantois — the membrane of a fetus that is formed by the merging of the allantois and the chorion
- church militant — those Christians on earth who are engaged in a continuous war against evil and the enemies of Christ.
- circumstantials — incidentals; details
- circumstantiate — to support by giving particulars