17-letter words containing ant
- antiproliferation — opposing an increase in nuclear weapons, especially in allowing additional countries to obtain them.
- antiproliferative — of or relating to a substance used to prevent or retard the spread of cells, especially malignant cells, into surrounding tissues.
- antiprostaglandin — A prostaglandin inhibitor.
- antirevolutionary — opposed to revolution, esp opposed to a particular revolution and the people who are carrying it out
- antitwilight arch — a narrow band, pink or with a purple cast, that sometimes appears at twilight just above the horizon opposite the sun.
- antivirus program — antivirus software
- assistant driller — An assistant driller is someone whose job is to help a driller, and work at the drilling controls on the rig floor.
- assistant manager — a person who assists a manager in their work
- assistant referee — An assistant referee is the same as a linesman.
- assistant teacher — a person who assists a teacher in their work or who is not yet fully qualified as a teacher
- at a disadvantage — If you are at a disadvantage, you have a problem or difficulty that many other people do not have, which makes it harder for you to be successful.
- australia antigen — an antigen present in the blood of some persons with one form of hepatitis
- avogadro constant — the number of atoms or molecules in a mole of a substance
- benjamin-constant — Henri Benjamin [ahn-ree ban-zha-man] /ɑ̃ˈri bɛ̃ ʒaˈmɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Benjamin Constant) 1767–1830, French statesman and author, born in Switzerland.
- blackcurrant bush — a bush of the blackcurrant plant
- blocking antibody — Immunology. an antibody that partly combines with an antigen and interferes with cell-mediated immunity, thereby preventing an allergic reaction.
- cantilever bridge — a bridge having spans that are constructed as cantilevers and often a suspended span or spans, each end of which rests on one end of a cantilever span
- church triumphant — those Christians in heaven who have triumphed over evil and the enemies of Christ.
- circumstantiality — the quality of being circumstantial
- circumstantiating — Present participle of circumstantiate.
- consonant cluster — a group of consonants without an intervening vowel
- consubstantiation — the doctrine that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists within the substance of the consecrated bread and wine
- coronal consonant — a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue against the upper front teeth, or the gum just above it
- critical constant — any of three constants associated with the critical point of a pure element or compound.
- dante (alighieri) — (born Durante Alighieri) 1265-1321; It. poet: wrote The Divine Comedy
- development grant — a grant awarded, esp by a government, to a person or company in order to fund the development of a new product
- digital immigrant — a person who has become familiar with computers, the Internet, and other digital technology as a young adult or later in life. Compare digital native.
- diphenylhydantoin — a white, slightly water-soluble powder, C 15 H 11 N 2 O 2 , used in the form of its sodium salt to prevent or arrest convulsions in epilepsy.
- disadvantagedness — The quality of being disadvantaged.
- disadvantageously — In a disadvantageous manner.
- dominant tenement — land in favor of which an easement or other servitude exists over another's land.
- electric constant — the permittivity of free space, which has the value 8.854 187 × 10–12 farad per metre
- flagrante delicto — Law. in the very act of committing the offense.
- flight lieutenant — A flight lieutenant is an officer of middle rank in the British air force.
- flowering currant — an ornamental shrub, Ribes sanguineum, growing to 2 to 3 metres (6 to 9ft) in height, with red, crimson, yellow, or white flowers: family Saxifragaceae
- freund's adjuvant — a water-in-oil emulsion injected with immunogen (Freund's incomplete adjuvant) or with immunogen and killed mycobacteria (Freund's complete adjuvant) to enhance the immune response to the immunogen.
- general semantics — a philosophical approach to language, developed by Alfred Korzybski, exploring the relationship between the form of language and its use and attempting to improve the capacity to express ideas.
- hubble's constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
- hyperbolic secant — a hyperbolic function that is the reciprocal of cosh; sech
- illegal immigrant — a person who has entered a country illegally
- immigrant workers — people who work in a country they arrived to in order to settle there
- immunosuppressant — (pharmacology) Capable of immunosuppression, immunosuppressive.
- improvement grant — a sum of money provided by a government, local authority, or public fund to finance the amelioration of a building, area of land, etc
- indian restaurant — a restaurant that serves Indian food
- infantry division — a military division composed of infantry
- instant messaging — Instant messaging is a form of written communication that allows you to send messages from one computer to another. The message appears immediately on the screen of the computer you send it to, provided the computer is using the service. The abbreviation IM is also used.
- instantaneousness — Condition of being instantaneous.
- intertrochanteric — (anatomy) Between the two trochanters of the femur.
- kick in the pants — a reprimand or scolding designed to produce greater effort, enthusiasm, etc, in the person receiving it
- kidney transplant — surgery to replace a kidney