15-letter words containing ate
- private company — a company whose shareholders may not exceed 50 in number and whose shares may not be offered for public subscription.
- private hearing — a formal or official trial that is not open to the public
- private patient — a patient receiving medical treatment not paid for by the National Health Service
- private pay bed — (in Britain) a bed in a National Health Service hospital, reserved for private patients who pay a consultant acting privately for treatment and who are charged by the health service for use of hospital facilities
- private soldier — A private soldier is a soldier of the lowest rank in an army or the marines.
- private tuition — instruction, esp that received in a small group or individually, that is arranged and paid for by an individual rather than by the state
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- pro-confederate — united in a league, alliance, or conspiracy.
- proportionately — proportioned; being in due proportion; proportional.
- prostate cancer — cancer of the prostate
- proxy statement — a statement containing information, frequently exhaustive, about a corporation, its officers, and any propositions to be voted on, sent to stockholders when their proxies are being solicited for an annual or a special stockholders' meeting.
- pseudocoelomate — having a pseudocoel.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- quatercentenary — a 400th aniversary or its celebration.
- re-demonstrated — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- recoil-operated — employing the recoil force of an explosive projectile to prepare the firing mechanism for the next shot.
- rediscount rate — the rate charged by the Federal Reserve Bank to member banks for rediscounting commercial paper.
- sales associate — salesperson
- saltwater taffy — a taffy sometimes made with seawater but more generally made with salted fresh water.
- saturated vapor — a vapor whose temperature and pressure are such that any compression of its volume at constant temperature causes it to condense to liquid at a rate sufficient to maintain a constant pressure.
- school-gate mum — a young family-oriented working mother, considered by political parties as forming a significant part of the electorate
- self-infatuated — to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
- self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- semi-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- semi-illiterate — unable to read and write: an illiterate group.
- separate school — (in Canada) a school for a large religious minority financed by its rates and administered by its own school board but under the authority of the provincial department of education
- sesquicarbonate — a salt intermediate in composition between a carbonate and a bicarbonate or consisting of the two combined.
- settlement date — day by which payment must be made
- sheffield plate — sheet copper with a cladding of silver.
- simplicidentate — belonging or pertaining to the Simplicidentata, formerly regarded as a suborder or division of rodents having only one pair of upper incisor teeth.
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- sodium benzoate — a white crystalline soluble compound used as an antibacterial and antifungal agent in preserving food (E211), as an antiseptic, and in making dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: (C6H5COO)Na
- sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
- sodium citrates — the sodium salts of citric acid (monosodium citrate, disodium citrate, trisodium citrate)
- sodium ethylate — a white, hygroscopic powder, C 2 H 5 ONa, that is decomposed by water into sodium hydroxide and alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- sodium silicate — a substance having the general formula, Na2O.xSiO2, where x varies between 3 and 5, existing as an amorphous powder or present in a usually viscous aqueous solution
- sodium stearate — Sodium stearate is a salt of stearic acid used as a surfactant (= a substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid and allows it to foam) in order to aid the solubility of hydrophobic substances in oral medicines.
- sodium sulphate — a solid white substance that occurs naturally as thenardite and is usually used as the white anhydrous compound (salt cake) or the white crystalline decahydrate (Glauber's salt) in making glass, detergents, and pulp. Formula: Na2SO4
- sooner or later — within a short period after this or that time, event, etc.: We shall know soon after he calls.
- sophisticatedly — (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of an experienced journalist.
- source material — original, authoritative, or basic materials utilized in research, as diaries or manuscripts.
- sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
- state education — education provided by the state; education which is not private
- state socialism — the theory, doctrine, and movement advocating a planned economy controlled by the state, with state ownership of all industries and natural resources.
- states' righter — a person who opposes U.S. federal intervention in affairs of the separate states, supporting this position by a strict interpretation of the Constitution of the U.S.
- sunflower state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
- sweet chocolate — cocoa product with high sugar content
- tax certificate — a document issued to the purchaser of property sold for unpaid taxes attesting to the holder's right to eventual receipt of the title deed.
- tectibranchiate — denoting or relating to the suborder of molluscs Tectibranchia
- telecommunicate — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.