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18-letter words containing au

  • a barrel of laughs — If an experience is a barrel of laughs, it is very enjoyable. If someone is a barrel of laughs, they are fun to be with.
  • aeronautical chart — a topographic map of an area of the earth's surface, designed as an aid to aircraft navigation
  • aggravated assault — an offence in which a person attacks someone physically, made more serious by its violent circumstances
  • anti-authoritarian — favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom: authoritarian principles; authoritarian attitudes.
  • arbitration clause — a clause in a contract laying down that disputes between the parties should be settled by arbitration
  • audio conferencing — the practice of conducting meetings by the use of audio telecommunications
  • auditory phonetics — the branch of phonetics concerned with the perception of speech sounds by humans
  • augmented interval — an interval that is a half step greater than the corresponding major or perfect interval
  • australian doubles — an unusual formation in doubles in which the server's partner is positioned on the same side of the court as the server.
  • australian terrier — a small wire-haired breed of terrier similar to the cairn
  • australopithecines — Plural form of australopithecine.
  • authorized capital — the total amount of value of the shares that a company is allowed to distribute
  • authorized version — the revised English translation of the Bible published in England in 1611 with the authorization of King James I
  • autobiographically — In a autobiographical manner.
  • autogenic training — a technique for reducing stress through mental exercises to produce physical relaxation
  • autoignition point — the minimum temperature at which a substance will undergo spontaneous combustion.
  • autoimmune disease — a disease resulting from a disordered immune reaction in which antibodies are produced against one's own tissues, as systemic lupus erythematosus or rheumatoid arthritis.
  • autokinetic effect — apparent motion of a single point of light or a small object when presented on a dark field and observed continuously.
  • automatic exposure — the automatic adjustment of the lens aperture and shutter speed of a camera by a control mechanism
  • automatic tracking — a radar tracking system in which an automatic device uses the echo signal from the tracked object to keep the radar constantly beamed on target and to compute the range of the object.
  • autonomous phoneme — a phoneme that is defined or determined by its contrast in sound with other phonemes, without reference to its role in morphology or any other level of linguistic analysis beyond the phonetic level.
  • auxiliary equation — characteristic equation (def 1b).
  • auxiliary language — a language, as Esperanto, Swahili, or English, used for intercommunication by speakers of various other languages.
  • auxiliary-equation — Mathematics. the characteristic polynomial of a given matrix, equated to zero. Also called auxiliary equation. an equation with one variable and equated to zero, which is derived from a given linear differential equation and in which the coefficient and power of the variable in each term correspond to the coefficient and order of a derivative in the original equation.
  • aviation authority — a body that is responsible for overseeing the aviation industry
  • beaujolais nouveau — the first Beaujolais wine of the season, usually available for sale within two months after the grapes are harvested.
  • beautiful hook-tip — a similar but unrelated species, Laspeyria flexula
  • beauty competition — a competition in which the participants, usually women, are judged on their attractiveness, with a prize, and often a title, awarded to the winner
  • bellingshausen sea — an area of the S Pacific Ocean off the coast of Antarctica
  • blanquette de veau — a ragout or stew of veal in a white sauce
  • bourdon-tube gauge — an instrument for measuring the pressure of gases or liquids, consisting of a semicircular or coiled, flexible metal tube attached to a gauge that records the degree to which the tube is straightened by the pressure of the gas or liquid inside.
  • cabernet sauvignon — a black grape originally grown in the Bordeaux area of France, and now throughout the wine-producing world
  • catapult launching — the fact of launching aircraft into the air by a device installed in warships
  • caucasus mountains — a mountain range in SW Russia, running along the N borders of Georgia and Azerbaijan, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea: mostly over 2700 m (9000 ft). Highest peak: Mount Elbrus, 5642 m (18 510 ft)
  • cauliflower cheese — a dish of cauliflower with a cheese sauce, eaten hot
  • cauliflower fungus — a large edible white to yellowish cauliflowerlike mushroom, Sparassis radicata, widely distributed in North America.
  • causa sine qua non — an indispensable condition; requisite.
  • cellular automaton — (algorithm, parallel)   (CA, plural "- automata") A regular spatial lattice of "cells", each of which can have any one of a finite number of states. The state of all cells in the lattice are updated simultaneously and the state of the entire lattice advances in discrete time steps. The state of each cell in the lattice is updated according to a local rule which may depend on the state of the cell and its neighbors at the previous time step. Each cell in a cellular automaton could be considered to be a finite state machine which takes its neighbours' states as input and outputs its own state. The best known example is J.H. Conway's game of Life.
  • chambered nautilus — nautilus (def 1).
  • claustrophobically — In a claustrophobic way.
  • cumberland plateau — division of the W Appalachians, extending from S W.Va. to N Ala.
  • descriptive clause — a relative clause that describes or supplements but is not essential in establishing the identity of the antecedent and is usually set off by commas in English. In This year, which has been dry, is bad for crops the clause which has been dry is a nonrestrictive clause.
  • digital audio tape — a cassette containing magnetic tape used for high-fidelity digital recording or playback of audio. Abbreviation: DAT.
  • eau de vie de marc — marc (def 2).
  • exhaustive testing — (programming)   Executing a program with all possible combinations of inputs or values for program variables.
  • give someone pause — to make someone hesitant or uncertain
  • grandfather clause — U.S. History. a clause in the constitutions of some Southern states after 1890 intended to permit whites to vote while disfranchising blacks: it exempted from new literacy and property qualifications for voting those men entitled to vote before 1867 and their lineal descendants.
  • haud your wheesht! — be silent! hush!
  • haulage contractor — a person or firm that transports goods by lorry
  • in terrorem clause — a clause in a will stating that a beneficiary who contests the will shall lose his or her legacy.

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