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16-letter words containing ti

  • antibureaucratic — Lb politics Opposed to bureaucracy.
  • anticholinergics — Plural form of anticholinergic.
  • anticippointment — (informal, rare) A feeling of anticipation followed by disappointment.
  • anticyclogenesis — the intensification or development of an anticyclone.
  • anticyclonically — Lb meteorology In an anticyclonic fashion.
  • antiessentialist — Opposing essentialism.
  • antihumanitarian — Opposing humanitarianism.
  • antihypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
  • antihypertensive — able to inhibit or control hypertension
  • antiinflammatory — Alternative spelling of anti-inflammatory.
  • antilles current — a warm ocean current flowing NW along the N coast of the Greater Antilles and joining the Florida Current off the SW coast of Florida.
  • antimony sulfate — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-insoluble solid, Sb 2 (SO 4) 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
  • antimony sulfide — antimony pentasulfide.
  • antiparkinsonian — An antiparkinsonian is an agent used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
  • antipathetically — In an antipathetic fashion.
  • antiphospholipid — (medicine) Counteracting phospholipids; applied to Hughes syndrome.
  • antipornographic — Opposing pornography.
  • antirecessionary — used to counteract or offest the economic effects of a recession: the president's antirecessionary program.
  • antitorque rotor — (on certain helicopters) a small rotor on the tail, turning in the vertical plane and providing a thrust whose torque opposes and compensates for the torque of the main rotor.
  • aplastic anaemia — anaemia caused by a defect in the body's ability to regenerate blood cells
  • application form — a form to be filled in when applying for job, grant etc
  • appreciativeness — The state or quality of being appreciative.
  • archaeomagnetism — an archaeological technique for dating certain clay objects by measuring the extent to which they have been magnetized by the earth's magnetic field
  • archconservative — consistently holding extremely conservative views: publisher of the city's archconservative newspaper.
  • arctic red river — a river in the W Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing NW to the Mackenzie River. 310 miles (500 km) long.
  • aristocratically — In an aristocratic manner.
  • aromatherapeutic — Of or pertaining to aromatherapy.
  • ars gratia artis — art for art's sake
  • arteriosclerotic — degenerative changes in the arteries, characterized by thickening of the vessel walls and accumulation of calcium with consequent loss of elasticity and lessened blood flow.
  • arthus' reaction — a severe, local immune reaction to the injection of an antigen in a sensitized host.
  • article of faith — If something is an article of faith for a person or group, they believe in it totally.
  • article of virtu — an object that it interesting because of its rarity, beauty or appeal to a connoisseur
  • artificial blood — a chemical emulsion, capable of carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide, for temporary use as a blood substitute in medical emergencies or when a patient objects to blood transfusions on religious grounds.
  • artificial crown — the enamel-covered part of a tooth above the gum
  • artificial heart — any of various four-chambered devices, modeled on the human heart, that pump blood by attachment to a power source and that are constructed for temporary external use or for implantation as a temporary or permanent heart replacement.
  • artistic license — (legal)   The open source license applicable to Perl.
  • as distinct from — If you say that you are talking about one thing as distinct from another, you are indicating exactly which thing you mean.
  • asiatic elephant — Indian elephant. See under elephant.
  • assembly routine — assembler (def 2a).
  • assimilationists — Plural form of assimilationist.
  • association area — any of the regions of the cerebral cortex of the brain connected by numerous nerve fibers to all parts of both cerebral hemispheres and coordinating such higher activities as learning and reasoning.
  • associationistic — Of or pertaining to associationism.
  • asymptomatically — showing no evidence of disease.
  • at the same time — If two or more things exist, happen, or are true at the same time, they exist, happen, or are true together although they seem to contradict each other.
  • atherothrombotic — (medicine) Pertaining to or caused by atherothrombosis, the sudden disruption of an atherosclerotic plaque.
  • atlantic charter — the joint declaration issued by F. D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill on Aug 14, 1941, consisting of eight principles to guide a postwar settlement
  • atlantic croaker — a person or thing that croaks.
  • atmospheric tide — a movement of atmospheric masses caused by the gravitational attraction of the sun and moon and by daily solar heating.
  • attitude of mind — Your attitude of mind is your general way of thinking and feeling.
  • attitude problem — a frame of mind perceived by others to be hostile or uncooperative
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