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14-letter words that end in t

  • antimonarchist — opposed to a monarchy
  • antimonopolist — opposed to monopoly
  • antiperspirant — an astringent substance applied to the skin to reduce or prevent perspiration
  • antipositivist — Relating to antipositivism.
  • antiseparatist — a person who opposes separatism
  • apprenticement — apprenticeship
  • approach light — one of a series of lights installed along the projected centerline of an airport runway to assist a pilot in aligning the aircraft during the approach to landing at night.
  • arabian desert — a desert in E Egypt, between the Nile, the Gulf of Suez, and the Red Sea: mountainous parts rise over 1800 m (6000 ft). Area: about 220 000 sq km (85 000 sq miles)
  • archaeometrist — a person who uses archaeometry
  • arctic current — a cold ocean current flowing S along the Labrador coast through Davis Strait to the Grand Banks where it divides, the E branch joining the North Atlantic Current and the W branch flowing into the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
  • argonne forest — a wooded region in NE France: battles, World War I, 1918; World War II, 1944.
  • argus pheasant — either of two pheasants, Argusianus argus (great argus) or Rheinardia ocellata (crested argus), occurring in SE Asia and Indonesia. The males have very long tails marked with eyelike spots
  • aromatherapist — An aromatherapist is a person who is qualified to practise aromatherapy.
  • arrest warrant — a legal document giving permission to arrest someone
  • arrondissement — the largest administrative subdivision of a department
  • as all get-out — to a considerable degree; greatly
  • as you like it — a comedy (1599?) by Shakespeare.
  • asarah betevet — a Jewish fast day observed on the 10th day of the month of Tevet in memory of the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem in 586 b.c. by the Babylonians under King Nebuchadnezzar.
  • assault jacket — a protective jacketlike garment, armored so as to resist bullets, knives, etc., worn especially by police officers for defense against attack.
  • assembly plant — An assembly plant is a factory where large items such as cars are put together, usually using parts which have been made in other factories.
  • assembly point — a designated place where people have been told to wait after evacuating a building in the event of a fire or other emergency
  • associationist — a person who is a member of a group or organization
  • astrobiologist — a person who studies astrobiology
  • astrogeologist — a person who studies astrogeology
  • astrophysicist — An astrophysicist is someone who studies astrophysics.
  • at (the) worst — You use at worst or at the worst to indicate that you are mentioning the worst thing that might happen in a situation.
  • at first sight — If you say that something seems to have certain characteristics at first sight, you mean that it appears to have the features you describe when you first see it but later it is found to be different.
  • at knife-point — under threat of being stabbed
  • at one's worst — When someone is at their worst, they are as unpleasant, bad, or unsuccessful as it is possible for them to be.
  • atacama desert — a desert region along the W coast of South America, mainly in N Chile: a major source of nitrates. Area: about 80 000 sq km (31 000 sq miles)
  • athlete's foot — Athlete's foot is a fungal infection in which the skin between the toes becomes cracked or peels off.
  • athletic heart — nonpathological enlargement of the heart resulting from intensive aerobic exercise.
  • autoenrollment — Automatic enrollment (especially of security certificates in a computer system).
  • autotransplant — autograft.
  • aviation cadet — one who trains to become an officer in an air force.
  • bachelor chest — a chest of drawers, esp., one for men's shirts, sweaters, underwear, etc.
  • backside-front — backend-to.
  • bacteriologist — a branch of microbiology dealing with the identification, study, and cultivation of bacteria and with their applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and biotechnology.
  • balance weight — a weight used in machines to counterbalance a part, as of a crankshaft
  • ballast pocket — a depression that is formed beneath the ballast layer by penetration of ballast particles into the subgrade and that tends to collect moisture.
  • bank statement — A bank statement is a printed document showing all the money paid into and taken out of a bank account. Bank statements are usually sent by a bank to a customer at regular intervals.
  • banker's draft — A banker's draft is the same as a bank draft.
  • baptismal font — a large bowl for baptismal water, usually mounted on a pedestal
  • barbour jacket — a hard-wearing waterproof waxed jacket
  • base component — the system of rules in a transformational grammar that specify the deep structure of the language
  • bass guitarist — a player of the bass guitar
  • batement light — a compartment of a window with tracery, the bottom of which is formed by the arched head of a compartment or compartments below.
  • batting helmet — a rigid plastic cap with a sidepiece extending down over the ear, worn for protection while batting
  • bayonet socket — a socket for a bayonet fitting
  • beat a retreat — to withdraw or depart in haste
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