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16-letter words starting with a

  • aluminum sulfate — a white crystalline salt, Al2(SO4)3, made by treating bauxite or clay with sulfuric acid: it is used in sizing paper, purifying water, fixing dyes, tanning, etc.
  • alvarez quintero — Joa‧ˈquín (hwɑˈkin ) ; hwäkēnˈ) 1873-1944; Sp. playwright
  • alveolar process — the ridgelike border of the upper and lower jaws containing the sockets of the teeth.
  • amaryllis family — the plant family Amaryllidaceae, typified by herbaceous plants having alternate or basal lance-shaped leaves, bulbs or corms, and showy, lilylike flowers and including the amaryllis, daffodil, onion and its relatives, and snowdrop.
  • ambidextrousness — The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
  • ambulance chaser — a lawyer who seeks to encourage and profit from the lawsuits of accident victims
  • ambulance driver — a person whose job is to drive an ambulance
  • ambulance stocks — high-performance stocks and shares recommended by a broker to a dissatisfied client to improve their relationship
  • ambulance worker — any person who works in the ambulance service
  • amebic dysentery — a form of dysentery caused by an amoeba (Entamoeba histolytica)
  • amende honorable — a public apology and reparation made to satisfy the honour of the person wronged
  • amending formula — a specified process or procedure by which a constitution may be amended
  • american bittern — any of several tawny brown herons that inhabit reedy marshes, as Botaurus lentiginosus (American bittern) of North America, and B. stellaris, of Europe.
  • american buffalo — bison (def 1).
  • american cowslip — shooting star (def 2).
  • american english — the form of English spoken in the US
  • american kestrel — a small American falcon (Falco sparverius) with a reddish-brown back and tail; sparrow hawk
  • american mustard — a mild yellow mustard
  • american spanish — Spanish as used in Latin America. Abbreviation: AmerSp.
  • american tragedy — a novel (1925) by Theodore Dreiser.
  • amerigo vespucci — Amerigo [uh-mer-i-goh;; Italian ah-me-ree-gaw] /əˈmɛr ɪˌgoʊ;; Italian ˌɑ mɛˈri gɔ/ (Show IPA), (Americus Vespucius) 1451–1512, Italian merchant, adventurer, and explorer after whom America was named.
  • amidinohydrazone — any of a group of pesticides, originally developed as antimalarial and antitubercular drugs, that impair cell respiration in cockroaches, red ants, and other insects.
  • amindivi islands — group of islands in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India: the N part of Lakshadweep territory
  • aminoacetic acid — glycine.
  • aminocitric acid — an amino acid, C 6 H 9 O 7 N, that is a component of calf thymus ribonucleoprotein.
  • aminocyclohexane — cyclohexylamine.
  • aminotransferase — transaminase.
  • ammonia solution — ammonia (def 2).
  • ammonia-solution — a colorless, pungent, suffocating, highly water-soluble, gaseous compound, NH 3 , usually produced by the direct combination of nitrogen and hydrogen gases: used chiefly for refrigeration and in the manufacture of commercial chemicals and laboratory reagents.
  • ammonium acetate — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, NH 4 (C 2 H 3 O 2), used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes and meat preservatives.
  • ammonium cyanate — a white, crystalline solid, CH 4 N 2 O, soluble in alcohol, that is converted into urea when heated.
  • ammonium lactate — a colorless to yellow, water-soluble, syrupy liquid, C 3 H 9 NO 3 , used chiefly in electroplating.
  • ammonium nitrate — a colourless highly soluble crystalline solid used mainly as a fertilizer and in explosives and pyrotechnics. Formula: NH4NO3
  • ammonium sulfate — an ammonium salt, (NH4)2SO4, made chiefly from synthetic ammonia and used in making fertilizers, in treating water, etc.
  • ammunition depot — a place where ammunition is stored
  • ammunition pouch — a pouch for carrying ammunition
  • amne machin shan — a mountain range in W central China. Highest peak, Amne Machin, 23, 490 feet (7164 meters).
  • amusement arcade — An amusement arcade is a place where you can play games on machines which work when you put money in them.
  • an arm and a leg — If you say that something costs an arm and a leg, you mean that it is very expensive.
  • an end in itself — If you consider something to be an end in itself, you do it because it seems desirable and not because it is likely to lead to something else.
  • an iota/one iota — You can use an iota or one iota to emphasize a negative statement. Not an iota or not one iota means not even to a small extent or degree.
  • anabolic steroid — Anabolic steroids are drugs which people, especially athletes, take to make their muscles bigger and to give them more strength.
  • anagrammatically — In an anagrammatic manner.
  • anal intercourse — a form of sexual intercourse in which the penis is inserted into the anus
  • analog recording — a method of sound recording in which an input audio waveform is converted to an analogous waveform.
  • analytical entry — a bibliographic record of part of an item for which a comprehensive bibliographic record has been made, as a single play or essay in an anthology, a subject in a comprehensive work, or a part of a multivolume set of books.
  • anastasio somoza — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), (Anastasio Somoza García) 1896–1956, Nicaraguan political leader: president 1937–47, 1950–56 (father of Anastasio and Luis Somoza Debayle).
  • anathematization — to pronounce an anathema against; denounce; curse.
  • ancestor worship — (in certain societies) the veneration of ancestors whose spirits are frequently held to possess the power to influence the affairs of the living.
  • ancienne-lorette — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
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