17-letter words containing a, l, t, o

aristolochiaceous — belonging to the Aristolochiaceae, the birthwort family of plants.
arlington heights — village in NE Ill.: suburb of Chicago: pop. 76,000
articulated joint — Anatomy. a flexible joint.
articulated lorry — a lorry made in two separate sections, a tractor and a trailer, connected by a pivoted bar
articulatory loop — a short-term memory system that enables a person to remember short strings of words by rehearsing them repeatedly in his head
artificial person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
as the crow flies — If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line.
ashton-under-lyne — a town in NW England, in Tameside unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 43 236 (2001)
astral projection — the departure of the astral body from the physical body, in order to travel to the astral plane
astronomical unit — a unit of distance used in astronomy equal to the mean distance between the earth and the sun. 1 astronomical unit is equivalent to 1.495 × 1011 metres or about 9.3 × 107 miles
astronomical year — year (def 4b).
at close quarters — If you do something at close quarters, you do it very near to a particular person or thing.
at one fell swoop — to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
at one's disposal — If you have something at your disposal, you are able to use it whenever you want, and for whatever purpose you want. If you say that you are at someone's disposal, you mean that you are willing to help them in any way you can.
australian ballot — an official ballot listing candidates for election to public office and issues, levies, etc., distributed inside the polling place to be marked by the voter in secret: it originated in Australia and is widely used in the U.S.
australopithecine — any of various extinct apelike primates of the genus Australopithecus and related genera, remains of which have been discovered in southern and E Africa. Some species are estimated to be over 4.5 million years old
authority control — the establishment and maintainance of consistent forms of terms, as of names, subjects, and titles, to be used as headings in bibliographic records.
autocatalytically — In an autocatalytic manner.
autocorrelational — Of or pertaining to autocorrelation.
auxiliary storage — secondary storage.
baby doll nightie — a short, frilly nightdress
bachelor's button — any of several plants of a genus (Centaurea) of the composite family, that have scaly, vase-shaped bracts below the white, pink, or blue flowers; esp., the cornflower and knapweed
bachelor's-button — any of various plants with round flower heads, especially the cornflower.
back on the rails — If something is back on the rails, it is beginning to be successful again after a period when it almost failed.
bacteriologically — In a bacteriological manner; with respect to bacteriology.
balance of nature — the stable state in which natural communities of animals and plants exist, maintained by adaptation, competition, and other interactions between members of the communit ies and their nonliving environment
balance of terror — military deterrence based on the possession of weapons of mass destruction by opponents in a conflict
balance the books — do accounting
bald-faced hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
baltimore clipper — a small, fast American sailing vessel of the early 19th century, having a sharp hull form and two masts with a pronounced rake and carrying a brig or schooner rig.
bangalore torpedo — an explosive device in a long metal tube, used to blow gaps in barbed-wire barriers
bar-tailed godwit — a large wader, Limosa lapponica, of the family Scolopacidae which, in migrating from Alaska to New Zealand, makes the longest journey without stopping for food taken by any animal
barrel distortion — distortion of an image produced by an optical system that causes straight lines at image margins to bulge outwards
bartholin's gland — either of two small glands near the vaginal opening: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous lubricating substance
battle of britain — (in World War II) the series of aerial combats that took place between British and German aircraft during the autumn of 1940 and that included the severe bombardment of British cities.
bell laboratories — One of AT&T's research sites, in Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA. It was the birthplace of the transistor, Unix, C and C++ and the current home of research on Plan 9 and ODE.
benoit mandelbrot — (person) /ben'wa man'dl-bro/ Benoit B. Mandelbrot. The IBM scientist who wrote several original books on fractals and gave his name to the set he was discovered, the Mandelbrot set and coined the term "fractal" in 1975 from the Latin fractus or "to break".
betagalactosidase — any of a family of enzymes capable of liberating galactose from carbohydrates.
bill of adventure — a certificate made out by a merchant to show that goods handled by him and his agents are the property of another party at whose risk the dealing is done
bill of attainder — (formerly) a legislative act finding a person guilty without trial of treason or felony and declaring him attainted
binet-simon scale — a test comprising questions and tasks, used to determine the mental age of subjects, usually children
biological father — the man whose semen fertilized the ovum from which a child was born
biological mother — the mother who gave birth to a child
biological parent — a parent who has conceived (biological mother) or sired (biological father) rather than adopted a child and whose genes are therefore transmitted to the child.
biological rhythm — biorhythm.
biopharmaceutical — of or relating to drugs produced using biotechnology
bitter almond oil — almond oil (def 2).
bitter-almond-oil — Also called sweet almond oil, expressed almond oil. a colorless to pale yellow fatty oil expressed from the seeds of the sweet almond, used in preparing perfumes and confections.
black forest cake — a torte consisting typically of thin layers of chocolate cake spread with alternating layers of chocolate, cherry, and whipped-cream filling and covered with whipped cream
black nationalism — a movement advocating the establishment of a separate black nation within the U.S.

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