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16-letter words containing a, n

  • airmail envelope — an envelope made of the very thin blue paper that is used to send letters by airmail
  • airplane carrier — an aircraft carrier.
  • akiba ben joseph — a.d. c50–c135, rabbi and scholar: systematizer of Jewish oral law on which the Mishnah is based.
  • alaska peninsula — an extension of the mainland of SW Alaska between the Pacific and the Bering Sea, ending in the Aleutian Islands. Length: about 644 km (400 miles)
  • alaskan malamute — any of a breed of large, strong dog with a thick coat of gray or black-and-white and a bushy tail: it was developed as a sled dog by the Alaskan Eskimo
  • aleutian current — a current in the Pacific Ocean that flows eastward between latitudes 40° and 50° N.
  • aleutian islands — a chain of over 150 volcanic islands, extending southwestwards from the Alaska Peninsula between the N Pacific and the Bering Sea
  • alexander baring — Alexander, 1st Baron Ashburton, 1774–1848, British statesman.
  • alexander dubcek — Alexander, 1921–92, Czechoslovakian political leader: first secretary of the Communist Party 1968–69.
  • alexander island — island of Antarctica, just west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, in the British Antarctic Territory: c. 16,700 sq mi (43,253 sq km)
  • alexander nevski — Saint. ?1220–63, Russian prince and military leader, who defeated the Swedes at the River Neva (1240) and the Teutonic knights at Lake Peipus (1242)
  • alexander nevsky — 1220?-63; Russ. military hero, statesman, & saint
  • alexandria senna — See under senna (def 2).
  • algebraic number — any number that is a root of a polynomial equation having rational coefficients such as √2 but not π
  • alimentary canal — The alimentary canal in a person or animal is the passage in their body through which food passes from their mouth to their anus.
  • alizarin crimson — a pigment used in painting, derived from anthraquinone and characterized by its red color and transparency.
  • alkylating agent — any cytotoxic drug containing alkyl groups, such as chlorambucil, that acts by damaging DNA; widely used in chemotherapy
  • all in good time — in due course
  • all too/only too — You use all too or only too to emphasize that something happens to a greater extent or degree than is pleasant or desirable.
  • all-encompassing — all-embracing.
  • all-terrain bike — mountain bike. Abbreviation: ATB.
  • allegheny spurge — a low, shrubby evergreen plant, Pachysandra procumbens, having spikes of white or purplish flowers, native to the southeastern U.S. and widely cultivated as a ground cover.
  • allele frequency — the frequency of occurrence or proportions of different alleles of a particular gene in a given population.
  • alligator wrench — a wrench having a V -shaped pair of serrated jaws set at right angles to the shank for turning cylindrical or irregularly shaped parts.
  • alliterativeness — The state or quality of being alliterative.
  • alloyed junction — a semiconductor junction used in some junction transistors and formed by alloying metal contacts, functioning as emitter and collector regions, to a wafer of semiconductor that acts as the base region
  • alpha conversion — (theory)   In lambda-calculus and reduction, the renaming of a formal parameter in a lambda abstraction. This does not change the meaning of the abstraction. For example: \ x . x+1 <--> \ y . y+1 If the actual argument to a lambda abstraction contains instances of the abstraction's formal parameter then it is necessary to rename the parameter before applying the abstraction to avoid name capture.
  • alpha-adrenergic — of or having to do with an alpha receptor
  • alpha-interferon — interferon (def 2).
  • alphanumerically — In an alphanumeric manner; using alphanumeric characters.
  • alpine bearberry — a related species, A. alpina of European mountains, having black berries
  • alternate angles — two angles at opposite ends and on opposite sides of a transversal cutting two lines
  • alternative fact — a theory posited as an alternative to another, often more widely accepted, theory
  • alternative fuel — An alternative fuel is any automotive fuel other than gasoline and diesel fuel.
  • alternative rock — a broad category of popular rock music typically regarded as somewhat out of the mainstream and variously including elements of punk rock, heavy metal, folk music, etc.
  • alternative vote — of or relating to a system of voting in which voters list the candidates in order of preference. If no candidate obtains more than 50% of first-preference votes, the votes for the bottom candidate are redistributed according to the voters' next preference
  • aluminium bronze — any of a range of copper alloys that contain between 5 and 10 per cent aluminium
  • aluminosilicates — Plural form of aluminosilicate.
  • aluminum acetate — a compound that in the form of its normal salt, Al(C 2 H 3 O 2) 3 , obtained as a white, water-soluble, amorphous powder, is used chiefly in medicine as an astringent and as an antiseptic, and in the form of its basic salt, Al(C 2 H 3 O 2) 2 OH, obtained as a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, is used chiefly in the textile industry as a waterproofing agent, as a fireproofing agent, and as a mordant.
  • aluminum carbide — a yellow, crystalline solid, Al 4 C 3 , that reacts with water to form methane.
  • aluminum nitrate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Al(NO 3) 3 ⋅9H 2 O, used chiefly as a mordant in dyeing cotton.
  • 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
  • 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
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