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16-letter words containing a, t

  • acroparaesthesia — a persistent sensation of numbness and tingling in the hands and feet
  • across the board — If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group.
  • across-the-board — applying to all employees, members, groups, or categories; general: The across-the-board pay increase means a raise for all employees.
  • acrylic painting — a painting done with pigments in a solution of an acrylic resin: it dries quickly with a brilliance and depth comparable to those of both watercolor and oil paints
  • act of indemnity — an act of Parliament granting exemption to public officers from technical penalties that they may have been compelled to incur
  • actinobacillosis — a disease of cattle and sheep, caused by infection with an Actinobacillus lignieresii and characterized by soft tissue lesions, esp of the tongue
  • actinodermatitis — dermatitis from exposure to radiation, esp ultraviolet light or X-rays
  • actinopterygians — Plural form of actinopterygian.
  • action committee — a group of people who come together to organize and supervise others who are fighting for a particular cause or carrying out a particular task
  • action potential — a localized change in electrical potential, from about –70 mV to +30 mV and back again, that occurs across a nerve fibre during transmission of a nerve impulse
  • activated carbon — a porous highly adsorptive form of carbon used to remove colour or impurities from liquids and gases, in the separation and extraction of chemical compounds, and in the recovery of solvents
  • activated sludge — a mass of aerated precipitated sewage added to untreated sewage to bring about purification by hastening decomposition by microorganisms
  • activation order — an instruction to create, mobilize, or organize a unit
  • active directory — (operating system)   A directory service from Microsoft Corporation, similar in concept to Novell Netware Directory Services, that also integrates with the user organisation's DNS structure and is interoperable with LDAP. Active Directory is included in Windows 2000.
  • active transport — a process by which molecules are enabled to pass across a membrane from a region in which they are in a low concentration to one of high concentration; this requires the expenditure of energy in metabolism and is assisted by carrier proteins, commonly referred to as pumps
  • activity holiday — a type of holiday in which holiday-makers can take part in many different organized activities, esp sports
  • adaptive routing — dynamic routing
  • add to the check — If you add an item or expense to the check at a restaurant or hotel, you put an extra charge onto a customer's bill to charge for an additional service they have used.
  • added title page — a title page preceding or following the main title page of a book, often giving a series title or the book title in another language.
  • addition polymer — a polymer formed by the direct reaction of two or more monomers, and with no resulting water or other by-product.
  • additive inverse — the number that must be added to a number to equal zero
  • additive process — a photographic process in which the desired colours are produced by adding together appropriate proportions of three primary colours
  • adhesive plaster — adhesive tape, especially in wide sheets.
  • adjective clause — a relative clause that modifies a noun or pronoun, as the clause that I told you about in This is the book that I told you about and who saw us in It was she who saw us.
  • adjective phrase — An adjective phrase or adjectival phrase is a group of words based on an adjective, such as 'very nice' or 'interested in football.' An adjective phrase can also consist simply of an adjective.
  • adjustable-pitch — (of a marine or aircraft propeller) having blades whose pitch can be changed while the propeller is stationary, chiefly to suit various conditions of navigation or flight.
  • adjutant general — a member of the Army Board responsible for personnel and administrative functions
  • administrational — the management of any office, business, or organization; direction.
  • administratively — pertaining to administration; executive: administrative ability.
  • administratrices — Plural form of administratrix.
  • admirable bolete — an edible mushroom, Boletus mirabilis, of Rocky Mountain and Pacific northwestern evergreen forests, having a dark-red, scaly or woolly cap with yellow pores and a stout stem.
  • admitting office — an office in a hospital where administrative staff carry out the procedures necessary to admit a patient to the hospital
  • advantageousness — The state or quality of being advantageous.
  • adventitiousness — The degree to which a thing is adventitious.
  • adventure racing — a contest in which teams compete in an expedition-length race which involves two or more sporting disciplines, often running, mountain biking, climbing, kayaking, and elements of navigation and orienteering
  • advice columnist — An advice columnist is a person who writes a column in a newspaper or magazine in which they reply to readers who have written to them for advice on their personal problems.
  • advisory teacher — a teacher who visits schools to advise teachers on curriculum developments within a particular subject area
  • aeolian deposits — sediments, such as loess, made up of windblown grains of sand or dust
  • aerometeorograph — an aircraft instrument that records temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure
  • aerotherapeutics — the treatment of disease by the use of air, esp. by exposing patients to changes in atmospheric pressure
  • aesthetic labour — workers employed by a company for their appearance or accent, with the aim of promoting the company's image
  • aestheticisation — Act or process of aestheticising.
  • aestheticization — Alternative form of aestheticisation.
  • affectionateness — The state or quality of being affectionate.
  • affirmative flag — a flag having five horizontal stripes, blue, white, red, white, and blue, from top to bottom, signifying “yes”: letter C in the International Code of Signals.
  • affluent society — a society in which the material benefits of prosperity are widely available
  • african elephant — a type of elephant that is native to Africa
  • against all odds — If something happens against all odds, it happens or succeeds although it seemed impossible or very unlikely.
  • against the head — from the opposing side's put-in to the scrum
  • agency agreement — an agreement between a business and an agent appointed to promote its interests
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