16-letter words containing ast
- erythroblastosis — A medical condition in which erythroblasts are abnormally found in the blood.
- fast of gedaliah — Tzom Gedaliah.
- flabbergastation — (colloquial) Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted.
- flabbergastingly — Surprisingly, astonishingly or amazingly.
- four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
- gastro-resistant — A gastro-resistant tablet is designed to temporarily withstand attack by stomach acid.
- gastroenterology — the study of the structure, functions, and diseases of digestive organs.
- gastroesophageal — Of or relating to the stomach and to the esophagus.
- gastrointestinal — of, relating to, or affecting the stomach and intestines.
- go-faster stripe — a decorative line, intended to be suggestive of high speed, on the bodywork of a car
- hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
- high-level waste — radioactive waste material, such as spent nuclear fuel initially having a high activity and thus needing constant cooling for several decades by its producers before it can be reprocessed or treated
- horary astrology — a method through which the answer to a question is sought by casting and interpreting a horoscope for the precise moment one learns of an event, problem, career opportunity, etc.
- iconoclastically — In an iconoclastic way.
- industrial waste — waste materials left over from a manufacturing process in industrial buildings such as factories and mines
- isoplastic graft — syngraft.
- least flycatcher — a small flycatcher, Empidonax minimus, of eastern North America.
- live in the past — If you accuse someone of living in the past, you mean that they think too much about the past or believe that things are the same as they were in the past.
- medulloblastomas — Plural form of medulloblastoma.
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- natural disaster — meteorological or geological catastrophe
- neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
- not in the least — smallest in size, amount, degree, etc.; slightest: He gave the least amount of money of anyone.
- oesophagogastric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the oesophagus and the stomach.
- on its last legs — about to fail
- overenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
- past progressive — a verb form consisting of an auxiliary be in the past tense followed by a present participle and used especially to indicate that an action or event was incomplete or in progress at a point of reference in the past, as was sleeping in I was sleeping when the phone rang.
- pastoral epistle — any one of three New Testament books, I or II Timothy or Titus, that stress pastoral and ecclesiastical concerns.
- plaster of paris — calcined gypsum in white, powdery form, used as a base for gypsum plasters, as an additive of lime plasters, and as a material for making fine and ornamental casts: characterized by its ability to set rapidly when mixed with water.
- precast concrete — ready-formed cement mixture
- raster subsystem — (graphics) The part of a graphics system concerned with an image after it has been transformed and scaled to screen coordinates. It includes scan conversion and display.
- scheduled castes — (in India) the official name given to the lower castes that are now protected by the government and offered special concessions.
- shirring elastic — elastic used for shirring
- sticking plaster — an adhesive cloth or other material for covering and closing superficial wounds, holding bandages in place, etc.
- the easter bunny — the rabbit that brings Easter eggs
- the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
- thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- to say the least — at the minimum
- to waste no time — If you waste no time in doing something, you take the opportunity to do it immediately or quickly.
- velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
- vertical tasting — a tasting of different vintages of one particular wine.
- waste management — disposal and treatment of waste
- weather forecast — meteorological prediction
- white wood aster — a composite plant, Aster divaricatus, of North America, having flat-topped clusters of white ray flowers and growing in dry woods.