15-letter words containing li
- antifederalists — Plural form of antifederalist.
- antilibertarian — opposed to libertarianism
- antimaterialism — an attitude opposed to materialism
- antimaterialist — opposed to materialism
- antimetabolites — Plural form of antimetabolite.
- antinationalist — a person who is opposed to nationalism
- antirationalism — the opposition to rationalism
- antirationalist — opposed to rationalism
- antirationality — the opposition to rationality
- antishoplifting — designed to prevent shoplifting
- apolipoproteins — Plural form of apolipoprotein.
- apostolic vicar — vicar apostolic.
- apostolicalness — The state or quality of being apostolical.
- approach lights — lights on the runway that guide planes coming in to land
- approachability — capable of being approached; accessible.
- aristotelianism — a philosophical tradition based on the wide-ranging belief system of Aristotle
- arterialization — to convert (venous blood) into arterial blood by the action of oxygen in the lungs.
- artificial life — (algorithm, application) (a-life) The study of synthetic systems which behave like natural living systems in some way. Artificial Life complements the traditional biological sciences concerned with the analysis of living organisms by attempting to create lifelike behaviours within computers and other artificial media. Artificial Life can contribute to theoretical biology by modelling forms of life other than those which exist in nature. It has applications in environmental and financial modelling and network communications. There are some interesting implementations of artificial life using strangely shaped blocks. A video, probably by the company Artificial Creatures who build insect-like robots in Cambridge, MA (USA), has several mechanical implementations of artificial life forms. See also evolutionary computing, Life.
- artificial lift — Artificial lift is any method of increasing flow from a well.
- assign a policy — If you assign a policy, you transfer legal ownership of an insurance policy to another person.
- assisted living — Assisted living is a type of housing specially designed for people who need help in their everyday lives, but who do not need specialist nursing care. In assisted living facilities, residents live in independent rooms or apartments, but receive help with day-to-day activities, for example bathing, dressing, preparing meals, and taking their medicines.
- at the earliest — At the earliest means not before the date or time mentioned.
- atrabiliousness — The state or quality of being characterized by melancholy or glumness.
- aurora borealis — the aurora seen around the North Pole
- australian alps — a mountain range in SE Australia, in E Victoria and SE New South Wales. Highest peak: Mount Kosciuszko, 2195 m (7316 ft)
- australian mist — a breed of medium-sized cat with a short spotted or marbled coat
- australian pine — casuarina
- autocannibalism — The eating of part of one's own body.
- autocollimation — the process used in an autocollimator.
- autolithography — a lithographic technique by which the artist draws or traces with a brush and pen directly on a stone or plate.
- auxiliary rotor — the tail rotor of a helicopter, used for directional and rotary control
- available light — the natural or usual light on a subject.
- bacchanalianism — the practice of bacchanalian behaviour; drunken revelry
- baja california — peninsula in Mexico, between the Pacific & the Gulf of California: divided into a northern state (Baja California), 27,071 sq mi (70,114 sq km), pop. 1,661,000, cap. Mexicali; and a southern state (Baja California Sur), 28,447 sq mi (73,677 sq km), pop. 318,000, cap. La Paz
- banana republic — Small, poor countries that are politically unstable are sometimes referred to as banana republics.
- banner headline — A banner headline is a large headline in a newspaper that stretches across the front page.
- bateau neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- be delivered of — to give birth to
- be spoiling for — to have an aggressive desire for (a fight, etc)
- bedroom slipper — a soft shoe worn in the house
- beef wellington — a lightly roasted beef fillet covered with pâté de foie gras, wrapped in pastry, and then baked
- belief revision — (artificial intelligence) The area of theory change in which preservation of the information in the theory to be changed plays a key role. A fundamental issue in belief revision is how to decide what information to retract in order to maintain consistency, when the addition of a new belief to a theory would make it inconsistent. Usually, an ordering on the sentences of the theory is used to determine priorities among sentences, so that those with lower priority can be retracted. This ordering can be difficult to generate and maintain. The postulates of the AGM Theory for Belief Revision describe minimal properties a revision process should have.
- belladonna lily — a tropical bulbous plant (Amaryllis belladonna) of the lily family, grown for its large pink, white, or red flowers and native to S Africa
- benzoglyoxaline — benzimidazole.
- bernoulli trial — one of a sequence of independent experiments each of which has the same probability of success, such as successive throws of a die, the outcome of which is described by a binomial distribution
- biblia pauperum — any of the picture books illustrating Biblical events and usually containing a short text, used chiefly in the Middle Ages for purposes of religious instruction.
- biblical hebrew — the Hebrew language used in the Old Testament. Abbreviation: BiblHeb.
- bibliographical — a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer.
- billiard parlor — poolroom (def 1).
- billing machine — a business machine used to itemize and total customer accounts, produce bills, post account records, etc.