14-letter words containing ra
- anopisthograph — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on only one side of the leaves.
- answerableness — The state or quality of being answerable.
- anthropography — the study of human geography and variation; ethnography
- anti-corporate — of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations: a corporate executive; She considers the new federal subsidy just corporate welfare.
- anti-neuralgic — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- antidemocratic — opposed to the principles or practice of democracy
- antifederalism — Alternative form of anti-federalism.
- antifederalist — a person who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 and thereafter allied with Thomas Jefferson's Antifederal Party, which opposed extension of the powers of the federal Government
- antiliberalism — a political ideology opposed to liberalism
- antilock brake — a brake fitted to some road vehicles that prevents skidding and improves control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
- antiperspirant — an astringent substance applied to the skin to reduce or prevent perspiration
- antiphrastical — the use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning.
- antiradicalism — the opposition to radicalism
- antiretroviral — inhibiting the process by which a retrovirus replicates
- antiscriptural — opposed to or contradicting scripture
- antiseparatist — a person who opposes separatism
- antiulcerative — An antiulcerative is an agent that prevents the formation or promotes the healing of ulcers.
- aperture ratio — relative aperture.
- appearance fee — An appearance fee is money paid to a famous person such as a sports star or film star for taking part in a public event.
- aquaculturally — In an aquacultural manner; with regard to, or by means of, aquaculture.
- arabia deserta — an ancient division of Arabia, in the N part between Syria and Mesopotamia.
- arabia petraea — an ancient division of Arabia, in the NW part.
- arabian coffee — a tall, widely cultivated shrub (Coffea arabica) of the madder family, yielding coffee beans that are the world's chief source of commercially produced coffee: native to Africa but now present throughout the tropics, esp. in Brazil
- arabian desert — a desert in E Egypt, between the Nile, the Gulf of Suez, and the Red Sea: mountainous parts rise over 1800 m (6000 ft). Area: about 220 000 sq km (85 000 sq miles)
- arabian nights — Thea collection of ancient tales from Arabia, India, Persia, etc.
- arabic numeral — one of the symbols 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 (opposed to Roman numerals)
- arable farming — the growing of arable crops
- arachidic acid — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 40 O 2 , obtained from peanut oil: used chiefly in the manufacture of lubricants, plastics, and waxes.
- arachnodactyly — A condition in which the fingers and hands are abnormally long and slender.
- arachnological — relating to arachnology
- araguaya-river — a river flowing N from central Brazil to the Tocantins River. about 1100 miles (1770 km) long.
- arboricultural — Of or pertaining to the care, planting and maintenance of trees.
- argand diagram — a diagram in which complex numbers are represented by the points in the plane the coordinates of which are respectively the real and imaginary parts of the number, so that the number x + iy is represented by the point (x, y), or by the corresponding vector <x, y>. If the polar coordinates of (x, y) are (r, θ), r is the modulus and θ the argument of x + iy
- aristocratical — aristocratic
- aromatherapist — An aromatherapist is a person who is qualified to practise aromatherapy.
- arrest warrant — a legal document giving permission to arrest someone
- arteriographic — relating to arteriography
- asarah betevet — a Jewish fast day observed on the 10th day of the month of Tevet in memory of the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem in 586 b.c. by the Babylonians under King Nebuchadnezzar.
- ascii graphics — ASCII art
- asparagus bean — a trailing, long-stemmed Asian vine, Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, of the legume family, having yellow or violet flowers and very long pods.
- asparagus fern — a fernlike species of asparagus, A. plumosus, native to southern Africa
- asparagus tips — the ends of asparagus spears, considered to be the tastiest part
- asseveratingly — in an asseverating or affirming manner
- at close range — If you see or hit something at close range or from close range, you are very close to it when you see it or hit it. If you do something at a range of half a mile, for example, you are half a mile away from it when you do it.
- atomic veteran — a veteran of the armed forces who was exposed to radioactivity during the testing or use of nuclear (atomic) weapons in World War II or subsequent wars.
- attractability — The quality of being attractable.
- attractiveness — providing pleasure or delight, especially in appearance or manner; pleasing; charming; alluring: an attractive personality.
- attrition rate — the rate at which customers or subscribers switch from one supplier to another
- autobiographer — a person who writes the story of his or her own life
- autobiographic — marked by or dealing with one's own experiences or life history; of or in the manner of an autobiography: autobiographical material; an autobiographical novel.