13-letter words containing a, b, t, e
- alterableness — The state or quality of being alterable.
- ambidexterity — ambidextrous ease, skill, or facility.
- ambidexterous — ambidextrous
- ambient music — a style of popular music which aims to create a relaxing atmosphere
- ambient noise — the level of the total noise in an area
- ambisexuality — the state of being ambisexual
- ambitiousness — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- ambrette seed — the seed of the abelmosk.
- aminobenzoate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of aminobenzoic acid.
- analphabetism — the inability to read and write, illiteracy
- angle bracket — either of a pair of brackets having the shapes < and >
- answerability — liable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions.
- anthropophobe — One who dislikes human beings.
- antibacterial — effective against bacteria
- anticipatable — capable of being anticipated
- antimetabolic — inhibiting metabolism
- antiobscenity — opposed to or working to combat obscenity
- antisubmarine — (of weapons, missiles, etc) designed to combat or destroy submarines
- appealability — an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
- apportionable — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- appreciatable — (chiefly,esthetics) That can be appreciated or enjoyed.
- arbitrariness — subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.
- arboriculture — the cultivation of trees or shrubs, esp for the production of timber
- archaeobotany — the analysis and interpretation of plant remains found at archaeological sites
- archebacteria — Plural form of archebacterium.
- ascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- ascertainably — In a way that can be ascertained.
- assembly time — the time required for a computer to translate symbolic computer language into machine-language instructions.
- assertability — The quality of being assertable.
- assessability — The quality of being assessable.
- asteroid belt — the concentrations of asteroids that move around the sun mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
- at one's back — behind, esp in support or pursuit
- at one's best — in one's best mood, form, health, etc.
- at sb's heels — If a person or an animal is at your heels, they are following close behind you.
- at the double — at twice normal marching speed
- atomic number — the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
- attributively — pertaining to or having the character of attribution or an attribute.
- baal shem tov — original name Israel ben Eliezer ?1700–60, Jewish religious leader, teacher, and healer in Poland: founder of modern Hasidism
- baal-shem-tov — (Israel ben Eliezer"Besht") c1700–60, Ukrainian teacher and religious leader: founder of the Hasidic movement of Judaism.
- babbitt metal — any of a number of alloys originally based on tin, antimony, and copper but now often including lead: used esp in bearings
- baby elephant — a very young elephant
- baby snatcher — a person who steals a baby from its pram
- baby's-breath — a tall Eurasian caryophyllaceous plant, Gypsophila paniculata, bearing small white or pink fragrant flowers
- baby-batterer — a person who physically abuses a baby or young child
- baccalaureate — The baccalaureate is an examination taken by students at the age of eighteen in France and some other countries.
- bachelor flat — a flat lived in, or intended for a bachelor
- bachelorettes — Plural form of bachelorette.
- backbone site — A key Usenet, electronic mail and/or Internet site; one that processes a large amount of third-party traffic, especially if it is the home site of any of the regional coordinators for the Usenet maps. Notable backbone sites as of early 1993 include uunet and the mail machines at Rutgers University, UC Berkeley, DEC's Western Research Laboratories, Ohio State University and the University of Texas. Compare rib site, leaf site.
- backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
- backscratcher — an implement with a long handle, used for scratching one's back