13-letter words containing a, c, i, e
- afro-american — African-American
- agro-economic — of or relating to a nation's agricultural economy, the financial problems of farmers as a group, etc.: mounting pressures on the agro-economic system.
- agrobacterium — A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.
- agrochemicals — Plural form of agrochemical.
- agroecologist — One who studies agroecology.
- air ambulance — An air ambulance is a helicopter or plane that is used for taking people to hospital.
- air commodore — a senior officer of the Royal Air Force and certain other air forces, of equivalent rank to brigadier in the Army
- air core coil — having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils: air-core transformer.
- air discharge — Air discharge is a method for testing ESD-protection structures in which the ESD generator is discharged through an air gap between the generator and the device under test.
- air force one — the US Air Force plane used by the US president
- air injection — injection of liquid fuel into the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine, especially a diesel, by means of a jet of compressed air.
- aircraftwomen — Plural form of aircraftwoman.
- alchemistical — relating to alchemists
- alexis carrel — Alexis [uh-lek-sis;; French a-lek-see] /əˈlɛk sɪs;; French a lɛkˈsi/ (Show IPA), 1873–1944, French surgeon and biologist, in U.S. 1905–39: Nobel Prize 1912.
- algebraically — of, occurring in, or utilizing algebra.
- alice springs — a town in central Australia, in the Northern Territory, in the Macdonnell Ranges. Pop: 23 640 (2001)
- all-embracing — Something that is all-embracing includes or affects everyone or everything.
- all-inclusive — All-inclusive is used to indicate that a price, especially the price of a holiday, includes all the charges and all the services offered.
- allegorically — consisting of or pertaining to allegory; of the nature of or containing allgegory; figurative: an allegorical poem; an allegorical meaning.
- allelomorphic — relating to alleles
- allergenicity — causing allergic sensitization.
- alluvial cone — a steep, narrow, cone-shaped alluvial fan formed where a swift stream suddenly slows down, as where an upland stream emerges abruptly into a level plain
- alpha carinae — Canopus1
- alphanumerics — Plural form of alphanumeric.
- alpine chough — a bird of the crow family, Pyrrocorax graculus, found in the highest mountain regions of S Europe and central Asia, with a yellow bill, black plumage, and red legs
- alsike clover — a European clover, Trifolium hybridum, having pink flowers, grown in the U.S. for forage.
- alumosilicate — (inorganic chemistry) The anion [AlSiO4]-1.
- ambient music — a style of popular music which aims to create a relaxing atmosphere
- america's cup — an international yachting trophy, first won by the schooner America in 1851 and held as a challenge trophy by the New York Yacht Club until 1983
- american aloe — century plant
- american bond — a brickwork bond having a course of headers between five or six courses of stretchers.
- american curl — a breed of slender cat with curled-back ears and a plumed tail
- american fork — a town in central Utah.
- american plan — a hotel rate in which the charge includes meals
- american wake — an all-night farewell party for a person about to emigrate to America
- amicus curiae — a person not directly engaged in a case who advises the court
- amniocenteses — Plural form of amniocentesis.
- amniocentesis — If a pregnant woman has an amniocentesis, fluid is removed from her womb in order to check that her unborn baby is not affected by certain genetic disorders.
- amphictyonies — Plural form of amphictyony.
- amphitheatric — Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling an amphitheatre.
- amphitrichate — having a single flagellum at each end.
- amphotericins — Plural form of amphotericin.
- amplificative — Amplificatory.
- anaerobically — (of an organism or tissue) living in the absence of air or free oxygen.
- anathematical — of or relating to an anathema
- ancien regime — The ancien regime was the political and social system in France before the revolution of 1789.
- ancient greek — the Greek language from the earliest records to about 300 bc, the chief dialect areas of which were Aeolic, Arcadic, Doric, and Ionic (including Attic)
- androcentrism — centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests: an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.
- androdioecism — the state of being androdioecious
- anecdotically — in an anecdotical manner