13-letter words containing a, d, e
- age hardening — the hardening of metals by spontaneous structural changes over a period of time
- ahead of time — If you do something ahead of time, you do it before a particular event or before you need to, in order to be well prepared.
- air commodore — a senior officer of the Royal Air Force and certain other air forces, of equivalent rank to brigadier in the Army
- 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 hardening — a process of hardening high-alloy steels by heating and cooling in a current of air
- air-hardening — noting any metal, especially alloy steel, that can be hardened from above its transformation point by cooling in air.
- airheadedness — The quality of being airheaded.
- airplane mode — a setting on a phone or other mobile device that turns off Wi-Fi, cellular, and other wireless connections.
- albert edward — a mountain in SE New Guinea, in the Owen Stanley Range. Height: 3993 m (13 100 ft)
- aldosteronism — high blood pressure caused by excess aldosterone in the blood and urine
- aleksandropol — a former name of Gumri.
- aleksandrovsk — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.
- alexander iii — 1241–86, king of Scotland (1249–86), son of Alexander II
- alexander vii — (Fabio Chigi) 1599–1667, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1655–67.
- alfred austin — Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- all-cash deal — An all-cash deal is a financial transaction in which the payment is made entirely in money.
- all-pervading — spreading through or into everything
- allhallowtide — the season of All Saints' Day (Allhallows)
- allied health — a segment of healthcare professions comprised of specialized occupations that require certification, including physical therapists, dental hygienists, social workers, speech therapists, nutritionists, etc., but not including doctors, nurses, and dentists.
- allophanamide — biuret.
- allyl sulfide — a colorless or pale yellow, water-insoluble liquid, C 6 H 10 S, having a garlicky odor, used chiefly in flavoring.
- almond-shaped — oval
- alpha eridani — Achernar
- alphabet code — a list of easily distinguishable words, each representing a letter of the alphabet, used in radio and telephonic communications.
- alpine garden — a rock garden.
- alpine tundra — a tundra that is treeless because of high elevation rather than high latitude.
- altered chord — a chord in which one or more notes are chromatically changed by the introduction of accidentals
- altitude dial — an adjustable sundial utilizing the altitude of the sun, at a given latitude and time of year, as a means of telling the time.
- ambidexterity — ambidextrous ease, skill, or facility.
- ambidexterous — ambidextrous
- ambrette seed — the seed of the abelmosk.
- american bond — a brickwork bond having a course of headers between five or six courses of stretchers.
- amor asteroid — one of a small group of asteroids whose orbits approach but do not cross that of the earth: named after the first such asteroid discovered (1932).
- amundsen gulf — a gulf in the Beaufort Sea in the Canadian Northwest Territories.
- amygdalaceous — similar to or derived from the almond
- anadama bread — a kneaded yeast bread containing cornmeal and, usually, molasses
- anaesthetised — anesthetize.
- anaesthetized — anesthetize.
- analogy model — (programming) A method of estimating the cost of a proposed software project by extrapolating from the costs and schedules of similar completed projects.
- anathematised — to pronounce an anathema against; denounce; curse.
- anathematized — Simple past tense and past participle of anathematize.
- and then some — and more than that
- andean condor — either of two large, New World vultures of the family Cathartidae, Gymnogyps californianus (California condor) or Vultur gryphus (Andean condor) the largest flying birds in the Western Hemisphere: the California condor is almost extinct; the Andean condor is greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- andersen nexo — Nexö, Martin Andersen.
- andersonville — town in SW central Ga.: site of a Confederate prison in the Civil War
- andrei markov — (person) 1856-1922. The Russian mathematician, after who Markov chains were named.
- 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
- angle grinder — a handheld power tool with a rotating abrasive disc, used for cutting, grinding and polishing