13-letter words containing a, e, o
- analogousness — The quality of being analogous.
- 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.
- anchor pocket — a recess in the bow of a vessel, for housing a stockless anchor.
- anchorpersons — Plural form of anchorperson.
- 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
- anencephalous — congenital absence of part or all of the brain.
- anesthetic to — incapable of feeling or responding to
- angiokeratoma — a skin disease characterized by clusters of dilated blood vessels and by thickened skin, forming warty growths, especially on the scrotum, fingers, and toes.
- angioplasties — Plural form of angioplasty.
- angiospermous — of or relating to an angiosperm; having enclosed seeds.
- angiotensin i — any of three oligopeptides occurring in plasma, an inactive form (angiotensin I) and two varieties (angiotensin II and angiotensin III) that elevate blood pressure and stimulate the adrenal cortex to secrete aldosterone.
- angle of bank — the angle between the lateral axis of an aircraft in flight and the horizontal
- angle of lead — the phase difference, expressed in degrees, by which one sinusoidal function is moving ahead of a second having the same period, as alternating voltage moving ahead of the alternating current.
- angle of roll — the acute angle between the lateral axis of an aircraft or spacecraft and a horizontal plane.
- angle of view — the angle that corresponds to the field of view provided by a lens
- angular house — any of the four astrological houses that begin at the angles: the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth houses, that correspond, respectively, to self, home, others, and career.
- animadversion — criticism or censure
- anise camphor — anethole.
- anisometropia — an imbalance in the power of the two eyes to refract light
- anisometropic — relating to anisometropia
- annexationism — the theory or practice of taking over another country's territory, especially by force.
- annexationist — the theory or practice of taking over another country's territory, especially by force.
- anno hebraico — A.H.
- annotated ada — (language, specification) (Anna) A specification language developed at Stanford University ca. 1980 for formally specifying Ada programs. It has a Specification Analyzer and a Consistency Checking System. It adds semantic assertions in the form of Ada comments.
- announcements — Plural form of announcement.
- annual report — a report presented by the directors of a company to its shareholders each year, containing the profit-and-loss account, the balance sheet, and details of the past year's activity
- anonymousness — without any name acknowledged, as that of author, contributor, or the like: an anonymous letter to the editor; an anonymous donation.
- another place — the other House of Parliament (used in the House of Commons to refer to the House of Lords and vice versa)
- another-guess — of another kind.
- antenniferous — having antennae
- anterolateral — Both anterior and lateral.
- anthony hoare — (person) (C. Anthony R. Hoare, Tony) A computer scientist working on programming languages, especially parallel ones. Hoare was responsible for Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP). See also: pointer, Simone.
- anthophyllite — a black or greenish-black mineral from the hornblende group, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks
- anthraquinone — a yellow crystalline solid used in the manufacture of dyes, esp anthraquinone dyes, which have excellent colour properties. Formula: C6H4(CO)2C6H4
- anthropogenic — relating to anthropogenesis
- anthropometer — an instrument that consists of a calibrated, vertical rod to which are attached two horizontal arms, one fixed and one movable, for measuring the human trunk and limbs.
- anthropometry — the comparative study of sizes and proportions of the human body
- anthropophobe — One who dislikes human beings.
- anthropophyte — a plant species accidentally introduced during the cultivation of another
- anti-androgen — any of a class of drugs that oppose the action of androgens; used in the treatment of prostate cancer and various male sexual disorders
- anti-european — opposed to the European Union or to political union of the countries of Europe
- anti-idiotype — a molecular arrangement on an antibody that is the counterpart of that on a different antibody, thus making one an antigen to the other.
- anti-nepotism — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.