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13-letter words containing a, e, r, n

  • 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-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
  • anti-universe — a universe made up of antimatter, postulated to exist far out in space
  • antiapartheid — (in the Republic of South Africa) a rigid former policy of segregating and economically and politically oppressing the nonwhite population.
  • antibacterial — effective against bacteria
  • anticigarette — opposing cigarette smoking
  • anticorporate — opposed to the activities or practices of big business
  • anticorrosive — preventing corrosion
  • antidiarrheal — An antidiarrheal is a substance used to prevent or treat diarrhea.
  • antidiuretics — Plural form of antidiuretic.
  • antielectrons — Plural form of antielectron.
  • antiempirical — Going against what is empirically true.
  • antifertility — acting to suppress fertility or as a contraceptive
  • antiforeigner — opposed to foreigners or foreign countries
  • antiguerrilla — acting against guerrilla activity
  • antilittering — (of a campaign) intended to discourage litter dropping
  • antimarketeer — a person who was opposed to the United Kingdom joining the European Union
  • antimodernism — modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
  • antimodernist — opposed to modernism
  • antinarrative — a narrative which does not adhere to the usual conventions of narrative
  • antinephritic — acting against kidney disease
  • antineutrinos — Plural form of antineutrino.
  • antioestrogen — a drug that inhibits the activity of oestrogens
  • antiparticles — Plural form of antiparticle.
  • antipersonnel — (of weapons, etc) designed to cause casualties to personnel rather than to destroy equipment or defences
  • antiphonaries — Plural form of antiphonary.
  • antirecession — acting against recession
  • antireflexive — noting a relation in which no element is in relation to itself, as “less than.”.
  • antireformers — Plural form of antireformer.
  • antirejection — acting to prevent the rejection of a transplanted organ
  • antireligious — opposed to religious ideas, beliefs, and organizations
  • antiresonance — a phenomenon in an electric, acoustic, or other such system in which the impedance is tending to infinity.
  • antirheumatic — acting against rheumatism
  • antisense rna — molecules transcribed, not from DNA in the usual way, but from DNA strands complementary to those that produce normal messenger RNA. Antisense RNA occurs in nature and is inhibitory on gene action. It can be produced synthetically and offers such therapeutic possibilities as turning off viral genes
  • antisterility — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
  • antisubmarine — (of weapons, missiles, etc) designed to combat or destroy submarines
  • antisymmetric — (of a relation) never holding between a pair of arguments x and y when it holds between y and x except when x = y, as "…is no younger than…"
  • antiterrorism — opposed to or acting against terrorism; counterterrorist
  • antiterrorist — relating to measures, policies, or organizations designed to combat terrorist activity
  • any number of — several or many
  • anywhere from — any quantity, time, degree, etc, above a specified limit
  • aperitif-wine — a small drink of alcoholic liquor taken to stimulate the appetite before a meal.
  • aphanipterous — of or relating to the wingless insects of the order Aphaniptera
  • apparent time — Astronomy. local time measured by the hour angle of the sun.
  • apparent wind — (wind), the velocity of air as measured from a moving object, as a ship.
  • apparentement — a coalition formed between political parties during an election.
  • apperceptions — Plural form of apperception.
  • appersonation — the unconscious assumption of the personality characteristics of another, usually well known, person.
  • apple-knocker — Northern U.S. a rustic.
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