13-letter words containing a, e
- amarantaceous — amaranthine
- amateur night — an entertainment featuring amateur performers, often in competition for prizes.
- amber gambler — a driver who races through traffic lights when they are at amber
- 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
- ambiguousness — open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: an ambiguous answer.
- 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.
- ambroise pare — Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- amenhotep iii — Greek name Amenophis. ?1411–?1375 bc, Egyptian pharaoh who expanded Egypt's influence by peaceful diplomacy and erected many famous buildings
- 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
- amesha spenta — any of the personified attributes of Ahura Mazda.
- amicus curiae — a person not directly engaged in a case who advises the court
- aminobenzoate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of aminobenzoic acid.
- aminophylline — a derivative of theophylline that relaxes smooth muscle and is used mainly to dilate the airways in the treatment of asthma and emphysema
- aminothiazole — (chemistry) A heterocyclic amine, the starting point for synthesis of many compounds, sometimes used as a thyroid inhibitor in the treatment of hyperthyroidism.
- aminotriazole — a white, crystalline, soluble powder, NHNC(NH2)NCH, used for killing weeds or other undesired vegetation: a carcinogen
- amitriptyline — a tricyclic antidepressant drug. Formula: C20H23N
- amitryptyline — a drug with several uses, most commonly prescribed to treat depression
- ammonia water — ammonia (def 2).
- 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.
- 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).
- amorphousness — lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless: the amorphous clouds.
- amphibologies — Plural form of amphibology.
- amphictyonies — Plural form of amphictyony.
- amphiprostyle — (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends but not at the sides
- amphisbaenian — any of a legless, burrowing suborder (Amphisbaenia) of tropical reptiles (order Squamata) with a head and tail that look very much alike
- amphitheaters — Plural form of amphitheater.
- amphitheatral — relating to an amphitheatre, taking place in an amphitheatre
- amphitheatres — Plural form of amphitheatre.
- 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.
- amundsen gulf — a gulf in the Beaufort Sea in the Canadian Northwest Territories.
- amusement tax — a tax on various forms of entertainment, paid on admissions to theaters, etc.
- amygdalaceous — similar to or derived from the almond
- anadama bread — a kneaded yeast bread containing cornmeal and, usually, molasses
- anaerobically — (of an organism or tissue) living in the absence of air or free oxygen.
- anaesthetised — anesthetize.