13-letter words containing a, g, o
- agrostologist — a person who specializes in agrostology
- agroterrorism — the use of biological agents as weapons against agricultural and food-supply industries
- air-to-ground — operating between an aircraft in flight and a target on the ground
- alkali-loving — (of a plant) requiring a pH of 7.1 to 9 for optimal growth.
- all-consuming — taking up all of someone's time and attention
- allegorically — consisting of or pertaining to allegory; of the nature of or containing allgegory; figurative: an allegorical poem; an allegorical meaning.
- alligator gar — a large, heavily scaled fish, Lepisosteus spatula, with an elongated body and long snout, found mainly in shallow weedy fresh water in the southeastern U.S.
- alligatorfish — a slender marine fish, Aspidophoroides monopterygius, of Atlantic seas, having overlapping plates covering the body.
- allotriophagy — (rare) Having food cravings that are different from the expected or the norm.
- along the way — If something happens on the way or along the way, it happens during the course of a particular event or process.
- alongshoreman — a person employed to load and unload ships
- 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
- aluminography — algraphy.
- amalgamations — Plural form of amalgamation.
- ambiguousness — open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: an ambiguous answer.
- amphibologies — Plural form of amphibology.
- amygdalaceous — similar to or derived from the almond
- analogization — A process or act of analogizing.
- 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.
- androgynously — In an androgynous manner.
- 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.
- angiosarcomas — Plural form of angiosarcoma.
- 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
- anglicisation — The process by which something or someone (usually a word) is made more English. Usually applied to language or culture.
- anglicization — (US) alternative spelling of anglicisation.
- angora rabbit — a breed of rabbit with long usually white silky hair
- Ångstrom unit — a unit of length equal to 10 −10 metre, used principally to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations. It is equivalent to 0.1 nanometre
- 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.
- ankyloglossia — tongue-tie.
- another-guess — of another kind.
- anthologizing — Present participle of anthologize.
- anthropogenic — relating to anthropogenesis
- anthropologic — the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
- anthropophagi — cannibals
- anthropophagy — cannibalism
- anthrozoology — The study of the interactions between humans and animals.
- 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-dogmatic — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- anticoagulant — acting to prevent or impair coagulation, esp of blood
- antiespionage — Countering or opposing espionage.
- antiforeigner — opposed to foreigners or foreign countries
- antigonus (i) — 382-301 b.c.; Macedonian general under Alexander the Great: king of Macedonia (306-301)
- antilogarithm — a number whose logarithm to a given base is a given number