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13-letter words containing a, h, n

  • arena theater — a theater having a central stage without a proscenium, surrounded by seats
  • arias sanchez — Oscar. born 1940, Costa Rican statesman; president (1986–90, 2006–2010); Nobel peace prize 1987
  • aristolochene — (organic compound) A bicyclic sesquiterpene produced by certain fungi.
  • arithmetician — a person skilled in arithmetic
  • arthroconidia — Plural form of arthroconidium.
  • as it happens — You use as it happens in order to introduce a statement, especially one that is rather surprising.
  • as much again — twice as much
  • aschaffenburg — a city in Germany, on the River Main in Bavaria: seat of the Imperial Diet (1447); ceded to Bavaria in 1814. Pop: 68 607 (2003 est)
  • aschelminthes — a major grouping (formerly a phylum) of small-to-microscopic pseudocoelomate organisms, as the rotifers, nematodes, and gastrotriches, all of which are now classified as separate phyla.
  • ash wednesday — Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent.
  • ashcan school — a group (formed c. 1908) of U.S. painters who promoted realistic painting based on the direct observation of everyday, esp. urban, events
  • ashlar veneer — a thin dressed stone with straight edges, used to face a wall
  • ashtanga yoga — a vigorous form of yoga involving a sequence of poses
  • assistantship — a graduate post which requires the student to carry out some teaching duties in return for financial assistance
  • asthenosphere — a thin semifluid layer of the earth (100–200 km thick), below the outer rigid lithosphere, forming part of the mantle and thought to be able to flow vertically and horizontally, enabling sections of lithosphere to subside, rise, and undergo lateral movement
  • astonishingly — causing astonishment or surprise; amazing: an astonishing victory; an astonishing remark.
  • astonishments — Plural form of astonishment.
  • at attachment — Advanced Technology Attachment
  • at first hand — If you learn or experience something at first hand, you experience it yourself or learn it directly rather than being told about it by other people.
  • at this point — at this moment in time
  • athenagoras i — (Aristocles Spyrou) 1886–1972, Archbishop Ecumenical of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church 1948–72.
  • atherogenesis — (medicine) The formation of atheromas, especially on the walls of the arteries.
  • auction house — a commercial company that specializes in selling items at auction
  • auction pitch — a variety of all fours in which players bid to determine the trump or pitch.
  • aum shinrikyo — a syncretistic Japanese cult combining elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity, founded by Shoko Asahara in 1986; responsible for a number of murders and in particular a nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995
  • authentically — not false or copied; genuine; real: an authentic antique.
  • authenticated — Prove or show (something, esp. a claim or an artistic work) to be true or genuine.
  • authenticates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authenticate.
  • authenticator — a person or thing that authenticates.
  • authorisation — Alternative spelling of authorization.
  • authoritarian — If you describe a person or an organization as authoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves.
  • authorization — an authorizing or being authorized
  • autochthonous — (of rocks, deposits, etc) found where they and their constituents were formed
  • automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
  • baba ghanoush — a thick purée of aubergines, tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, and garlic, originating in North Africa and the Mediterranean
  • baby elephant — a very young elephant
  • baby snatcher — a person who steals a baby from its pram
  • backing light — Also called backing striplight, backing strip. Theater. a striplight providing diffused illumination for the background of a stage set.
  • backstitching — Present participle of backstitch.
  • bag-snatching — theft that involves snatching women's handbags
  • balance shaft — a shaft in a vehicle engine that is designed to reduce the amount of vibration from other moving parts as it rotates
  • balance sheet — A balance sheet is a written statement of the amount of money and property that a company or person has, including amounts of money that are owed or are owing. Balance sheet is also used to refer to the general financial state of a company.
  • balance wheel — a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece, thereby regulating its beat
  • balch springs — a town in NE Texas.
  • ball handling — the control of the ball, as in basketball or soccer, by skillful dribbling and accurate passing.
  • balloon chuck — a lathe chuck having the form of a hollow hemisphere, for enclosing and holding small parts, as balance staffs of watches, so that only their ends are exposed.
  • balloon shade — a window shade that when raised is gathered into a series of puffy festoons created by inverted pleats in the fabric.
  • balneotherapy — the treatment of disease by bathing, esp to improve limb mobility in arthritic and neuromuscular disorders
  • band together — If people band together, they meet and act as a group in order to try and achieve something.
  • bang goes sth — If you say bang goes something, you mean that it is now obvious that it cannot succeed or be achieved.
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