13-letter words containing a, l, g
- 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
- all-embracing — Something that is all-embracing includes or affects everyone or everything.
- all-pervading — spreading through or into everything
- allegorically — consisting of or pertaining to allegory; of the nature of or containing allgegory; figurative: an allegorical poem; an allegorical meaning.
- allergenicity — causing allergic sensitization.
- 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
- alpha aurigae — Capella
- alpha testing — (programming) Testing of software at the developer's site by the customer. The stage before beta testing.
- alphabetizing — Present participle of alphabetize.
- 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
- alpine garden — a rock garden.
- alternatingly — to interchange repeatedly and regularly with one another in time or place; rotate (usually followed by with): Day alternates with night.
- aluminography — algraphy.
- amalgamations — Plural form of amalgamation.
- amber gambler — a driver who races through traffic lights when they are at amber
- amphibologies — Plural form of amphibology.
- amundsen gulf — a gulf in the Beaufort Sea in the Canadian Northwest Territories.
- 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.
- angel's share — the amount of alcoholic liquor that evaporates during distillation.
- angela merici — Saint, 1474–1540, Italian ecclesiastic, founder of the Ursuline order.
- angelica tree — Hercules'-club
- angelicalness — The state or quality of being angelical.
- angioplasties — Plural form of angioplasty.
- angle bracket — either of a pair of brackets having the shapes < and >
- angle grinder — a handheld power tool with a rotating abrasive disc, used for cutting, grinding and polishing
- 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.
- 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.
- animal rights — People who are concerned with animal rights believe very strongly that animals should not be exploited or harmed by humans.
- ankyloglossia — tongue-tie.
- anthologizing — Present participle of anthologize.
- anthropologic — the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
- anthrozoology — The study of the interactions between humans and animals.
- anti-aliasing — a technique for smoothing out jagged lines in graphical computer output.
- anti-allergic — intended to prevent or minimize an allergic reaction
- anti-burglary — the felony of breaking into and entering the house of another at night with intent to steal, extended by statute to cover the breaking into and entering of any of various buildings, by night or day.
- anticoagulant — acting to prevent or impair coagulation, esp of blood