13-letter words containing a, l, n, c
- air ambulance — An air ambulance is a helicopter or plane that is used for taking people to hospital.
- albumin color — (in textile printing) a color fixed to a fabric by an albuminous mordant.
- alcan highway — Alaska Highway
- alectryomancy — an ancient form of divination, using a rooster to select grains of food placed on letters of the alphabet.
- aleman lacayo — Jose Arnoldo [hoh-zey ahr-nohl-doh] /hoʊˈzeɪ ɑrˈnoʊl doʊ/ (Show IPA), 1946–2002, president of Nicaragua 1997–2002.
- alice springs — a town in central Australia, in the Northern Territory, in the Macdonnell Ranges. Pop: 23 640 (2001)
- 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-inclusive — All-inclusive is used to indicate that a price, especially the price of a holiday, includes all the charges and all the services offered.
- allergenicity — causing allergic sensitization.
- allochthonous — (of rocks, deposits, etc) found in a place other than where they or their constituents were formed
- alluvial cone — a steep, narrow, cone-shaped alluvial fan formed where a swift stream suddenly slows down, as where an upland stream emerges abruptly into a level plain
- alonzo church — (person) A twentieth century mathematician and logician, and one of the founders of computer science. Church invented the lambda-calculus and posited a version of the Church-Turing thesis.
- alpha carinae — Canopus1
- alphanumerics — Plural form of alphanumeric.
- 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
- american aloe — century plant
- american curl — a breed of slender cat with curled-back ears and a plumed tail
- american plan — a hotel rate in which the charge includes meals
- amino radical — the univalent group, −NH 2 .
- ammonia clock — an atomic clock based on the frequency of inversion of the ammonia molecule
- amplification — the act or result of amplifying
- anachronously — in an anachronous manner
- anaerobically — (of an organism or tissue) living in the absence of air or free oxygen.
- anaphorically — referring back to or substituting for a preceding word or group of words: anaphoric reference.
- anaphylactoid — Of, pertaining to, or resembling anaphylaxis.
- anathematical — of or relating to an anathema
- anecdotically — in an anecdotical manner
- anencephalous — congenital absence of part or all of the brain.
- angela merici — Saint, 1474–1540, Italian ecclesiastic, founder of the Ursuline order.
- angelica tree — Hercules'-club
- angelicalness — The state or quality of being angelical.
- angle bracket — either of a pair of brackets having the shapes < and >
- 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.
- aniline black — the black dye obtained by the oxidation of aniline hydrochloride, used for dyeing textiles, especially cotton.
- animal starch — glycogen.
- annular clock — a clock in the form of a vase, ball, etc., having the hours painted on a ring rotating beneath a pointer.
- annular space — An annular space is a ring-shaped space outside the drillpipe, through which mud and cuttings are removed.
- anomalistical — relating to a planet's angular distance from its last perihelion or orbital point nearest to the sun
- another place — the other House of Parliament (used in the House of Commons to refer to the House of Lords and vice versa)
- anthelminthic — Of use against intestinal worms.
- anthelmintics — Plural form of anthelmintic.
- anthropologic — the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
- anti-allergic — intended to prevent or minimize an allergic reaction
- anti-catholic — opposed to the beliefs, practices, and adherents of the Roman Catholic Church
- anti-colonial — opposing colonialism.
- anti-cultural — of or relating to culture or cultivation.
- anti-politics — the science or art of political government.
- anti-thetical — of the nature of or involving antithesis.