13-letter words containing a, l, o, c
- aius locutius — a disembodied voice that warned the Romans of a coming invasion by the Gauls.
- albizu campos — Pedro [pe-th raw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1964, Puerto Rican political leader.
- albumin color — (in textile printing) a color fixed to a fabric by an albuminous mordant.
- alcohol abuse — the excessive consumption of alcoholic drinks
- alcohol patch — a patch impregnated with the drug mecamylamine, which is worn on the skin by someone trying to reduce his or her craving for alcohol
- alcoholically — in an alcoholic manner
- alcoholometer — an instrument, such as a specially calibrated hydrometer, for determining the percentage of alcohol in a liquid
- alcoholometry — the process of measuring the concentration of alcohol in a liquid, such as in blood or a liquor
- 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.
- 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.
- allelomorphic — relating to alleles
- allochromatic — Physical Chemistry. pertaining to or having photochemical properties resulting from an impurity or from exposure to radiation.
- allochthonous — (of rocks, deposits, etc) found in a place other than where they or their constituents were formed
- allotypically — in the manner of an allotype
- allowable cut — the amount of a natural resource, as grain or oil, that may be harvested or taken from the earth within a specified period, as limited by law for conservation.
- 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
- allyl alcohol — a colourless pungent poisonous liquid used in the manufacture of resins, plasticizers, and other organic chemicals. Formula: CH2:CHCH2OH; relative density: 0.85; melting pt: –129°C; boiling pt: 96.9°C
- 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 blocker — any of various substances that interfere with the action of the alpha receptors.
- alpha scorpii — Antares
- alpha-blocker — any of a class of drugs that prevent the stimulation of alpha adrenoceptors, a type of receptor in the sympathetic nervous system, by adrenaline and noradrenaline and that therefore cause widening of blood vessels: used in the treatment of high blood pressure and prostatic hyperplasia
- alphabet code — a list of easily distinguishable words, each representing a letter of the alphabet, used in radio and telephonic communications.
- 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
- alsike clover — a European clover, Trifolium hybridum, having pink flowers, grown in the U.S. for forage.
- altered chord — a chord in which one or more notes are chromatically changed by the introduction of accidentals
- alumosilicate — (inorganic chemistry) The anion [AlSiO4]-1.
- alveolar arch — the part of the upper or lower jawbone in which the teeth are set.
- american aloe — century plant
- 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
- amplificatory — of the nature of enlargement or extension, as of a statement, narrative, etc.
- amygdalaceous — similar to or derived from the almond
- 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.
- anecdotically — in an anecdotical manner
- anencephalous — congenital absence of part or all of the brain.
- 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.
- annular clock — a clock in the form of a vase, ball, etc., having the hours painted on a ring rotating beneath a pointer.
- 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)
- anthropologic — the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
- anti-catholic — opposed to the beliefs, practices, and adherents of the Roman Catholic Church
- anti-colonial — opposing colonialism.
- anti-politics — the science or art of political government.