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13-letter words containing a, m, o, r, n

  • androdioecism — the state of being androdioecious
  • 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.
  • angiosarcomas — Plural form of angiosarcoma.
  • angiospermous — of or relating to an angiosperm; having enclosed seeds.
  • 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
  • anharmonicity — (mechanics) Of or pertaining to the deviation of a system from harmonicity (being a harmonic oscillator).
  • animadversion — criticism or censure
  • anise camphor — anethole.
  • anisometropia — an imbalance in the power of the two eyes to refract light
  • anisometropic — relating to anisometropia
  • anthropometer — an instrument that consists of a calibrated, vertical rod to which are attached two horizontal arms, one fixed and one movable, for measuring the human trunk and limbs.
  • anthropometry — the comparative study of sizes and proportions of the human body
  • anti-monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
  • anti-morality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
  • anti-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • anticlinorium — a vast elongated anticline with its strata further folded into anticlines and synclines
  • antiformalist — opposed to formalism
  • antilogarithm — a number whose logarithm to a given base is a given number
  • antimicrobial — capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microbes
  • antimodernism — modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
  • antimodernist — opposed to modernism
  • antireformers — Plural form of antireformer.
  • antiterrorism — opposed to or acting against terrorism; counterterrorist
  • any number of — several or many
  • anywhere from — any quantity, time, degree, etc, above a specified limit
  • apportionment — the act of apportioning
  • approximating — Present participle of approximate.
  • approximation — An approximation is a fact, object, or description which is similar to something else, but which is not exactly the same.
  • argumentation — Argumentation is the process of arguing in an organized or logical way, for example in philosophy.
  • armor-plating — The armor-plating on a vehicle or building is the hard metal covering that is intended to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
  • aromatization — the conversion of aliphatic or alicyclic compounds to aromatic hydrocarbons.
  • astrodynamics — the study of the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space
  • atomic energy — nuclear energy
  • atomic number — the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
  • audience room — a room for holding formal interviews or hearings.
  • 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
  • autumn crocus — a liliaceous plant, Colchicum autumnale, of Europe and N Africa having pink or purplish autumn flowers
  • backformation — Alternative spelling of back-formation.
  • balloon frame — a wooden building frame composed of machine-sawed scantlings fastened with nails, having studs rising the full height of the frame with the joists nailed to the studs and supported by sills or by ribbons let into the studs.
  • bankrupt worm — a roundworm (genus Trichostrongylus) that is an intestinal parasite of birds and mammals, especially devastating to young livestock.
  • baryon number — the number of baryons in a system minus the number of antibaryons
  • basement-rock — the undifferentiated assemblage of rock (basement rock) underlying the oldest stratified rocks in any region: usually crystalline, metamorphosed, and mostly, but not necessarily, Precambrian in age.
  • bass trombone — the lower-pitched of the two main types of trombone
  • bergamot mint — an aromatic herb, Mentha piperita citrata, having a lemonlike odor when crushed.
  • bermuda onion — a large white or yellow onion with a mild flavor, grown in Texas, California, etc.
  • bildungsroman — a novel concerned with a person's formative years and development
  • bilinear form — a function or functional of two variables that is linear with respect to each variable when the other variable is held fixed.
  • bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
  • blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
  • blow an eprom — /bloh *n ee'prom/ (Or "blast", "burn") To program a read-only memory, e.g. for use with an embedded system. This term arose because the programming process for the Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM) that preceded present-day Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM) involved intentionally blowing tiny electrical fuses on the chip. The usage lives on (it's too vivid and expressive to discard) even though the write process on EPROMs is nondestructive.
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