13-letter words containing a, n, d
- administrivia — Administrative details that must be dealt with in order to do more interesting work.
- admirableness — admirability
- admission day — any of several legal holidays celebrated individually by certain states, commemorating their admission into the Union
- admonishingly — in an admonishing manner
- admonishments — Plural form of admonishment.
- adrenal gland — an endocrine gland at the anterior end of each kidney. Its medulla secretes adrenaline and noradrenaline and its cortex secretes several steroid hormones
- adrenalectomy — the surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands
- adularescence — (of certain gemstones, especially adularia) having a milky, bluish luster.
- adultolescent — a young adult or middle-aged person who has interests, traits, etc., that are usually associated with teenagers.
- advance guard — a military unit sent ahead of a main body to find gaps in enemy defences, clear away minor opposition, and prevent unexpected contact
- advance party — a small group of soldiers who go ahead of the main body of troops to prepare the way for their arrival, or any group that does the same thing or arrives ahead of the main body
- advance ratio — the ratio of wind speed along the axis of a rotor or propeller to the speed of the blade tip
- advantage gen — (language, software) A CASE tool for rapid application development which generates code from graphical business process models. Formerly called Information Engineering Facility (IEF) and produced by Texas Instruments, it was then bought by Sterling Software, Inc. who renamed it to COOL:Gen to fit into their COOL line of products. Computer Associates International, Inc. then acquired Sterling Software, Inc., and renamed the tool "Advantage Gen". In 2003, CA are supporting Advantage Gen and adding support for J2EE/EJB, enhanced web enablement, Web services and .Net.
- advantageable — being of advantage; advantageous
- advection fog — fog caused by the movement of warm, moist air over a cold surface.
- advent sunday — the first of the four Sundays of Advent, and the one that falls nearest to November 30
- adventuresome — Adventuresome means the same as adventurous.
- adventuresses — Plural form of adventuress.
- adventuristic — relating to adventurism
- adventurously — inclined or willing to engage in adventures; enjoying adventures.
- adversariness — the state of being adversarial
- advertisement — An advertisement is an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about something such as a product, event, or job.
- advertizement — a paid announcement, as of goods for sale, in newspapers or magazines, on radio or television, etc.
- advice column — In a newspaper or magazine, the advice column contains letters from readers about their personal problems, and advice on what to do about them.
- advisableness — The state or quality of being advisable.
- advising bank — a bank that advises the intended beneficiary of a letter of credit that it has received the letter of credit, checks documents presented by the beneficiary with the issuing bank, and issues funds to the beneficiary
- advocacy tank — a research and development institution that works to lobby government officials to adopt the institution's viewpoints.
- aerodontalgia — a toothache caused by lowered barometric pressure, as in high-altitude flight.
- aerodynamical — relating to aerodynamics
- aeromodelling — the making and flying of model planes
- affectionated — Simple past tense and past participle of affectionate.
- affinity card — An affinity card is a type of credit card. The bank which issues the card gives a small amount of money to a charity or institution each time the customer spends a certain amount with their card.
- aformentioned — Misspelling of aforementioned.
- african daisy — any of several composite plants native to Africa, especially of the genera Arctotis, Gerbera, and Lonas, having showy, daisylike flowers.
- age hardening — the hardening of metals by spontaneous structural changes over a period of time
- aggradational — (geology) Pertaining to or formed by aggradation.
- agro-industry — the large-scale production, processing, and packaging of food using modern equipment and methods.
- air hardening — a process of hardening high-alloy steels by heating and cooling in a current of air
- air-condition — to apply air conditioning to
- air-hardening — noting any metal, especially alloy steel, that can be hardened from above its transformation point by cooling in air.
- air-to-ground — operating between an aircraft in flight and a target on the ground
- airheadedness — The quality of being airheaded.
- airplane mode — a setting on a phone or other mobile device that turns off Wi-Fi, cellular, and other wireless connections.
- aland islands — a group of over 6000 islands under Finnish administration, in the Gulf of Bothnia. Capital: Mariehamn. Pop: 26 347 (2003 est)
- aldosteronism — high blood pressure caused by excess aldosterone in the blood and urine
- aleksandropol — a former name of Gumri.
- aleksandrovsk — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.
- alexander iii — 1241–86, king of Scotland (1249–86), son of Alexander II
- alexander vii — (Fabio Chigi) 1599–1667, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1655–67.
- alfred austin — Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.