13-letter words containing a, n, o, r
- african union — an organization of African states established in 2002 as successor to the OAU; it aims to encourage economic development and political stability through increased cooperation between its members
- afro-american — African-American
- afternoon tea — Afternoon tea is a small meal you can have in the afternoon. It includes a cup of tea and food such as sandwiches and cakes.
- age of reason — a period of European history in the 18th cent. noted for belief in the ability of reason to discover truth, shape society, etc.
- aggiornamento — the process of bringing up to date methods, ideas, etc
- agglomeration — An agglomeration of things is a lot of different things gathered together, often in no particular order or arrangement.
- aggradational — (geology) Pertaining to or formed by aggradation.
- aggregational — resulting from aggregation
- agro-economic — of or relating to a nation's agricultural economy, the financial problems of farmers as a group, etc.: mounting pressures on the agro-economic system.
- agro-industry — the large-scale production, processing, and packaging of food using modern equipment and methods.
- agronomically — in an agronomic manner
- air force one — the US Air Force plane used by the US president
- air injection — injection of liquid fuel into the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine, especially a diesel, by means of a jet of compressed air.
- air pollution — contamination of the atmosphere
- air-condition — to apply air conditioning to
- air-to-ground — operating between an aircraft in flight and a target on the ground
- aircraftwoman — The female equivalent of an aircraftman.
- aircraftwomen — Plural form of aircraftwoman.
- airline pilot — a person who flies planes as a profession and works for a commercial airline
- airplane mode — a setting on a phone or other mobile device that turns off Wi-Fi, cellular, and other wireless connections.
- airport novel — People sometimes refer to long novels such as thrillers and romances that are written in a popular style as airport novels.
- airworthiness — (of an aircraft) meeting established standards for safe flight; equipped and maintained in condition to fly.
- albumin color — (in textile printing) a color fixed to a fabric by an albuminous mordant.
- aldosteronism — high blood pressure caused by excess aldosterone in the blood and urine
- alectryomancy — an ancient form of divination, using a rooster to select grains of food placed on letters of the alphabet.
- aleksandropol — a former name of Gumri.
- aleksandrovsk — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.
- all manner of — If you refer to all manner of objects or people, you are talking about objects or people of many different kinds.
- all-important — crucial; vital
- alliterations — Plural form of alliteration.
- alongshoreman — a person employed to load and unload ships
- 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 orionis — Betelgeuse
- aluminiferous — containing or yielding aluminium or alumina
- aluminography — algraphy.
- aluminothermy — a process for reducing metallic oxides using finely divided aluminium powder. The mixture of aluminium and the oxide is ignited, causing the aluminium to be oxidized and the metal oxide to be reduced to the metal
- amarantaceous — amaranthine
- amazon parrot — any of several tropical American green parrots of the genus Amazona, popular as pets.
- american aloe — century plant
- american bond — a brickwork bond having a course of headers between five or six courses of stretchers.
- american fork — a town in central Utah.
- amino radical — the univalent group, −NH 2 .
- aminoaciduria — the presence of amino acids in urine
- aminotriazole — a white, crystalline, soluble powder, NHNC(NH2)NCH, used for killing weeds or other undesired vegetation: a carcinogen
- ammonia water — ammonia (def 2).
- amorphousness — lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless: the amorphous clouds.
- amphitryon 38 — a play (1938) by Jean Giraudoux.
- amphotericins — Plural form of amphotericin.
- anachronistic — You say that something is anachronistic when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
- anachronously — in an anachronous manner