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

  • 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.
  • anaphrodisiac — tending to lessen sexual desire
  • anchor pocket — a recess in the bow of a vessel, for housing a stockless anchor.
  • anchorpersons — Plural form of anchorperson.
  • andean condor — either of two large, New World vultures of the family Cathartidae, Gymnogyps californianus (California condor) or Vultur gryphus (Andean condor) the largest flying birds in the Western Hemisphere: the California condor is almost extinct; the Andean condor is greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
  • andersen nexo — Nexö, Martin Andersen.
  • andersonville — town in SW central Ga.: site of a Confederate prison in the Civil War
  • andrei markov — (person)   1856-1922. The Russian mathematician, after who Markov chains were named.
  • androcentrism — centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests: an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.
  • androdioecism — the state of being androdioecious
  • androgynously — In an androgynous manner.
  • anfractuosity — the condition or quality of being anfractuous
  • 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.
  • angle of roll — the acute angle between the lateral axis of an aircraft or spacecraft and a horizontal plane.
  • angora rabbit — a breed of rabbit with long usually white silky hair
  • 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
  • angular house — any of the four astrological houses that begin at the angles: the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth houses, that correspond, respectively, to self, home, others, and career.
  • 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
  • anno hebraico — A.H.
  • annual report — a report presented by the directors of a company to its shareholders each year, containing the profit-and-loss account, the balance sheet, and details of the past year's activity
  • annular clock — a clock in the form of a vase, ball, etc., having the hours painted on a ring rotating beneath a pointer.
  • another place — the other House of Parliament (used in the House of Commons to refer to the House of Lords and vice versa)
  • another-guess — of another kind.
  • antenniferous — having antennae
  • anterolateral — Both anterior and lateral.
  • anthony hoare — (person)   (C. Anthony R. Hoare, Tony) A computer scientist working on programming languages, especially parallel ones. Hoare was responsible for Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP). See also: pointer, Simone.
  • anthraquinone — a yellow crystalline solid used in the manufacture of dyes, esp anthraquinone dyes, which have excellent colour properties. Formula: C6H4(CO)2C6H4
  • anthropogenic — relating to anthropogenesis
  • anthropolatry — the worship of a human as a god
  • anthropologic — the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
  • 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
  • anthropopathy — the attribution of human passions, etc, to a deity, object, etc
  • anthropophagi — cannibals
  • anthropophagy — cannibalism
  • anthropophobe — One who dislikes human beings.
  • anthropophyte — a plant species accidentally introduced during the cultivation of another
  • anthroposcopy — physiognomy (def 2).
  • anthroposophy — the spiritual and mystical teachings of Rudolph Steiner, based on the belief that creative activities such as myth making, which formed a part of life in earlier times, are psychologically valuable, esp for educational and therapeutic purposes
  • anthrozoology — The study of the interactions between humans and animals.
  • anti-abortion — opposed to abortion
  • anti-androgen — any of a class of drugs that oppose the action of androgens; used in the treatment of prostate cancer and various male sexual disorders
  • anti-european — opposed to the European Union or to political union of the countries of Europe
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