13-letter words containing a, n, t, h, o, i
- hypothecation — to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
- hypoventilate — (intransitive) To undergo hypoventilation.
- iceman cometh — a play (1946) by Eugene O'Neill.
- ichthyofaunal — relating to ichthyofauna
- ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
- immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
- in good faith — accordance with standards of honesty, trust, sincerity, etc. (usually preceded by in): If you act in good faith, he'll have no reason to question your motives.
- in order that — used to introduce a clause of purpose
- in the act of — while committing: crime, transgression
- in the pay of — If you say that someone is in the pay of a certain person or group, you disapprove of the fact that they are being paid by and are working for that person or group, often secretly or illegally.
- in the way of — similar to, like
- infant school — In Britain, an infant school is a school for children between the ages of five and seven.
- inhabitations — Plural form of inhabitation.
- inharmonicity — the quality of being inharmonic
- inhospitality — lack of hospitality; inhospitable attitude toward or treatment of visitors, guests, etc.
- interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- into thin air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- intrathoracic — (anatomy) Within the thorax.
- jequitinhonha — a river in E Brazil, flowing from the state of Minas Gerais to the Atlantic Ocean. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- joseph stalin — Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
- kathenotheism — Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- lichenization — any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaflike, crustlike, or branching forms on rocks, trees, etc.
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
- lithification — the process or processes by which unconsolidated materials are converted into coherent solid rock, as by compaction or cementation.
- lithographing — Present participle of lithograph.
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- low-bandwidth — [communication theory] Used to indicate a talk that, although not content-free, was not terribly informative. "That was a low-bandwidth talk, but what can you expect for an audience of suits!" Compare zero-content, bandwidth, math-out.
- machicolation — an opening in the floor between the corbels of a projecting gallery or parapet, as on a wall or in the vault of a passage, through which missiles, molten lead, etc., might be cast upon an enemy beneath.
- mao inhibitor — any of various substances, as isocarboxazid and phenelzine, that block enzymatic breakdown of certain monoamine neurotransmitters: used to treat severe depression. Abbreviation: MAOI.
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- mechanisation — Alternative spelling of mechanization.
- mechanization — to make mechanical.
- method acting — film, theater: acting approach
- methodization — The act or process of methodizing, or the state of being methodized.
- microteaching — a scaled-down teaching procedure with a few students under controlled conditions, often videotaped in order to analyze teaching techniques and develop new teaching skills.
- misanthropist — a hater of humankind.
- mitochondrial — (cytology) Of, or relating to mitochondria.
- monochromatic — of or having one color.
- monotherapies — Plural form of monotherapy.
- morning watch — the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
- mother-in-law — the mother of one's husband or wife.
- mouthwatering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- mythicization — to turn into, treat, or explain as a myth.
- mythification — to create a myth about (a person, place, tradition, etc.); cause to become a myth.
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- nanofortnight — (jargon) (Adelaide University) 10^-9 fortnights or about 1.2 milliseconds. This unit was used largely by students doing undergraduate practicals. See microfortnight, attoparsec, and micro-.