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13-letter words containing a, n, t, h

  • as it happens — You use as it happens in order to introduce a statement, especially one that is rather surprising.
  • aschelminthes — a major grouping (formerly a phylum) of small-to-microscopic pseudocoelomate organisms, as the rotifers, nematodes, and gastrotriches, all of which are now classified as separate phyla.
  • ashtanga yoga — a vigorous form of yoga involving a sequence of poses
  • assistantship — a graduate post which requires the student to carry out some teaching duties in return for financial assistance
  • asthenosphere — a thin semifluid layer of the earth (100–200 km thick), below the outer rigid lithosphere, forming part of the mantle and thought to be able to flow vertically and horizontally, enabling sections of lithosphere to subside, rise, and undergo lateral movement
  • astonishingly — causing astonishment or surprise; amazing: an astonishing victory; an astonishing remark.
  • astonishments — Plural form of astonishment.
  • at attachment — Advanced Technology Attachment
  • at first hand — If you learn or experience something at first hand, you experience it yourself or learn it directly rather than being told about it by other people.
  • at this point — at this moment in time
  • athenagoras i — (Aristocles Spyrou) 1886–1972, Archbishop Ecumenical of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church 1948–72.
  • atherogenesis — (medicine) The formation of atheromas, especially on the walls of the arteries.
  • auction house — a commercial company that specializes in selling items at auction
  • auction pitch — a variety of all fours in which players bid to determine the trump or pitch.
  • authentically — not false or copied; genuine; real: an authentic antique.
  • authenticated — Prove or show (something, esp. a claim or an artistic work) to be true or genuine.
  • authenticates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authenticate.
  • authenticator — a person or thing that authenticates.
  • authorisation — Alternative spelling of authorization.
  • authoritarian — If you describe a person or an organization as authoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves.
  • authorization — an authorizing or being authorized
  • autochthonous — (of rocks, deposits, etc) found where they and their constituents were formed
  • automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
  • baby elephant — a very young elephant
  • baby snatcher — a person who steals a baby from its pram
  • backing light — Also called backing striplight, backing strip. Theater. a striplight providing diffused illumination for the background of a stage set.
  • backstitching — Present participle of backstitch.
  • bag-snatching — theft that involves snatching women's handbags
  • balance shaft — a shaft in a vehicle engine that is designed to reduce the amount of vibration from other moving parts as it rotates
  • balance sheet — A balance sheet is a written statement of the amount of money and property that a company or person has, including amounts of money that are owed or are owing. Balance sheet is also used to refer to the general financial state of a company.
  • balneotherapy — the treatment of disease by bathing, esp to improve limb mobility in arthritic and neuromuscular disorders
  • band together — If people band together, they meet and act as a group in order to try and achieve something.
  • bang goes sth — If you say bang goes something, you mean that it is now obvious that it cannot succeed or be achieved.
  • bantamweights — Plural form of bantamweight.
  • bartholinitis — Inflammation of Bartholin's cyst.
  • bassenthwaite — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria near Keswick. Length: 6 km (4 miles)
  • bathylimnetic — (of an organism) living in the depths of lakes and marshes
  • batrachotoxin — a steroidal alkaloid, C31H42N2O6, found in the skin of certain Neotropical frogs (genus Phyllobates) and used on poison arrows: one of the most powerful natural neurotoxins known
  • beat the band — a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop: a band of protesters.
  • bench warrant — a warrant issued by a judge or court directing that an offender be apprehended
  • benefit match — a sports match organized to raise money for charity, or for a particular player
  • benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
  • benton harbor — a city in SW Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
  • berchtesgaden — a town in Germany, in SE Bavaria: site of the fortified mountain retreat of Adolf Hitler. Pop: 7667 (2003 est)
  • beta-naphthol — either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 1 0 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
  • betamethasone — a synthetic analogue of a glucocorticoid, C 22 H 29 FO 5 , used in various forms in the treatment of inflammation, allergies, and tumors, and for replacement therapy in adrenal insufficiency.
  • bethnal green — a former borough of London, England, N of the Thames.
  • bharat natyam — a form of Indian classical ballet
  • bharata natya — a traditional south Indian dance style, formerly performed only by devadasis.
  • bird-watching — Bird-watching is the activity of watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
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