13-letter words containing a, n, t, i, s, u
- at a discount — below the regular price
- atrociousness — The state of being atrocious.
- attitudinizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attitudinize.
- auction house — a commercial company that specializes in selling items at auction
- augmentations — Plural form of augmentation.
- austenitizing — to form austenite in (a ferrous alloy) by heating.
- austin dobson — (Henry) Austin, 1840–1921, English poet, biographer, and essayist.
- australianism — the Australian national character or spirit
- australianize — (esp of a new immigrant) to adopt or cause to adopt Australian habits and attitudes; integrate into Australian society
- austrian pine — an evergreen tree, Pina nigra austriaca
- authenticates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authenticate.
- authorisation — Alternative spelling of authorization.
- autodigestion — (biology) The digestion of tissue by enzymes produced by the organism itself.
- automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
- bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
- barosinusitis — aerosinusitis.
- be upstanding — (in a court of law) a direction to all persons present to rise to their feet before the judge enters or leaves the court
- beautifulness — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
- brain truster — a member of a brain trust; an important but usually unofficial adviser.
- burt standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
- bus mastering — bus master
- by its nature — If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic.
- cafe curtains — short, straight curtains, esp. for covering the lower part of a window, hung from a rod by means of sliding rings
- cantus firmus — an existing melody used as the basis for a new polyphonic composition
- capitulations — Plural form of capitulation.
- capsulization — The act or process of capsulizing.
- carbon tissue — a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process
- carbon-tissue — paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
- carcinomatous — a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
- carotid sinus — specialized nerve end organs producing a slight dilatation of the carotid artery where it branches into the external and internal carotid arteries, responding to changes in blood pressure by mediating changes in the heartbeat rate.
- cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
- cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
- cash discount — a discount granted to a purchaser who pays before a stipulated date
- casting couch — a couch on which a casting director is said to seduce women seeking a part in a film or play
- casualisation — (economics) The process by which employment shifts from a preponderance of full-time and permanent or contract positions to higher levels of casual positions.
- casualization — the altering of working practices so that regular workers are re-employed on a casual or short-term basis
- cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
- cinematheques — Plural form of cinematheque.
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- circumstances — someone's financial situation
- citrus canker — a disease of citrus trees caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri, characterized by spongy eruptions on leaves and fruit.
- cns stimulant — A CNS stimulant is any substance that stimulates the central nervous system.
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- colourisation — Alternative spelling of colorization.
- communalistic — Pertaining to communalism.
- communalities — the state or condition of being communal.
- communicators — Plural form of communicator.
- communisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of communization.
- conceptualise — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- conceptualism — the philosophical theory that the application of general words to a variety of objects reflects the existence of some mental entity through which the application is mediated and which constitutes the meaning of the term