13-letter words containing a, n
- anticipatable — capable of being anticipated
- anticipatedly — In an anticipated manner; in advance.
- anticipations — Plural form of anticipation.
- anticlassical — against the trend of the classical period
- anticlimactic — of, having, or like an anticlimax
- anticlinorium — a vast elongated anticline with its strata further folded into anticlines and synclines
- anticlockwise — If something is moving anticlockwise, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
- anticoagulant — acting to prevent or impair coagulation, esp of blood
- anticollision — intended to avoid collisions
- anticommunism — the opposition to communism
- anticommunist — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
- anticorporate — opposed to the activities or practices of big business
- anticorrosion — the prevention or counteracting of corrosion
- anticorrosive — preventing corrosion
- antidesiccant — a substance applied to plants to prevent moisture loss during transplantation
- antidiarrheal — An antidiarrheal is a substance used to prevent or treat diarrhea.
- antidiuretics — Plural form of antidiuretic.
- antielectrons — Plural form of antielectron.
- antiempirical — Going against what is empirically true.
- antiepileptic — a drug used to treat epileptic seizures, an anticonvulsant
- antiespionage — Countering or opposing espionage.
- antievolution — a system of thought which argues against the biological theory of evolution
- antifertility — acting to suppress fertility or as a contraceptive
- antiforeigner — opposed to foreigners or foreign countries
- antiformalist — opposed to formalism
- antigenically — Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
- antigonus (i) — 382-301 b.c.; Macedonian general under Alexander the Great: king of Macedonia (306-301)
- antiguerrilla — acting against guerrilla activity
- antihistamine — An antihistamine is a drug that is used to treat allergies.
- antiimmigrant — Opposing immigrants or immigration.
- antiinfection — Preventing or counteracting infection.
- antiinfective — Antiinfection.
- antilipolytic — Countering lipolysis.
- antilittering — (of a campaign) intended to discourage litter dropping
- antilogarithm — a number whose logarithm to a given base is a given number
- antimacassars — Plural form of antimacassar.
- antimarijuana — opposed to or acting against the use of marijuana
- antimarketeer — a person who was opposed to the United Kingdom joining the European Union
- antimechanist — opposed to mechanistic philosophy
- antimetabolic — inhibiting metabolism
- antimicrobial — capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microbes
- antimodernism — modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
- antimodernist — opposed to modernism
- antimutagenic — capable of reducing the frequency of mutation.
- antinarrative — a narrative which does not adhere to the usual conventions of narrative
- antinephritic — acting against kidney disease
- antineutrinos — Plural form of antineutrino.
- antinomianism — a person who maintains that Christians are freed from the moral law by virtue of grace as set forth in the gospel.
- antiobscenity — opposed to or working to combat obscenity
- antiochus iii — known as Antiochus the Great. 242–187 bc, king of Syria (223–187), who greatly extended the Seleucid empire but was forced (190) to surrender most of Asia Minor to the Romans