13-letter words containing a, p
- airplane rule — aeroplane rule
- airplane spin — a maneuver in which a wrestler, grasping an opponent by the head and crotch, lifts the opponent's body crosswise overhead, lowers it to the shoulders for support, then spins around and throws the opponent back over the head to the mat.
- airplane turn — a midair turn made in the middle of a jump.
- airport novel — People sometimes refer to long novels such as thrillers and romances that are written in a popular style as airport novels.
- albizu campos — Pedro [pe-th raw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1964, Puerto Rican political leader.
- albumen paper — a printing paper coated with albumen, salt, and citric acid and sensitized with silver nitrate, used c1850–80.
- albumen plate — a flexible zinc or aluminum printing plate coated with a photosensitive compound, used in offset printing of usually fewer than 50,000 copies.
- alcohol patch — a patch impregnated with the drug mecamylamine, which is worn on the skin by someone trying to reduce his or her craving for alcohol
- aleksandropol — a former name of Gumri.
- alice springs — a town in central Australia, in the Northern Territory, in the Macdonnell Ranges. Pop: 23 640 (2001)
- all-important — crucial; vital
- all-pervading — spreading through or into everything
- allelomorphic — relating to alleles
- allophanamide — biuret.
- allopolyploid — (of cells, organisms, etc) having more than two sets of haploid chromosomes inherited from different species
- allotriomorph — (geology) A mineral that did not develop its otherwise typical external crystal form because of late crystallization between earlier formed crystals, typical of matrix minerals in rapidly crystallizing volcanic lavas and shallow igneous intrusions.
- allotriophagy — (rare) Having food cravings that are different from the expected or the norm.
- allotypically — in the manner of an allotype
- almond-shaped — oval
- alpha aquilae — Altair
- alpha aurigae — Capella
- alpha blocker — any of various substances that interfere with the action of the alpha receptors.
- alpha carinae — Canopus1
- alpha emitter — a radioactive isotope that emits alpha particles
- alpha eridani — Achernar
- alpha orionis — Betelgeuse
- alpha scorpii — Antares
- alpha testing — (programming) Testing of software at the developer's site by the customer. The stage before beta testing.
- alpha-blocker — any of a class of drugs that prevent the stimulation of alpha adrenoceptors, a type of receptor in the sympathetic nervous system, by adrenaline and noradrenaline and that therefore cause widening of blood vessels: used in the treatment of high blood pressure and prostatic hyperplasia
- alphabet code — a list of easily distinguishable words, each representing a letter of the alphabet, used in radio and telephonic communications.
- alphabet soup — a confusing series of acronyms or abbreviations
- alphabetarian — a person learning, or studying, the alphabet
- alphabetiform — having similarities to letters of the alphabet
- alphabetizing — Present participle of alphabetize.
- alphanumerics — Plural form of alphanumeric.
- alpine azalea — a low, branching shrub, Loiseleuria procumbens, of northern regions, having evergreen leaves and clusters of white or pink flowers.
- alpine chough — a bird of the crow family, Pyrrocorax graculus, found in the highest mountain regions of S Europe and central Asia, with a yellow bill, black plumage, and red legs
- alpine garden — a rock garden.
- alpine tundra — a tundra that is treeless because of high elevation rather than high latitude.
- althorp house — a mansion in Northamptonshire: seat of the Earls Spencer since 1508; originally a medieval house; altered (1787) to its present neoclassical style by Henry Holland. Diana, Princess of Wales is buried on Round Oval Island in the centre of the ornamental lake in Althorp Park
- aluminography — algraphy.
- aluminum soap — any of the salts formed by higher carboxylic acids and aluminum, as aluminum oleate, aluminum palmitate, and aluminum stearate.
- alymphoplasia — (medicine) aplasia of the lymphoid tissue.
- amazon parrot — any of several tropical American green parrots of the genus Amazona, popular as pets.
- ambroise pare — Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- amenhotep iii — Greek name Amenophis. ?1411–?1375 bc, Egyptian pharaoh who expanded Egypt's influence by peaceful diplomacy and erected many famous buildings
- america's cup — an international yachting trophy, first won by the schooner America in 1851 and held as a challenge trophy by the New York Yacht Club until 1983
- american plan — a hotel rate in which the charge includes meals
- amesha spenta — any of the personified attributes of Ahura Mazda.
- aminophylline — a derivative of theophylline that relaxes smooth muscle and is used mainly to dilate the airways in the treatment of asthma and emphysema