13-letter words containing a, r, s
- androdioecism — the state of being androdioecious
- androgynously — In an androgynous manner.
- anfractuosity — the condition or quality of being anfractuous
- angel's share — the amount of alcoholic liquor that evaporates during distillation.
- angiosarcomas — Plural form of angiosarcoma.
- angiospermous — of or relating to an angiosperm; having enclosed seeds.
- Ångstrom unit — a unit of length equal to 10 −10 metre, used principally to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations. It is equivalent to 0.1 nanometre
- angular house — any of the four astrological houses that begin at the angles: the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth houses, that correspond, respectively, to self, home, others, and career.
- animadversion — criticism or censure
- animal rights — People who are concerned with animal rights believe very strongly that animals should not be exploited or harmed by humans.
- animal starch — glycogen.
- anise camphor — anethole.
- anisometropia — an imbalance in the power of the two eyes to refract light
- anisometropic — relating to anisometropia
- anna christie — a play (1921) by Eugene O'Neill.
- anniversaries — Plural form of anniversary.
- annular space — An annular space is a ring-shaped space outside the drillpipe, through which mud and cuttings are removed.
- another-guess — of another kind.
- answerability — liable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions.
- ante-christum — before Christ. Abbreviation: A.C.
- antenniferous — having antennae
- anthroposcopy — physiognomy (def 2).
- anthroposophy — the spiritual and mystical teachings of Rudolph Steiner, based on the belief that creative activities such as myth making, which formed a part of life in earlier times, are psychologically valuable, esp for educational and therapeutic purposes
- anti-macassar — a small covering, usually ornamental, placed on the backs and arms of upholstered furniture to prevent wear or soiling; a tidy.
- anti-sway bar — antiroll bar
- anti-universe — a universe made up of antimatter, postulated to exist far out in space
- antiarthritis — acting against arthritis
- antichristian — Pertaining to Antichrist.
- anticorrosion — the prevention or counteracting of corrosion
- anticorrosive — preventing corrosion
- antidiuretics — Plural form of antidiuretic.
- antielectrons — Plural form of antielectron.
- antiformalist — opposed to formalism
- antimacassars — Plural form of antimacassar.
- antimodernism — modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
- antimodernist — opposed to modernism
- antineutrinos — Plural form of antineutrino.
- antioestrogen — a drug that inhibits the activity of oestrogens
- antiparasitic — acting against infection by parasites
- antiparticles — Plural form of antiparticle.
- antipersonnel — (of weapons, etc) designed to cause casualties to personnel rather than to destroy equipment or defences
- antiphonaries — Plural form of antiphonary.
- antipruritics — Plural form of antipruritic.
- antirecession — acting against recession
- antireformers — Plural form of antireformer.
- antireligious — opposed to religious ideas, beliefs, and organizations
- antiresonance — a phenomenon in an electric, acoustic, or other such system in which the impedance is tending to infinity.
- antiritualism — opposed to ritualism
- antiscorbutic — preventing or curing scurvy
- antisense rna — molecules transcribed, not from DNA in the usual way, but from DNA strands complementary to those that produce normal messenger RNA. Antisense RNA occurs in nature and is inhibitory on gene action. It can be produced synthetically and offers such therapeutic possibilities as turning off viral genes