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

  • approximation — An approximation is a fact, object, or description which is similar to something else, but which is not exactly the same.
  • appurtenances — accessories or equipment
  • apron strings — If you say that someone is tied to another person's apron strings, you mean that they are controlled or influenced too much by the other person.
  • arabicization — the gradual change of a culture into one that incorporates Arab culture and/or speaks Arabic
  • arachnoiditis — an inflammation of the arachnoid membrane
  • arbitrariness — subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.
  • arbitrational — relating to, involving, or resulting from arbitration
  • arc cotangent — the angle, measured in radians, that has a cotangent equal to a given number. Symbol: cot −1. Abbreviation: arc cot.
  • archaeobotany — the analysis and interpretation of plant remains found at archaeological sites
  • archimandrite — the head of a monastery or a group of monasteries
  • architectonic — denoting, relating to, or having architectural qualities
  • arena theater — a theater having a central stage without a proscenium, surrounded by seats
  • argentiferous — containing or bearing silver
  • argentine ant — a small brown ant, Iridomyrmex humilis, introduced into the southern U.S. from South America: a household and fruit pest.
  • argumentation — Argumentation is the process of arguing in an organized or logical way, for example in philosophy.
  • argumentative — Someone who is argumentative is always ready to disagree or start quarrelling with other people.
  • aridification — the process by which a humid region becomes increasingly dry, as by climatic change or human interference with the ecology.
  • aridity index — a number indicating how much more precipitation could be lost by evapotranspiration if it were available than is actually lost at a given location.
  • aristolochene — (organic compound) A bicyclic sesquiterpene produced by certain fungi.
  • arithmetician — a person skilled in arithmetic
  • arkansas city — a city in S Kansas.
  • arm wrestling — a contest in which two people sit facing each other each with one elbow resting on a table, clasp hands, and each tries to force the other's arm flat onto the table while keeping his own elbow touching the table
  • armamentarium — the items that comprise the material and equipment used by a physician in his professional practice
  • armor-plating — The armor-plating on a vehicle or building is the hard metal covering that is intended to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
  • armstand dive — a dive starting from a handstand at the end of a springboard or a platform with the diver's back to the water.
  • aromatization — the conversion of aliphatic or alicyclic compounds to aromatic hydrocarbons.
  • arretine ware — a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Tuscany from 100 b.c. to a.d. 100 and widely traded.
  • arseniuretted — combined with arsenic so as to form an arsenide.
  • arterializing — Present participle of arterialize.
  • arteriovenous — of, relating to, or affecting an artery and a vein
  • artesian well — well sunk through impermeable strata receiving water from an area at a higher altitude than that of the well
  • arthroconidia — Plural form of arthroconidium.
  • articulations — Plural form of articulation.
  • ascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
  • ascertainably — In a way that can be ascertained.
  • ascertainment — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
  • aspirationals — Plural form of aspirational.
  • assassinators — Plural form of assassinator.
  • assertiveness — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
  • astereognosis — inability to recognize objects by touch
  • 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
  • astrodynamics — the study of the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space
  • astronautical — of or relating to astronautics or astronauts.
  • at every turn — If you say that something happens at every turn, you are emphasizing that it happens frequently or all the time, usually so that it prevents you from achieving what you want.
  • 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.
  • aten asteroid — one of a small group of asteroids whose orbits cross that of the earth and whose semimajor axes are smaller than that of the earth.
  • 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.
  • atomic energy — nuclear energy
  • atomic number — the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
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