13-letter words containing a, s, t, i, c
- amniocentesis — If a pregnant woman has an amniocentesis, fluid is removed from her womb in order to check that her unborn baby is not affected by certain genetic disorders.
- amphictyonies — Plural form of amphictyony.
- amphitrichous — having a single flagellum at each end.
- amphotericins — Plural form of amphotericin.
- anachronistic — You say that something is anachronistic when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
- androcentrism — centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests: an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.
- anesthetic to — incapable of feeling or responding to
- anfractuosity — the condition or quality of being anfractuous
- anglicisation — The process by which something or someone (usually a word) is made more English. Usually applied to language or culture.
- animal starch — glycogen.
- anisometropic — relating to anisometropia
- anna christie — a play (1921) by Eugene O'Neill.
- annunciations — Plural form of annunciation.
- anomalistical — relating to a planet's angular distance from its last perihelion or orbital point nearest to the sun
- ante-christum — before Christ. Abbreviation: A.C.
- anthelmintics — Plural form of anthelmintic.
- anti-macassar — a small covering, usually ornamental, placed on the backs and arms of upholstered furniture to prevent wear or soiling; a tidy.
- anti-pacifist — a person who believes in pacifism or is opposed to war or to violence of any kind.
- anti-politics — the science or art of political government.
- antiasthmatic — An antiasthmatic is any drug that relieves the symptoms of asthma.
- antiballistic — of or relating to defence against ballistic weapons
- anticatalysts — Plural form of anticatalyst.
- antichristian — Pertaining to Antichrist.
- anticipations — Plural form of anticipation.
- anticlassical — against the trend of the classical period
- anticlockwise — If something is moving anticlockwise, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
- anticollision — intended to avoid collisions
- anticommunism — the opposition to communism
- anticommunist — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
- anticorrosion — the prevention or counteracting of corrosion
- anticorrosive — preventing corrosion
- antidesiccant — a substance applied to plants to prevent moisture loss during transplantation
- antidiuretics — Plural form of antidiuretic.
- antielectrons — Plural form of antielectron.
- antimacassars — Plural form of antimacassar.
- antimechanist — opposed to mechanistic philosophy
- 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
- antioncogenes — Plural form of antioncogene.
- antiparasitic — acting against infection by parasites
- antiparticles — Plural form of antiparticle.
- antipesticide — opposed to the use of pesticides
- antipruritics — Plural form of antipruritic.
- antipsychotic — preventing or treating psychosis
- antirecession — acting against recession
- antiresonance — a phenomenon in an electric, acoustic, or other such system in which the impedance is tending to infinity.
- antiscorbutic — preventing or curing scurvy
- antiselection — adverse selection.
- antisepticise — to render antiseptic
- antisepticism — the treatment of sepsis using antiseptics