13-letter words containing a, t, o, n, e, r
- 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
- atrociousness — The state of being atrocious.
- auctioneering — Present participle of auctioneer.
- authenticator — a person or thing that authenticates.
- auto-injector — An auto-injector is a hypodermic syringe that you can use to inject yourself with a liquid.
- autoresponder — A program that automatically generates a set response to all messages sent to a particular e-mail address.
- averruncation — the act of averting or turning away
- backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
- bacteriogenic — Caused by bacteria.
- bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
- bacteriotoxin — any toxin that kills bacteria
- bacterization — subjection to bacterial action
- balneotherapy — the treatment of disease by bathing, esp to improve limb mobility in arthritic and neuromuscular disorders
- band together — If people band together, they meet and act as a group in order to try and achieve something.
- baritone clef — an F clef locating F below middle C on the third line of the staff.
- basement-rock — the undifferentiated assemblage of rock (basement rock) underlying the oldest stratified rocks in any region: usually crystalline, metamorphosed, and mostly, but not necessarily, Precambrian in age.
- bass trombone — the lower-pitched of the two main types of trombone
- bass-baritone — a singer or voice in the bass range with baritone qualities
- baton twirler — someone who twirls a baton, esp a drum major or majorette
- batting order — the sequence in which hitters will bat in a given game, determined in advance by the team manager.
- battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
- benito juarez — Benito (Pablo) [be-nee-taw pah-vlaw] /bɛˈni tɔ ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1806–72, president of Mexico 1857–72.
- benton harbor — a city in SW Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
- bergamot mint — an aromatic herb, Mentha piperita citrata, having a lemonlike odor when crushed.
- beta carotene — a yellowish form of carotene: a dietary deficiency of this is associated with a greater risk of certain cancers
- beta-carotene — the most abundant of various isomers of carotene, C 40 H 56 , that can be converted by the body to vitamin A.
- bidirectional — (of a printhead) capable of printing from left to right and from right to left
- bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
- bitter orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
- blanketflower — a hardy flowering plant, Gaillardia aristata, that grows in the US
- blarney stone — a stone in Blarney Castle, in the SW Republic of Ireland, said to endow whoever kisses it with the gift of the gab and skill in flattery
- board meeting — a meeting of the board of a company or other organization
- body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
- bohr magneton — a unit that is used to indicate the magnetic moment of the electron structure in an atom, equal to 9.27 × 10 −21 erg/gauss.
- borlotti bean — variety of kidney bean
- bouquet garni — A bouquet garni is a bunch of herbs that are tied together and used in cooking to add flavour to the food.
- brazen it out — to act in a bold way as if one need not be ashamed
- break it down — stop it
- bring to bear — to bring into operation or effect
- brokenhearted — Someone who is brokenhearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
- buoyant force — the law that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force (buoyant force) equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.
- by contraries — contrary to what is expected
- by reputation — If you know someone by reputation, you have never met them but you have heard of their reputation.
- calorifacient — (of foods) producing heat.
- canton ginger — preserved or crystallized ginger of fine quality.
- carbon credit — Carbon credits are an allowance that certain companies have, permitting them to burn a certain amount of fossil fuels.
- carbon offset — a compensatory measure made by an individual or company for carbon emissions, usually through sponsoring activities or projects which increase carbon dioxide absorption, such as tree planting