13-letter words containing a, t, o, p
- apostrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of apostrophize.
- apostrophizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apostrophize.
- apothegmatise — to speak in apothegms
- apotheosizing — Present participle of apotheosize.
- appeals court — An appeals court is the same as an appellate court.
- apperceptions — Plural form of apperception.
- appersonation — the unconscious assumption of the personality characteristics of another, usually well known, person.
- applicational — Of or pertaining to an application.
- appoggiaturas — Plural form of appoggiatura.
- apportionable — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- apportionment — the act of apportioning
- appreciations — Plural form of appreciation.
- approach path — the course followed by an aircraft preparing for landing
- approach shot — a shot made to or towards the green after a tee shot
- appropinquate — to approach
- appropinquity — nearness
- appropriately — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- appropriating — Present participle of appropriate.
- appropriation — An appropriation is an amount of money that a government or organization reserves for a particular purpose.
- appropriative — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- appropriators — Plural form of appropriator.
- approximately — close to; around; roughly or in the region of
- approximating — Present participle of approximate.
- approximation — An approximation is a fact, object, or description which is similar to something else, but which is not exactly the same.
- approximative — (of a method, description, etc.) giving only an approximation to something.
- 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.
- archaeopteryx — any of several extinct primitive birds constituting the genus Archaeopteryx, esp A. lithographica, which occurred in Jurassic times and had teeth, a long tail, well-developed wings, and a body covering of feathers
- archeptolemus — (in the Iliad) the son of Iphitus who served as a charioteer for Hector.
- arithmophobia — the fear of numbers
- 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.
- armour-plated — An armour-plated vehicle or building has a hard metal covering in order to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
- arteriography — the X-ray examination of an artery or arterial system after injection of a contrast medium into the bloodstream
- arthroscopies — Plural form of arthroscopy.
- aryepiglottic — pertaining to or connecting the arytenoid cartilage and the epiglottis.
- as opposed to — You use as opposed to when you want to make it clear that you are talking about one particular thing and not something else.
- aspirationals — Plural form of aspirational.
- associateship — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- assumptionist — Augustinian of the Assumption.
- 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
- astroparticle — (astrophysics) A subatomic particle of cosmic origin.
- astrophysical — Of or pertaining to astrophysics.
- at knifepoint — If you are attacked or robbed at knifepoint, someone threatens you with a knife while they attack or steal from you.
- at this point — at this moment in time
- atmospherical — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
- atomic weapon — a weapon in which energy is provided by nuclear fission
- auction pitch — a variety of all fours in which players bid to determine the trump or pitch.
- autapomorphic — (biology) Describing any characteristic that has evolved in only a single species (or other taxon).
- autobiography — Your autobiography is an account of your life, which you write yourself.
- autocephalous — (of an Eastern Christian Church) governed by its own national synods and appointing its own patriarchs or prelates
- autographical — Relating to, or used in, the process of autography.