13-letter words containing c, r, e, a
- american wake — an all-night farewell party for a person about to emigrate to America
- amicus curiae — a person not directly engaged in a case who advises the court
- amphitheatric — Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling an amphitheatre.
- amphitrichate — having a single flagellum at each end.
- amphotericins — Plural form of amphotericin.
- anaerobically — (of an organism or tissue) living in the absence of air or free oxygen.
- anchor pocket — a recess in the bow of a vessel, for housing a stockless anchor.
- anchorpersons — Plural form of anchorperson.
- ancien regime — The ancien regime was the political and social system in France before the revolution of 1789.
- ancient greek — the Greek language from the earliest records to about 300 bc, the chief dialect areas of which were Aeolic, Arcadic, Doric, and Ionic (including Attic)
- andean condor — either of two large, New World vultures of the family Cathartidae, Gymnogyps californianus (California condor) or Vultur gryphus (Andean condor) the largest flying birds in the Western Hemisphere: the California condor is almost extinct; the Andean condor is greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- androcentrism — centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests: an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.
- androdioecism — the state of being androdioecious
- angela merici — Saint, 1474–1540, Italian ecclesiastic, founder of the Ursuline order.
- angelica tree — Hercules'-club
- angle bracket — either of a pair of brackets having the shapes < and >
- anise camphor — anethole.
- anisometropic — relating to anisometropia
- anna christie — a play (1921) by Eugene O'Neill.
- anno hebraico — A.H.
- annular space — An annular space is a ring-shaped space outside the drillpipe, through which mud and cuttings are removed.
- another place — the other House of Parliament (used in the House of Commons to refer to the House of Lords and vice versa)
- antarctictite — (mineral) A saline evaporite consisting of calcium chloride, CaCl.6H2O, found in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
- ante-christum — before Christ. Abbreviation: A.C.
- anthropogenic — relating to anthropogenesis
- anti-allergic — intended to prevent or minimize an allergic reaction
- anti-american — opposed to anything of or relating to the United States of America
- antibacterial — effective against bacteria
- anticigarette — opposing cigarette smoking
- anticorporate — opposed to the activities or practices of big business
- anticorrosive — preventing corrosion
- antidiuretics — Plural form of antidiuretic.
- antielectrons — Plural form of antielectron.
- antiempirical — Going against what is empirically true.
- antinephritic — acting against kidney disease
- antiparticles — Plural form of antiparticle.
- antirecession — acting against recession
- antirejection — acting to prevent the rejection of a transplanted organ
- antiresonance — a phenomenon in an electric, acoustic, or other such system in which the impedance is tending to infinity.
- antirheumatic — acting against rheumatism
- antisymmetric — (of a relation) never holding between a pair of arguments x and y when it holds between y and x except when x = y, as "…is no younger than…"
- aperiodically — In an aperiodic way.
- aperture card — a punched-card mounting for microfilmed pages.
- apheliotropic — growing in a direction away from the sunlight
- apicoalveolar — articulated with the tip of the tongue in contact with or in approximation to the alveolar ridge.
- apoplectiform — of or resembling apoplexy or stroke.
- appeals court — An appeals court is the same as an appellate court.
- apperceptions — Plural form of apperception.
- apple orchard — an orchard planted with apple trees
- apple-knocker — Northern U.S. a rustic.