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13-letter words containing e, n, h, a

  • architectonic — denoting, relating to, or having architectural qualities
  • arena theater — a theater having a central stage without a proscenium, surrounded by seats
  • arias sanchez — Oscar. born 1940, Costa Rican statesman; president (1986–90, 2006–2010); Nobel peace prize 1987
  • aristolochene — (organic compound) A bicyclic sesquiterpene produced by certain fungi.
  • arithmetician — a person skilled in arithmetic
  • as it happens — You use as it happens in order to introduce a statement, especially one that is rather surprising.
  • aschaffenburg — a city in Germany, on the River Main in Bavaria: seat of the Imperial Diet (1447); ceded to Bavaria in 1814. Pop: 68 607 (2003 est)
  • aschelminthes — a major grouping (formerly a phylum) of small-to-microscopic pseudocoelomate organisms, as the rotifers, nematodes, and gastrotriches, all of which are now classified as separate phyla.
  • ash wednesday — Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent.
  • ashlar veneer — a thin dressed stone with straight edges, used to face a wall
  • 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
  • astonishments — Plural form of astonishment.
  • at attachment — Advanced Technology Attachment
  • 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.
  • auction house — a commercial company that specializes in selling items at auction
  • authentically — not false or copied; genuine; real: an authentic antique.
  • authenticated — Prove or show (something, esp. a claim or an artistic work) to be true or genuine.
  • authenticates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authenticate.
  • authenticator — a person or thing that authenticates.
  • automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
  • baby elephant — a very young elephant
  • baby snatcher — a person who steals a baby from its pram
  • balance shaft — a shaft in a vehicle engine that is designed to reduce the amount of vibration from other moving parts as it rotates
  • balance sheet — A balance sheet is a written statement of the amount of money and property that a company or person has, including amounts of money that are owed or are owing. Balance sheet is also used to refer to the general financial state of a company.
  • balance wheel — a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece, thereby regulating its beat
  • balloon shade — a window shade that when raised is gathered into a series of puffy festoons created by inverted pleats in the fabric.
  • 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.
  • bang goes sth — If you say bang goes something, you mean that it is now obvious that it cannot succeed or be achieved.
  • banking house — a more formal term for a bank
  • bantamweights — Plural form of bantamweight.
  • base exchange — a nonprofit general store at a military base, for the sale of merchandise for personal use, refreshments, etc.
  • basic english — a simplified form of English, proposed by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards, containing a vocabulary of approximately 850 of the commonest English words, intended as an international language
  • bassenthwaite — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria near Keswick. Length: 6 km (4 miles)
  • bathylimnetic — (of an organism) living in the depths of lakes and marshes
  • be hard going — If you say that something is hard going, you mean it is difficult and requires a lot of effort.
  • beacon school — a notably successful school whose methods and practices are brought to the attention of the education service as a whole in order that they may be adopted by other schools
  • beanbag chair — a chair like a large beanbag covered with vinyl, fabric, etc. and filled with foam pellets, as of polystyrene, that shift about to fit one's body
  • beat the band — a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop: a band of protesters.
  • bench warrant — a warrant issued by a judge or court directing that an offender be apprehended
  • benefit match — a sports match organized to raise money for charity, or for a particular player
  • benjamin-bush — Also called spice-wood. a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
  • benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
  • benton harbor — a city in SW Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
  • berchtesgaden — a town in Germany, in SE Bavaria: site of the fortified mountain retreat of Adolf Hitler. Pop: 7667 (2003 est)
  • beta-naphthol — either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 1 0 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
  • betamethasone — a synthetic analogue of a glucocorticoid, C 22 H 29 FO 5 , used in various forms in the treatment of inflammation, allergies, and tumors, and for replacement therapy in adrenal insufficiency.
  • bethnal green — a former borough of London, England, N of the Thames.
  • bicycle chain — a chain that transmits power from the pedals to the driving wheel of a bicycle
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