13-letter words containing e, p, i, n
- anti-idiotype — a molecular arrangement on an antibody that is the counterpart of that on a different antibody, thus making one an antigen to the other.
- anti-nepotism — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
- antiapartheid — (in the Republic of South Africa) a rigid former policy of segregating and economically and politically oppressing the nonwhite population.
- anticipatable — capable of being anticipated
- anticipatedly — In an anticipated manner; in advance.
- anticorporate — opposed to the activities or practices of big business
- antiempirical — Going against what is empirically true.
- antiepileptic — a drug used to treat epileptic seizures, an anticonvulsant
- antiespionage — Countering or opposing espionage.
- antinephritic — acting against kidney disease
- antiparticles — Plural form of antiparticle.
- antipersonnel — (of weapons, etc) designed to cause casualties to personnel rather than to destroy equipment or defences
- antipesticide — opposed to the use of pesticides
- antiphonaries — Plural form of antiphonary.
- antisepticise — to render antiseptic
- antisepticism — the treatment of sepsis using antiseptics
- antisepticize — to treat with an antiseptic
- aperitif-wine — a small drink of alcoholic liquor taken to stimulate the appetite before a meal.
- aphanipterous — of or relating to the wingless insects of the order Aphaniptera
- apicomplexans — Plural form of apicomplexan.
- apotheosizing — Present participle of apotheosize.
- apparent time — Astronomy. local time measured by the hour angle of the sun.
- apparent wind — (wind), the velocity of air as measured from a moving object, as a ship.
- appealingness — the quality of being appealing
- appendiculate — having appendicles
- apperceptions — Plural form of apperception.
- appersonation — the unconscious assumption of the personality characteristics of another, usually well known, person.
- 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.
- apprehensible — capable of being comprehended or grasped mentally
- apprehensibly — In an apprehensive manner; cautiously.
- apprehensions — Plural form of apprehension.
- apprenticeage — (obsolete) Apprenticeship.
- appropinquate — to approach
- arachnephobia — Misspelling of arachnophobia.
- as it happens — You use as it happens in order to introduce a statement, especially one that is rather surprising.
- ascoli piceno — a town in E central Italy, in the Marches: capital of the Roman province of Picenum; site of the massacre of all its Roman citizens in the Social War in 90 bc. Pop: 51 375 (2001)
- asti spumante — a sweet, sparkling Italian white wine with a muscat flavor.
- at knifepoint — If you are attacked or robbed at knifepoint, someone threatens you with a knife while they attack or steal from you.
- atomic weapon — a weapon in which energy is provided by nuclear fission
- austrian pine — an evergreen tree, Pina nigra austriaca
- awe-inspiring — If you describe someone or something as awe-inspiring, you are emphasizing that you think that they are remarkable and amazing, although sometimes rather frightening.
- backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
- baking powder — Baking powder is an ingredient used in cake making. It causes cakes to rise when they are in the oven.
- banana spider — a large, yellowish, tropical crab spider (Heteropoda venatoria) occasionally found in bunches of bananas shipped to the Temperate Zones
- bandspreading — an additional tuning control in some radio receivers whereby a selected narrow band of frequencies can be spread over a wider frequency band, in order to give finer control of tuning
- bargain price — a low price
- be upstanding — (in a court of law) a direction to all persons present to rise to their feet before the judge enters or leaves the court
- bearing plate — a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss.