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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.
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