13-letter words containing e, p, i, t
- 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
- apathetically — having or showing little or no emotion: apathetic behavior.
- 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
- apheliotropic — growing in a direction away from the sunlight
- apogeotropism — negative geotropism, as shown by plant stems
- apologeticism — An instance of the use of apologetics.
- apophlegmatic — having the ability to remove phlegm
- apoplectiform — of or resembling apoplexy or stroke.
- apostolic age — the earliest period of Christianity, lasting through the death of the last apostle.
- apostolic see — the see of the pope regarded as the successor to Saint Peter
- 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.
- 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.
- appealability — an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
- appellatively — (grammar) After the manner of appellative nouns; so as to express whole classes or species.
- appendiculate — having appendicles
- apperceptions — Plural form of apperception.
- appersonation — the unconscious assumption of the personality characteristics of another, usually well known, person.
- apple fritter — a piece of apple covered in batter and deep fried
- applicatively — In an applicative manner.
- 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
- appreciatable — (chiefly,esthetics) That can be appreciated or enjoyed.
- appreciations — Plural form of appreciation.
- apprenticeage — (obsolete) Apprenticeship.
- appropinquate — to approach
- appropriately — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- appropriative — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- approximately — close to; around; roughly or in the region of
- approximative — (of a method, description, etc.) giving only an approximation to something.
- aptitude test — An aptitude test is a test that is specially designed to find out how easily and how well you can do something.
- 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 it happens — You use as it happens in order to introduce a statement, especially one that is rather surprising.