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13-letter words containing e, u, r, t

  • appropinquate — to approach
  • appurtenances — accessories or equipment
  • arboriculture — the cultivation of trees or shrubs, esp for the production of timber
  • archeptolemus — (in the Iliad) the son of Iphitus who served as a charioteer for Hector.
  • architectural — Architectural means relating to the design and construction of buildings.
  • architectured — Designed (according to a form of architecture, or as if by an architect).
  • architectures — Plural form of architecture.
  • argentiferous — containing or bearing silver
  • argumentation — Argumentation is the process of arguing in an organized or logical way, for example in philosophy.
  • argumentative — Someone who is argumentative is always ready to disagree or start quarrelling with other people.
  • armamentarium — the items that comprise the material and equipment used by a physician in his professional practice
  • armour-plated — An armour-plated vehicle or building has a hard metal covering in order to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
  • arseniuretted — combined with arsenic so as to form an arsenide.
  • arteriovenous — of, relating to, or affecting an artery and a vein
  • assault rifle — a firearm that is capable of firing multiple rounds in a very short period
  • at every turn — If you say that something happens at every turn, you are emphasizing that it happens frequently or all the time, usually so that it prevents you from achieving what you want.
  • atomic number — the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
  • atroceruleous — a deep blue-black color.
  • atrociousness — The state of being atrocious.
  • attitudinizer — One who attitudinizes, or practises poses.
  • attributively — pertaining to or having the character of attribution or an attribute.
  • auctioneering — Present participle of auctioneer.
  • australianize — (esp of a new immigrant) to adopt or cause to adopt Australian habits and attitudes; integrate into Australian society
  • austrian pine — an evergreen tree, Pina nigra austriaca
  • auteur theory — the theory that creative directors are the major force in film-making
  • authenticator — a person or thing that authenticates.
  • authoritative — Someone or something that is authoritative gives an impression of power and importance and is likely to be obeyed.
  • auto-destruct — self-destruct.
  • auto-injector — An auto-injector is a hypodermic syringe that you can use to inject yourself with a liquid.
  • autoeroticism — the arousal and use of one's own body as a sexual object, as through masturbation
  • autoprojector — (theory)   A self-applicable partial evaluator.
  • autoresponder — A program that automatically generates a set response to all messages sent to a particular e-mail address.
  • averruncation — the act of averting or turning away
  • azurmalachite — a blue-green ornamental stone consisting of a mixture of azurite and malachite.
  • baccalaureate — The baccalaureate is an examination taken by students at the age of eighteen in France and some other countries.
  • baluster stem — a stem of a drinking glass or the like having a gradual swelling near the top or bottom.
  • band spectrum — a spectrum consisting of a number of bands of closely spaced lines that are associated with emission or absorption of radiation by molecules
  • barcoo salute — a movement of the hand to brush flies away from the face
  • barrel cactus — any of several large, cylindrical, ribbed, spiny cacti of the genera Echinocactus and Ferocactus.
  • bathtub curve — Common term for the curve (resembling an end-to-end section of one of those claw-footed antique bathtubs) that describes the expected failure rate of electronics with time: initially high, dropping to near 0 for most of the system's lifetime, then rising again as it "tires out". See also burn-in period, infant mortality.
  • battlecruiser — A large warship of a type built in the early 20th century, carrying similar armament to a battleship but faster and more lightly armored.
  • battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
  • bbn butterfly — (computer)   A supercomputer developed at BBN Technologies, named after the "butterfly" multi-stage switching network around which it was built. It could have up to 512 CPUs connected to allow every CPU access to every other CPU's memory, albeit with about 15 times the latency than for its own. The earlier GP-1000 models used up to 256 Motorola 68020s. The later TC-2000 models used up to 512 Motorola 88100s. Language developed for, or ported to, the BBN Butterfly were Butterfly Common LISP, Butterfly Scheme, Delirium, and MultiScheme.
  • beat the drum — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
  • beauty editor — the person in charge of a section of newspaper or magazine devoted to cosmetics, etc
  • beauty parlor — A beauty parlor is a place where women can go to have beauty treatments, for example, to have their hair, nails, or makeup done.
  • beaux esprits — bel esprit
  • beaux-esprits — plural of bel-esprit.
  • bedroom suite — a set of furniture, including such things as a bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers, cabinet, etc
  • beleaguerment — a blockade or siege
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