13-letter words containing g, e, t, a
- anti-allergic — intended to prevent or minimize an allergic reaction
- anti-androgen — any of a class of drugs that oppose the action of androgens; used in the treatment of prostate cancer and various male sexual disorders
- anti-hygienic — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- anticigarette — opposing cigarette smoking
- antiespionage — Countering or opposing espionage.
- antiforeigner — opposed to foreigners or foreign countries
- antigenically — Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
- antiguerrilla — acting against guerrilla activity
- antilittering — (of a campaign) intended to discourage litter dropping
- antimutagenic — capable of reducing the frequency of mutation.
- antioestrogen — a drug that inhibits the activity of oestrogens
- antioncogenes — Plural form of antioncogene.
- antique glass — pot metal (def 4).
- antireligious — opposed to religious ideas, beliefs, and organizations
- anything goes — If people say 'anything goes', they mean that anything people say or do is considered acceptable, and usually they mean that they do not approve of this.
- apogeotropism — negative geotropism, as shown by plant stems
- apologeticism — An instance of the use of apologetics.
- apophlegmatic — having the ability to remove phlegm
- apostolic age — the earliest period of Christianity, lasting through the death of the last apostle.
- apothegmatise — to speak in apothegms
- apotheosizing — Present participle of apotheosize.
- apprenticeage — (obsolete) Apprenticeship.
- arc cotangent — the angle, measured in radians, that has a cotangent equal to a given number. Symbol: cot −1. Abbreviation: arc cot.
- archaeologist — a specialist in archaeology, the scientific study of prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, etc.
- archeologists — archaeology.
- argentiferous — containing or bearing silver
- argentine ant — a small brown ant, Iridomyrmex humilis, introduced into the southern U.S. from South America: a household and fruit pest.
- 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.
- arm wrestling — a contest in which two people sit facing each other each with one elbow resting on a table, clasp hands, and each tries to force the other's arm flat onto the table while keeping his own elbow touching the table
- arterializing — Present participle of arterialize.
- arteriography — the X-ray examination of an artery or arterial system after injection of a contrast medium into the bloodstream
- aryepiglottic — pertaining to or connecting the arytenoid cartilage and the epiglottis.
- as all getout — Commerce. the break-even point.
- astereognosis — inability to recognize objects by touch
- at this stage — at this point: in a process
- 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.
- atomic energy — nuclear energy
- atomic weight — the weight of one atom of an element expressed in atomic mass units: it is the average weight of all the isotopes of the element
- auctioneering — Present participle of auctioneer.
- augmentations — Plural form of augmentation.
- auguste comte — (Isidore) Auguste (Marie François) [ee-zee-dawr oh-gyst ma-ree frahn-swa] /i ziˈdɔr oʊˈgüst maˈri frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1798–1857, French founder of the philosophical system of positivism.
- austenitizing — to form austenite in (a ferrous alloy) by heating.
- autodigestion — (biology) The digestion of tissue by enzymes produced by the organism itself.
- backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
- bacteriogenic — Caused by bacteria.
- bacteriologic — a branch of microbiology dealing with the identification, study, and cultivation of bacteria and with their applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and biotechnology.
- bacteriophage — a virus that is parasitic in a bacterium and multiplies within its host, which is destroyed when the new viruses are released
- bacteriophagy — the action of a bacteriophage