13-letter words containing g, o, a, t, n
- appropriating — Present participle of appropriate.
- approximating — Present participle of approximate.
- apron strings — If you say that someone is tied to another person's apron strings, you mean that they are controlled or influenced too much by the other person.
- arc cotangent — the angle, measured in radians, that has a cotangent equal to a given number. Symbol: cot −1. Abbreviation: arc cot.
- argentiferous — containing or bearing silver
- argumentation — Argumentation is the process of arguing in an organized or logical way, for example in philosophy.
- armor-plating — The armor-plating on a vehicle or building is the hard metal covering that is intended to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
- ashtanga yoga — a vigorous form of yoga involving a sequence of poses
- astereognosis — inability to recognize objects by touch
- astonishingly — causing astonishment or surprise; amazing: an astonishing victory; an astonishing remark.
- 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
- auctioneering — Present participle of auctioneer.
- augmentations — Plural form of augmentation.
- 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.
- band together — If people band together, they meet and act as a group in order to try and achieve something.
- bang goes sth — If you say bang goes something, you mean that it is now obvious that it cannot succeed or be achieved.
- bang on about — If someone bangs on about something, they keep talking about it in a boring or annoying way.
- batting order — the sequence in which hitters will bat in a given game, determined in advance by the team manager.
- battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
- beaking joint — a straight joint made by several members, as strips of flooring, ending at the same line.
- benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
- bergamot mint — an aromatic herb, Mentha piperita citrata, having a lemonlike odor when crushed.
- beta globulin — a blood plasma protein that is separable from other globulins by electrophoresis.
- beta-blocking — acting to inhibit the activity of the nerves that are stimulated by adrenaline
- big brown bat — any of several small to medium-sized common bats of the genera Myotis and Eptesicus, found worldwide in caves, trees, and buildings, including M. lucifugus (little brown bat) and E. fuscus (big brown bat) a widespread North American species.
- bitonal image — (graphics) An image consisting only of a foreground colour and a background colour. Compare monochrome.
- bitter orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
- blastogenesis — the theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted only by germ plasm
- board meeting — a meeting of the board of a company or other organization
- bohr magneton — a unit that is used to indicate the magnetic moment of the electron structure in an atom, equal to 9.27 × 10 −21 erg/gauss.
- booking agent — an agent who makes bookings, as reservations for travel or the theater or engagements for performers, for clients.
- bouquet garni — A bouquet garni is a bunch of herbs that are tied together and used in cooking to add flavour to the food.
- bowling match — a game of bowls
- brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
- bring to bear — to bring into operation or effect
- bring to pass — to cause to happen
- calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
- campanologist — the principles or art of making bells, bell ringing, etc.
- camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
- camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
- canton ginger — preserved or crystallized ginger of fine quality.
- carbon dating — Carbon dating is a system of calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.
- carcinologist — a person who specializes in carcinology
- card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
- cariogenicity — conducive to the production or promotion of dental caries: the cariogenic factors in sweets.