13-letter words containing i, a, n, l
- aerial tanker — an aircraft used to transport fuel or water
- aerodontalgia — a toothache caused by lowered barometric pressure, as in high-altitude flight.
- aerodynamical — relating to aerodynamics
- aeromodelling — the making and flying of model planes
- affectionally — In an affectional manner.
- affectionless — showing no affection or kindly disposition towards
- african plate — a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising the African continent as well as adjacent ocean basins (the Canary, Cape Verde, Angola, Cape Agulhas, Somali, Madagascar, and Natal Basins), and bounded on the north by the Eurasian and Arabian Plates, on the east by mid-ocean ridges (the Southwest Indian, Mid-Indian, and Carlsberg Ridges), on the south by the Antarctic Plate, and on the west by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
- aganglionosis — (medicine) A medical condition involving absence of ganglia.
- agglomeration — An agglomeration of things is a lot of different things gathered together, often in no particular order or arrangement.
- agglutinating — Present participle of agglutinate.
- agglutination — the act or process of agglutinating
- agglutinative — tending to join or capable of joining
- agglutinogens — Plural form of agglutinogen.
- aggradational — (geology) Pertaining to or formed by aggradation.
- aggravatingly — in a manner that is aggravating
- aggregational — resulting from aggregation
- agonistically — in an agonistic manner
- agronomically — in an agronomic manner
- air ambulance — An air ambulance is a helicopter or plane that is used for taking people to hospital.
- air pollution — contamination of the atmosphere
- airline pilot — a person who flies planes as a profession and works for a commercial airline
- airplane mode — a setting on a phone or other mobile device that turns off Wi-Fi, cellular, and other wireless connections.
- airplane rule — aeroplane rule
- airplane spin — a maneuver in which a wrestler, grasping an opponent by the head and crotch, lifts the opponent's body crosswise overhead, lowers it to the shoulders for support, then spins around and throws the opponent back over the head to the mat.
- airplane turn — a midair turn made in the middle of a jump.
- airport novel — People sometimes refer to long novels such as thrillers and romances that are written in a popular style as airport novels.
- aix-les-bains — a town in E France: a resort with sulphurous springs. Pop: 25 732 (1999)
- aland islands — a group of over 6000 islands under Finnish administration, in the Gulf of Bothnia. Capital: Mariehamn. Pop: 26 347 (2003 est)
- albumin color — (in textile printing) a color fixed to a fabric by an albuminous mordant.
- alcan highway — Alaska Highway
- aldosteronism — high blood pressure caused by excess aldosterone in the blood and urine
- alexander iii — 1241–86, king of Scotland (1249–86), son of Alexander II
- alexander vii — (Fabio Chigi) 1599–1667, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1655–67.
- alfred austin — Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- alice springs — a town in central Australia, in the Northern Territory, in the Macdonnell Ranges. Pop: 23 640 (2001)
- alkali-loving — (of a plant) requiring a pH of 7.1 to 9 for optimal growth.
- alkaline soil — a soil that gives a pH reaction of 8.5 or above, found esp in dry areas where the soluble salts, esp of sodium, have not been leached away but have accumulated in the B horizon of the soil profile
- alkane series — the homologous series of saturated, aliphatic hydrocarbons having the general formula C n H 2n+2 , as methane, CH 4 , or ethane, C 2 H 6 .
- alkene series — the homologous series of unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbons containing one double bond and having the general formula C n H 2n , as ethylene, H 2 C=CH 2 .
- all-consuming — taking up all of someone's time and attention
- all-embracing — Something that is all-embracing includes or affects everyone or everything.
- all-important — crucial; vital
- all-inclusive — All-inclusive is used to indicate that a price, especially the price of a holiday, includes all the charges and all the services offered.
- all-pervading — spreading through or into everything
- allergenicity — causing allergic sensitization.
- alliterations — Plural form of alliteration.
- allophanamide — biuret.
- alluvial cone — a steep, narrow, cone-shaped alluvial fan formed where a swift stream suddenly slows down, as where an upland stream emerges abruptly into a level plain
- almond willow — a deciduous shrub or small tree, Salix triandra, a species of willow native to Europe and W and Central Asia that has flowers which produce catkins and leaves similar in shape to those of the almond tree
- alpha carinae — Canopus1