13-letter words containing i, a, t, r, c, s
- arkansas city — a city in S Kansas.
- armistice day — the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War I, on Nov 11, 1918, now kept on Remembrance Sunday
- arthroscopies — Plural form of arthroscopy.
- articulations — Plural form of articulation.
- ascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- ascertainably — In a way that can be ascertained.
- ascertainment — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- aspartic acid — nonessential amino acid that is a component of proteins and acts as a neurotransmitter
- astrodynamics — the study of the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space
- astronautical — of or relating to astronautics or astronauts.
- astroparticle — (astrophysics) A subatomic particle of cosmic origin.
- astrophysical — Of or pertaining to astrophysics.
- atmospherical — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
- atrociousness — The state of being atrocious.
- austroasiatic — a family of languages spoken in SE Asia and the landsaround the Bay of Bengal and consisting principally of Vietnamese, Khmer, Mon, Khasi, Nicobarese, and the Munda languages.
- autocatharsis — a therapeutic process designed to free unconscious disturbances by having the patient write about his or her experiences, impressions, etc.
- autoeroticism — the arousal and use of one's own body as a sexual object, as through masturbation
- autorickshaws — Plural form of autorickshaw.
- back straight — a straight part of a circuit, esp of an athletics track or a racecourse, furthest from the finishing point
- 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
- bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
- bacteriolysis — the destruction or disintegration of bacteria
- bacterioscopy — the examination of bacteria with a microscope.
- bacteriostats — Plural form of bacteriostat.
- bag of tricks — a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- banister back — a back of a chair or the like, usually having semicircular spindles between the top rail and the cross rail or seat.
- barber's itch — any of various fungal infections of the bearded portion of the neck and face
- basic fortran — (language) A subset of Fortran.
- bass clarinet — a clarinet with the lowest range, in the octave below the B-flat clarinet
- 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.
- behavioristic — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- best practice — Best practice is the way of running a business or providing a service that is recognized as correct or most effective.
- biculturalism — the characteristics, or policy, of a two-cultured society
- biscuit bread — biscuits or a biscuit: I like biscuit bread more than corn bread for supper.
- bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
- bureaucratist — a believer in bureaucracy
- by contraries — contrary to what is expected
- cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
- cafe curtains — short, straight curtains, esp. for covering the lower part of a window, hung from a rod by means of sliding rings
- called strike — a pitch not swung at by a batter but ruled a strike by the umpire.
- calligraphist — fancy penmanship, especially highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
- candy striper — a volunteer worker in a hospital
- candy-striped — (esp of clothing fabric) having narrow coloured stripes on a white background
- candy-striper — a person, often a teenager, who works as a volunteer in a hospital.
- cantus firmus — an existing melody used as the basis for a new polyphonic composition
- capellmeister — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp in an 18th-century princely household
- caprivi strip — narrow strip of land, c. 50 mi (80 km) wide, of NE Namibia, extending eastward to the Zambezi River: c. 300 mi (483 km) long
- carbon tissue — a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process
- carbon-tissue — paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
- carbonisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of carbonization.