13-letter words containing i, n, c
- air-condition — to apply air conditioning to
- aircraftwoman — The female equivalent of an aircraftman.
- aircraftwomen — Plural form of aircraftwoman.
- albumin color — (in textile printing) a color fixed to a fabric by an albuminous mordant.
- alcan highway — Alaska Highway
- alice springs — a town in central Australia, in the Northern Territory, in the Macdonnell Ranges. Pop: 23 640 (2001)
- 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-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.
- allergenicity — causing allergic sensitization.
- 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
- alpha carinae — Canopus1
- alphanumerics — Plural form of alphanumeric.
- alpine chough — a bird of the crow family, Pyrrocorax graculus, found in the highest mountain regions of S Europe and central Asia, with a yellow bill, black plumage, and red legs
- ambient music — a style of popular music which aims to create a relaxing atmosphere
- american aloe — century plant
- american bond — a brickwork bond having a course of headers between five or six courses of stretchers.
- american curl — a breed of slender cat with curled-back ears and a plumed tail
- american fork — a town in central Utah.
- american plan — a hotel rate in which the charge includes meals
- american wake — an all-night farewell party for a person about to emigrate to America
- amino radical — the univalent group, −NH 2 .
- aminoaciduria — the presence of amino acids in urine
- ammonia clock — an atomic clock based on the frequency of inversion of the ammonia molecule
- amniocenteses — Plural form of amniocentesis.
- amniocentesis — If a pregnant woman has an amniocentesis, fluid is removed from her womb in order to check that her unborn baby is not affected by certain genetic disorders.
- amphictyonies — Plural form of amphictyony.
- amphotericins — Plural form of amphotericin.
- amplification — the act or result of amplifying
- anachronistic — You say that something is anachronistic when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
- anaerobically — (of an organism or tissue) living in the absence of air or free oxygen.
- anaphorically — referring back to or substituting for a preceding word or group of words: anaphoric reference.
- anaphrodisiac — tending to lessen sexual desire
- anaphylactoid — Of, pertaining to, or resembling anaphylaxis.
- anathematical — of or relating to an anathema
- ancien regime — The ancien regime was the political and social system in France before the revolution of 1789.
- ancient greek — the Greek language from the earliest records to about 300 bc, the chief dialect areas of which were Aeolic, Arcadic, Doric, and Ionic (including Attic)
- ancus marcius — a king of Rome, during whose reign the first bridge across the Tiber was constructed.
- androcentrism — centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests: an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.
- androdioecism — the state of being androdioecious
- anecdotically — in an anecdotical manner
- anesthetic to — incapable of feeling or responding to
- anfractuosity — the condition or quality of being anfractuous
- angela merici — Saint, 1474–1540, Italian ecclesiastic, founder of the Ursuline order.
- angelica tree — Hercules'-club
- angelicalness — The state or quality of being angelical.
- angiosarcomas — Plural form of angiosarcoma.
- anglicisation — The process by which something or someone (usually a word) is made more English. Usually applied to language or culture.
- anglicization — (US) alternative spelling of anglicisation.
- anharmonicity — (mechanics) Of or pertaining to the deviation of a system from harmonicity (being a harmonic oscillator).