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13-letter words containing i, n, l, e, r

  • american curl — a breed of slender cat with curled-back ears and a plumed tail
  • american plan — a hotel rate in which the charge includes meals
  • aminotriazole — a white, crystalline, soluble powder, NHNC(NH2)NCH, used for killing weeds or other undesired vegetation: a carcinogen
  • amitriptyline — a tricyclic antidepressant drug. Formula: C20H23N
  • amitryptyline — a drug with several uses, most commonly prescribed to treat depression
  • anaerobically — (of an organism or tissue) living in the absence of air or free oxygen.
  • andersonville — town in SW central Ga.: site of a Confederate prison in the Civil War
  • angela mericiSaint, 1474–1540, Italian ecclesiastic, founder of the Ursuline order.
  • angelica tree — Hercules'-club
  • angle grinder — a handheld power tool with a rotating abrasive disc, used for cutting, grinding and polishing
  • animal warden — dogcatcher.
  • answerability — liable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions.
  • anti-allergic — intended to prevent or minimize an allergic reaction
  • antibacterial — effective against bacteria
  • antidiarrheal — An antidiarrheal is a substance used to prevent or treat diarrhea.
  • antielectrons — Plural form of antielectron.
  • antiempirical — Going against what is empirically true.
  • antifertility — acting to suppress fertility or as a contraceptive
  • antiguerrilla — acting against guerrilla activity
  • antilittering — (of a campaign) intended to discourage litter dropping
  • antiparticles — Plural form of antiparticle.
  • antipersonnel — (of weapons, etc) designed to cause casualties to personnel rather than to destroy equipment or defences
  • antireflexive — noting a relation in which no element is in relation to itself, as “less than.”.
  • antireligious — opposed to religious ideas, beliefs, and organizations
  • antisterility — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
  • apportionable — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
  • apprehensible — capable of being comprehended or grasped mentally
  • apprehensibly — In an apprehensive manner; cautiously.
  • arabian camel — a domesticated camel, Camelus dromedarius, having one hump on its back and used as a beast of burden in the hot deserts of N Africa and SW Asia
  • archaeologian — (archaic) An archaeologist.
  • arcus senilis — an opaque circle around the cornea of the eye, often seen in elderly people
  • aristolochene — (organic compound) A bicyclic sesquiterpene produced by certain fungi.
  • 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.
  • artesian well — well sunk through impermeable strata receiving water from an area at a higher altitude than that of the well
  • ascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
  • ascertainably — In a way that can be ascertained.
  • australianize — (esp of a new immigrant) to adopt or cause to adopt Australian habits and attitudes; integrate into Australian society
  • bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
  • banderilleros — Plural form of banderillero.
  • banker's bill — a banknote
  • baritone clef — an F clef locating F below middle C on the third line of the staff.
  • barrel engine — an engine having cylinders arranged around and parallel to a shaft, which they rotate by means of the contact of their piston rods with a swash plate or cam on the shaft.
  • bass clarinet — a clarinet with the lowest range, in the octave below the B-flat clarinet
  • baton twirler — someone who twirls a baton, esp a drum major or majorette
  • bazillionaire — (humorous) An incredibly rich person.
  • bearing plate — a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss.
  • beer-swilling — in the habit of drinking a lot of beer
  • beetlebrained — stupid
  • belligerently — aggressively
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