13-letter words containing i, n, s, c, a
- antisocialist — a person opposed to socialism
- antisociality — the quality of being antisocial
- antispasmodic — preventing or arresting spasms, esp in smooth muscle
- antisudorific — an antiperspirant.
- antisymmetric — (of a relation) never holding between a pair of arguments x and y when it holds between y and x except when x = y, as "…is no younger than…"
- antivaccinist — One opposed to vaccination.
- anzac biscuit — a sweet biscuit containing oats, coconut, and syrup
- apicomplexans — Plural form of apicomplexan.
- apperceptions — Plural form of apperception.
- appreciations — Plural form of appreciation.
- arachnivorous — Spider-eating.
- arachnoiditis — an inflammation of the arachnoid membrane
- arcus senilis — an opaque circle around the cornea of the eye, often seen in elderly people
- arias sanchez — Oscar. born 1940, Costa Rican statesman; president (1986–90, 2006–2010); Nobel peace prize 1987
- aristolochene — (organic compound) A bicyclic sesquiterpene produced by certain fungi.
- arkansas city — a city in S Kansas.
- arsenous acid — a toxic white powder, As2O3, used to make other arsenic compounds, insecticides, and preservatives; white arsenic
- articulations — Plural form of articulation.
- arundinaceous — resembling a reed
- as much again — twice as much
- ascension day — the 40th day after Easter, when the Ascension of Christ into heaven is celebrated
- ascensiontide — the ten days from Ascension Day to the day before Whit Sunday
- 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.
- aschelminthes — a major grouping (formerly a phylum) of small-to-microscopic pseudocoelomate organisms, as the rotifers, nematodes, and gastrotriches, all of which are now classified as separate phyla.
- ascoli piceno — a town in E central Italy, in the Marches: capital of the Roman province of Picenum; site of the massacre of all its Roman citizens in the Social War in 90 bc. Pop: 51 375 (2001)
- associational — relating to association or alliance or an association, alliance or affiliation
- astrodynamics — the study of the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space
- astronautical — of or relating to astronautics or astronauts.
- at a discount — below the regular price
- atrociousness — The state of being atrocious.
- auction house — a commercial company that specializes in selling items at auction
- audaciousness — Risky or daring behaviour.
- authenticates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authenticate.
- automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
- back emission — the secondary emission of electrons from an anode
- back-slapping — Back-slapping is noisy, cheerful behaviour which people use in order to show affection or appreciation to each other.
- back-stabbing — Back-stabbing consists of unkind and disloyal actions or remarks that are likely to harm someone such as a friend or colleague.
- backbone site — A key Usenet, electronic mail and/or Internet site; one that processes a large amount of third-party traffic, especially if it is the home site of any of the regional coordinators for the Usenet maps. Notable backbone sites as of early 1993 include uunet and the mail machines at Rutgers University, UC Berkeley, DEC's Western Research Laboratories, Ohio State University and the University of Texas. Compare rib site, leaf site.
- 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
- backstitching — Present participle of backstitch.
- bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
- bag-snatching — theft that involves snatching women's handbags
- balch springs — a town in NE Texas.
- banister back — a back of a chair or the like, usually having semicircular spindles between the top rail and the cross rail or seat.
- bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
- baseline cost — the projected cost for an undertaking at the time it is budgeted
- basic english — a simplified form of English, proposed by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards, containing a vocabulary of approximately 850 of the commonest English words, intended as an international language
- basic fortran — (language) A subset of Fortran.