13-letter words containing i, r, s, o
- arcticologist — a person who specializes in arcticology.
- argentiferous — containing or bearing silver
- argilliferous — containing or yielding clay
- aristocracies — Plural form of aristocracy.
- aristocratism — the principles of aristocrats
- aristolochene — (organic compound) A bicyclic sesquiterpene produced by certain fungi.
- arsenous acid — a toxic white powder, As2O3, used to make other arsenic compounds, insecticides, and preservatives; white arsenic
- arshile gorky — Arshile [ahr-sheel] /ˈɑr ʃil/ (Show IPA), (Vosdanig Adoian) 1904–48, American painter, born in Armenia.
- arteriovenous — of, relating to, or affecting an artery and a vein
- arthroscopies — Plural form of arthroscopy.
- articulations — Plural form of articulation.
- arundinaceous — resembling a reed
- ascorbic acid — Ascorbic acid is another name for vitamin C.
- aspergillosis — a rare fungal infection, esp of the mucous membranes or lungs, caused by various species of Aspergillus
- aspirationals — Plural form of aspirational.
- assassinators — Plural form of assassinator.
- assortatively — In an assortative way.
- assortativity — (mathematics) The extent to which nodes of a graph link to others of the same degree.
- assyriologist — A person who studies ancient Assyria.
- astereognosis — inability to recognize objects by touch
- asteroid belt — the concentrations of asteroids that move around the sun mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
- 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.
- aten asteroid — one of a small group of asteroids whose orbits cross that of the earth and whose semimajor axes are smaller than that of the earth.
- athenagoras i — (Aristocles Spyrou) 1886–1972, Archbishop Ecumenical of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church 1948–72.
- atherogenesis — (medicine) The formation of atheromas, especially on the walls of the arteries.
- atmospherical — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
- atrabilarious — Characterized by melancholy or gloom.
- atrociousness — The state of being atrocious.
- audiographics — audiographic teleconferencing
- aum shinrikyo — a syncretistic Japanese cult combining elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity, founded by Shoko Asahara in 1986; responsible for a number of murders and in particular a nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995
- 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.
- authorisation — Alternative spelling of authorization.
- 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.
- baby primrose — a tender primrose, Primula forbesii, native to China and Burma, having white, hairy leaves and rose- or lilac-colored flowers with a yellow center.
- 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.
- ballistospore — a spore, esp a fungal spore, that is forcefully ejected from its source
- balsamiferous — yielding or producing balsam
- banderilleros — Plural form of banderillero.
- banking hours — the hours during which a bank is open for business
- barbarossa ii — (Khair ed-Din) c1466–1546, Barbary pirate, born in Greece (brother of Barbarossa I).