13-letter words containing i, s
- affectiveness — The property of being affective.
- affenpinscher — a small wire-haired breed of dog of European origin, having tufts of hair on the muzzle
- afforestation — Afforestation is the process of planting large numbers of trees on land which has few or no trees on it.
- african daisy — any of several composite plants native to Africa, especially of the genera Arctotis, Gerbera, and Lonas, having showy, daisylike flowers.
- aganglionosis — (medicine) A medical condition involving absence of ganglia.
- agglutinogens — Plural form of agglutinogen.
- agonistically — in an agonistic manner
- agriculturist — an agricultural expert
- agro-industry — the large-scale production, processing, and packaging of food using modern equipment and methods.
- agrobiologist — One who studies bacteria and other organisms in soil for the purpose of growing crops or feeding animals.
- agrochemicals — Plural form of agrochemical.
- agroecologist — One who studies agroecology.
- agrostologist — a person who specializes in agrostology
- agroterrorism — the use of biological agents as weapons against agricultural and food-supply industries
- ahistorically — In an ahistorical way.
- air discharge — Air discharge is a method for testing ESD-protection structures in which the ESD generator is discharged through an air gap between the generator and the device under test.
- air freshener — An air freshener is a product people can buy which is meant to make rooms smell pleasant.
- airheadedness — The quality of being airheaded.
- airplane spin — a maneuver in which a wrestler, grasping an opponent by the head and crotch, lifts the opponent's body crosswise overhead, lowers it to the shoulders for support, then spins around and throws the opponent back over the head to the mat.
- airworthiness — (of an aircraft) meeting established standards for safe flight; equipped and maintained in condition to fly.
- aius locutius — a disembodied voice that warned the Romans of a coming invasion by the Gauls.
- aix-les-bains — a town in E France: a resort with sulphurous springs. Pop: 25 732 (1999)
- aland islands — a group of over 6000 islands under Finnish administration, in the Gulf of Bothnia. Capital: Mariehamn. Pop: 26 347 (2003 est)
- albizu campos — Pedro [pe-th raw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1964, Puerto Rican political leader.
- alchemistical — relating to alchemists
- aldosteronism — high blood pressure caused by excess aldosterone in the blood and urine
- alexis carrel — Alexis [uh-lek-sis;; French a-lek-see] /əˈlɛk sɪs;; French a lɛkˈsi/ (Show IPA), 1873–1944, French surgeon and biologist, in U.S. 1905–39: Nobel Prize 1912.
- alfred austin — Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- alice springs — a town in central Australia, in the Northern Territory, in the Macdonnell Ranges. Pop: 23 640 (2001)
- alkaline soil — a soil that gives a pH reaction of 8.5 or above, found esp in dry areas where the soluble salts, esp of sodium, have not been leached away but have accumulated in the B horizon of the soil profile
- alkane series — the homologous series of saturated, aliphatic hydrocarbons having the general formula C n H 2n+2 , as methane, CH 4 , or ethane, C 2 H 6 .
- alkene series — the homologous series of unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbons containing one double bond and having the general formula C n H 2n , as ethylene, H 2 C=CH 2 .
- all-consuming — taking up all of someone's time and attention
- 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.
- alligatorfish — a slender marine fish, Aspidophoroides monopterygius, of Atlantic seas, having overlapping plates covering the body.
- alliterations — Plural form of alliteration.
- allyl sulfide — a colorless or pale yellow, water-insoluble liquid, C 6 H 10 S, having a garlicky odor, used chiefly in flavoring.
- alpha orionis — Betelgeuse
- alpha scorpii — Antares
- alpha testing — (programming) Testing of software at the developer's site by the customer. The stage before beta testing.
- alphanumerics — Plural form of alphanumeric.
- alsike clover — a European clover, Trifolium hybridum, having pink flowers, grown in the U.S. for forage.
- alstroemerias — Plural form of alstroemeria.
- alternativism — The rejection of a social normality through the pursuit of alternatives.
- aluminiferous — containing or yielding aluminium or alumina
- aluminum soap — any of the salts formed by higher carboxylic acids and aluminum, as aluminum oleate, aluminum palmitate, and aluminum stearate.
- alumosilicate — (inorganic chemistry) The anion [AlSiO4]-1.
- alymphoplasia — (medicine) aplasia of the lymphoid tissue.
- amalgamations — Plural form of amalgamation.
- ambassadorial — Ambassadorial means belonging or relating to an ambassador.