13-letter words containing l, a, n
- adam's-needle — a North American liliaceous plant, Yucca filamentosa, that has a tall woody stem, stiff pointed leaves, and large clusters of white flowers arranged in spikes. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant
- adaptableness — The state or quality of being adaptable; adaptability.
- additionality — (in Britain) the principle that money raised by the National Lottery should only be spent on projects that would not otherwise be funded by government spending
- adenylic acid — nucleotide consisting of adenine, ribose or deoxyribose, and a phosphate group
- administerial — of or concerned with administration; administrative: administerial matters.
- administrable — able to be administered or managed
- admirableness — admirability
- admonishingly — in an admonishing manner
- adrenal gland — an endocrine gland at the anterior end of each kidney. Its medulla secretes adrenaline and noradrenaline and its cortex secretes several steroid hormones
- adrenalectomy — the surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands
- adularescence — (of certain gemstones, especially adularia) having a milky, bluish luster.
- adultolescent — a young adult or middle-aged person who has interests, traits, etc., that are usually associated with teenagers.
- advantageable — being of advantage; advantageous
- adventurously — inclined or willing to engage in adventures; enjoying adventures.
- advice column — In a newspaper or magazine, the advice column contains letters from readers about their personal problems, and advice on what to do about them.
- advisableness — The state or quality of being advisable.
- aerial tanker — an aircraft used to transport fuel or water
- aerodontalgia — a toothache caused by lowered barometric pressure, as in high-altitude flight.
- aerodynamical — relating to aerodynamics
- aeromodelling — the making and flying of model planes
- affectionally — In an affectional manner.
- affectionless — showing no affection or kindly disposition towards
- african plate — a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising the African continent as well as adjacent ocean basins (the Canary, Cape Verde, Angola, Cape Agulhas, Somali, Madagascar, and Natal Basins), and bounded on the north by the Eurasian and Arabian Plates, on the east by mid-ocean ridges (the Southwest Indian, Mid-Indian, and Carlsberg Ridges), on the south by the Antarctic Plate, and on the west by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
- aganglionosis — (medicine) A medical condition involving absence of ganglia.
- age allowance — an income tax allowance given to taxpayers aged 65 or over
- agent-general — a representative in London of a Canadian province or an Australian state
- agglomeration — An agglomeration of things is a lot of different things gathered together, often in no particular order or arrangement.
- agglutinating — Present participle of agglutinate.
- agglutination — the act or process of agglutinating
- agglutinative — tending to join or capable of joining
- agglutinogens — Plural form of agglutinogen.
- aggradational — (geology) Pertaining to or formed by aggradation.
- aggravatingly — in a manner that is aggravating
- aggregational — resulting from aggregation
- agonistically — in an agonistic manner
- agreeableness — to one's liking; pleasing: agreeable manners; an agreeable sensation.
- agronomically — in an agronomic manner
- air ambulance — An air ambulance is a helicopter or plane that is used for taking people to hospital.
- air pollution — contamination of the atmosphere
- airline pilot — a person who flies planes as a profession and works for a commercial airline
- airplane mode — a setting on a phone or other mobile device that turns off Wi-Fi, cellular, and other wireless connections.
- airplane rule — aeroplane rule
- 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.
- airplane turn — a midair turn made in the middle of a jump.
- airport novel — People sometimes refer to long novels such as thrillers and romances that are written in a popular style as airport novels.
- 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)
- albert nyanza — Albert3
- albumen paper — a printing paper coated with albumen, salt, and citric acid and sensitized with silver nitrate, used c1850–80.
- albumen plate — a flexible zinc or aluminum printing plate coated with a photosensitive compound, used in offset printing of usually fewer than 50,000 copies.