13-letter words containing l, a, n
- 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
- armor-plating — The armor-plating on a vehicle or building is the hard metal covering that is intended to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
- 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
- articulations — Plural form of articulation.
- ascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- ascertainably — In a way that can be ascertained.
- 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)
- ashcan school — a group (formed c. 1908) of U.S. painters who promoted realistic painting based on the direct observation of everyday, esp. urban, events
- ashlar veneer — a thin dressed stone with straight edges, used to face a wall
- aspirationals — Plural form of aspirational.
- assembly line — An assembly line is an arrangement of workers and machines in a factory, where each worker deals with only one part of a product. The product passes from one worker to another until it is finished.
- assemblywoman — In the United States, an assemblywoman is a female elected member of an assembly of people who make decisions and laws.
- assemblywomen — Plural form of assemblywoman.
- assignability — The quality of being assignable.
- assimilations — Plural form of assimilation.
- associational — relating to association or alliance or an association, alliance or affiliation
- astonishingly — causing astonishment or surprise; amazing: an astonishing victory; an astonishing remark.
- astronautical — of or relating to astronautics or astronauts.
- at loose ends — in an unsettled, disorganized, or confused condition
- atlantic city — a resort in SE New Jersey on Absecon Beach, an island on the Atlantic coast. Pop: 40 385 (2003 est)
- atlantic pact — North Atlantic Treaty.
- atlantic time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
- attainability — capable of being attained.
- attitudinally — in a manner expressive of personal attitudes or emotions
- attributional — of or relating to the act of attributing
- auction block — Also called block. a platform from which an auctioneer sells: the old courthouse where slaves were sold from the auction block.
- audio-lingual — pertaining to listening comprehension and speaking, especially in learning a foreign language.
- aulic council — a council, founded in 1498, of the Holy Roman Emperor. It functioned mainly as a judicial body
- australianism — the Australian national character or spirit
- australianize — (esp of a new immigrant) to adopt or cause to adopt Australian habits and attitudes; integrate into Australian society
- authentically — not false or copied; genuine; real: an authentic antique.
- automatonlike — Like an automaton; robotic.
- autonomically — autonomous.
- availableness — Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title.
- aviation fuel — fuel used to power airplanes
- avocationally — in one's leisure time
- bab el mandeb — a strait between SW Arabia and E Africa, connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden
- baby elephant — a very young elephant
- back and fill — to manoeuvre the sails by alternately filling and emptying them of wind to navigate in a narrow place
- back clipping — a word formed by omitting the last part of the form from which it is derived.
- back-end load — the final charges of commission and expenses made by an investment trust, insurance policy, etc, when the investor is paid out
- back-slapping — Back-slapping is noisy, cheerful behaviour which people use in order to show affection or appreciation to each other.
- backing light — Also called backing striplight, backing strip. Theater. a striplight providing diffused illumination for the background of a stage set.
- backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
- bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
- baffin island — the largest island of the Canadian Arctic, between Greenland and Hudson Bay. Area: 476 560 sq km (184 000 sq miles)
- bail bondsman — an individual or firm that lends bail money to defendants awaiting trial
- balance shaft — a shaft in a vehicle engine that is designed to reduce the amount of vibration from other moving parts as it rotates