13-letter words containing l, e, a
- apple-knocker — Northern U.S. a rustic.
- apple-pie bed — a way of making a bed so as to prevent the person from entering it
- applicatively — In an applicative manner.
- apportionable — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- appreciatable — (chiefly,esthetics) That can be appreciated or enjoyed.
- apprehendable — That can be apprehended.
- apprehensible — capable of being comprehended or grasped mentally
- apprehensibly — In an apprehensive manner; cautiously.
- appropriately — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- approval code — An approval code is a PIN or other verification code needed to authorize a payment going through the cash register.
- approximately — close to; around; roughly or in the region of
- april showers — showers falling in April, generally considered a showery month
- arabian camel — a domesticated camel, Camelus dromedarius, having one hump on its back and used as a beast of burden in the hot deserts of N Africa and SW Asia
- arable farmer — a farmer who grows arable crops
- araeometrical — relating to araeometry
- arboriculture — the cultivation of trees or shrubs, esp for the production of timber
- archaelogical — Nonstandard spelling of archaeological.
- archaeologian — (archaic) An archaeologist.
- archaeologist — a specialist in archaeology, the scientific study of prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, etc.
- archaezoology — the analysis and interpretation of animal remains found at archaeological sites
- archaic smile — a conventional representation of the mouth characterized by slightly upturned corners of the lips, found especially on Greek sculpture produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- archeological — of or relating to archaeology.
- archeologists — archaeology.
- archeptolemus — (in the Iliad) the son of Iphitus who served as a charioteer for Hector.
- archipelagoes — Plural form of archipelago.
- architectural — Architectural means relating to the design and construction of buildings.
- arctic circle — The Arctic Circle is an imaginary line drawn around the northern part of the world at approximately 66° North.
- arcus senilis — an opaque circle around the cornea of the eye, often seen in elderly people
- argilliferous — containing or yielding clay
- aristolochene — (organic compound) A bicyclic sesquiterpene produced by certain fungi.
- arm and a leg — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- 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
- armored cable — an electric cable having a metal protective covering
- armored scale — any of a family (Diaspididae) of scale insects characterized by a hard, waxy secretion that covers the body: many armored scales are serious pests of trees and shrubs
- armour-plated — An armour-plated vehicle or building has a hard metal covering in order to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
- arshile gorky — Arshile [ahr-sheel] /ˈɑr ʃil/ (Show IPA), (Vosdanig Adoian) 1904–48, American painter, born in Armenia.
- art collector — a person who collects works of art
- 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
- artificialize — to render artificial
- aryepiglottic — pertaining to or connecting the arytenoid cartilage and the epiglottis.
- as all getout — Commerce. the break-even point.
- as you please — You can use as you please in expressions such as bold as you please or casually as you please or charming as you please in order to emphasize what you are saying.
- 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)
- asexual spore — a spore that is the result of asexual reproduction
- ashlar veneer — a thin dressed stone with straight edges, used to face a wall
- aspergillosis — a rare fungal infection, esp of the mucous membranes or lungs, caused by various species of Aspergillus