13-letter words containing l, i, n, e, a, r
- american curl — a breed of slender cat with curled-back ears and a plumed tail
- american plan — a hotel rate in which the charge includes meals
- aminotriazole — a white, crystalline, soluble powder, NHNC(NH2)NCH, used for killing weeds or other undesired vegetation: a carcinogen
- amitriptyline — a tricyclic antidepressant drug. Formula: C20H23N
- amitryptyline — a drug with several uses, most commonly prescribed to treat depression
- anaerobically — (of an organism or tissue) living in the absence of air or free oxygen.
- andersonville — town in SW central Ga.: site of a Confederate prison in the Civil War
- angela merici — Saint, 1474–1540, Italian ecclesiastic, founder of the Ursuline order.
- angelica tree — Hercules'-club
- angle grinder — a handheld power tool with a rotating abrasive disc, used for cutting, grinding and polishing
- animal warden — dogcatcher.
- answerability — liable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions.
- anti-allergic — intended to prevent or minimize an allergic reaction
- antibacterial — effective against bacteria
- antidiarrheal — An antidiarrheal is a substance used to prevent or treat diarrhea.
- antielectrons — Plural form of antielectron.
- antiempirical — Going against what is empirically true.
- antifertility — acting to suppress fertility or as a contraceptive
- antiguerrilla — acting against guerrilla activity
- antilittering — (of a campaign) intended to discourage litter dropping
- antiparticles — Plural form of antiparticle.
- antipersonnel — (of weapons, etc) designed to cause casualties to personnel rather than to destroy equipment or defences
- antireflexive — noting a relation in which no element is in relation to itself, as “less than.”.
- antireligious — opposed to religious ideas, beliefs, and organizations
- antisterility — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
- apportionable — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- apprehensible — capable of being comprehended or grasped mentally
- apprehensibly — In an apprehensive manner; cautiously.
- 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
- archaeologian — (archaic) An archaeologist.
- arcus senilis — an opaque circle around the cornea of the eye, often seen in elderly people
- aristolochene — (organic compound) A bicyclic sesquiterpene produced by certain fungi.
- 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
- 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
- ascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- ascertainably — In a way that can be ascertained.
- australianize — (esp of a new immigrant) to adopt or cause to adopt Australian habits and attitudes; integrate into Australian society
- bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
- banderilleros — Plural form of banderillero.
- banker's bill — a banknote
- baritone clef — an F clef locating F below middle C on the third line of the staff.
- barrel engine — an engine having cylinders arranged around and parallel to a shaft, which they rotate by means of the contact of their piston rods with a swash plate or cam on the shaft.
- bass clarinet — a clarinet with the lowest range, in the octave below the B-flat clarinet
- baton twirler — someone who twirls a baton, esp a drum major or majorette
- bazillionaire — (humorous) An incredibly rich person.
- bearing plate — a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss.
- beetlebrained — stupid
- berkeleianism — the philosophical system of George Berkeley, holding that objects exist only when perceived, that God's perception sustains the universe, and that there is no independent substratum or substance in which these perceptions inhere
- bible reading — a passage from the Bible, esp one read in a service