13-letter words containing n, a, y
- antigenically — Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
- antilipolytic — Countering lipolysis.
- antiobscenity — opposed to or working to combat obscenity
- antipsychotic — preventing or treating psychosis
- antisexuality — the opposition to sexuality or sexual activity
- antisociality — the quality of being antisocial
- antisterility — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
- antisymmetric — (of a relation) never holding between a pair of arguments x and y when it holds between y and x except when x = y, as "…is no younger than…"
- any number of — several or many
- anything goes — If people say 'anything goes', they mean that anything people say or do is considered acceptable, and usually they mean that they do not approve of this.
- anythingarian — a person who adheres to no particular creed
- anywhere from — any quantity, time, degree, etc, above a specified limit
- apprehensibly — In an apprehensive manner; cautiously.
- appropinquity — nearness
- aptitudinally — in a manner that indicates aptitude
- archaeobotany — the analysis and interpretation of plant remains found at archaeological sites
- aridity index — a number indicating how much more precipitation could be lost by evapotranspiration if it were available than is actually lost at a given location.
- arkansas city — a city in S Kansas.
- arroyo grande — a town in SW California.
- ascension day — the 40th day after Easter, when the Ascension of Christ into heaven is celebrated
- ascertainably — In a way that can be ascertained.
- ash wednesday — Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent.
- ashtanga yoga — a vigorous form of yoga involving a sequence of poses
- 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.
- astonishingly — causing astonishment or surprise; amazing: an astonishing victory; an astonishing remark.
- astrodynamics — the study of the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space
- at every turn — If you say that something happens at every turn, you are emphasizing that it happens frequently or all the time, usually so that it prevents you from achieving what you want.
- atlantic city — a resort in SE New Jersey on Absecon Beach, an island on the Atlantic coast. Pop: 40 385 (2003 est)
- atomic energy — nuclear energy
- attainability — capable of being attained.
- attitudinally — in a manner expressive of personal attitudes or emotions
- aum shinrikyo — a syncretistic Japanese cult combining elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity, founded by Shoko Asahara in 1986; responsible for a number of murders and in particular a nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995
- authentically — not false or copied; genuine; real: an authentic antique.
- autonomically — autonomous.
- avocationally — in one's leisure time
- baby elephant — a very young elephant
- baby snatcher — a person who steals a baby from its pram
- bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
- balloon-berry — strawberry-raspberry.
- balneotherapy — the treatment of disease by bathing, esp to improve limb mobility in arthritic and neuromuscular disorders
- banana family — the plant family Musaceae, characterized by large treelike herbaceous plants of tropical regions, having a trunk formed by spiraling leaf sheaths, and bearing large leaves, flower clusters above leathery red-to-purple bracts, and fleshy fruit in clusters, including the banana and plantain.
- banbury tarts — small baked pastries filled with raisins, currants, etc.
- band-aid baby — a child conceived to strengthen a faltering relationship
- barnyard golf — Informal: Facetious. the game of horseshoes.
- baroclinicity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
- baryon number — the number of baryons in a system minus the number of antibaryons
- bathylimnetic — (of an organism) living in the depths of lakes and marshes