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13-letter words containing o, a, t

  • anti-abortion — opposed to abortion
  • anti-androgen — any of a class of drugs that oppose the action of androgens; used in the treatment of prostate cancer and various male sexual disorders
  • anti-antibody — antibody that combines with another antibody.
  • anti-catholic — opposed to the beliefs, practices, and adherents of the Roman Catholic Church
  • anti-colonial — opposing colonialism.
  • anti-dogmatic — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
  • anti-european — opposed to the European Union or to political union of the countries of Europe
  • anti-hypnotic — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
  • anti-idiotype — a molecular arrangement on an antibody that is the counterpart of that on a different antibody, thus making one an antigen to the other.
  • anti-monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
  • anti-monopoly — exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. Compare duopoly, oligopoly.
  • anti-morality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
  • anti-narcotic — any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
  • anti-nepotism — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
  • anti-politics — the science or art of political government.
  • anti-populism — (lowercase) any of various, often antiestablishment or anti-intellectual political movements or philosophies that offer unorthodox solutions or policies and appeal to the common person rather than according with traditional party or partisan ideologies.
  • anti-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
  • anti-roll bar — a crosswise rubber-mounted bar in the suspension of a motor vehicle, which counteracts the movement downward on one side when cornering
  • anti-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • anti-sedition — incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
  • antiapoptotic — (biology) Acting to prevent apoptosis.
  • antiauthority — Opposed to authority.
  • antibillboard — indicating an opposition to the erection of billboards
  • anticipations — Plural form of anticipation.
  • anticlinorium — a vast elongated anticline with its strata further folded into anticlines and synclines
  • anticlockwise — If something is moving anticlockwise, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
  • anticoagulant — acting to prevent or impair coagulation, esp of blood
  • anticollision — intended to avoid collisions
  • anticommunism — the opposition to communism
  • anticommunist — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
  • anticorporate — opposed to the activities or practices of big business
  • anticorrosion — the prevention or counteracting of corrosion
  • anticorrosive — preventing corrosion
  • antielectrons — Plural form of antielectron.
  • antiespionage — Countering or opposing espionage.
  • antievolution — a system of thought which argues against the biological theory of evolution
  • antiforeigner — opposed to foreigners or foreign countries
  • antiformalist — opposed to formalism
  • antigonus (i) — 382-301 b.c.; Macedonian general under Alexander the Great: king of Macedonia (306-301)
  • antiinfection — Preventing or counteracting infection.
  • antilipolytic — Countering lipolysis.
  • antilogarithm — a number whose logarithm to a given base is a given number
  • antimetabolic — inhibiting metabolism
  • antimicrobial — capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microbes
  • antimodernism — modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
  • antimodernist — opposed to modernism
  • antineutrinos — Plural form of antineutrino.
  • antinomianism — a person who maintains that Christians are freed from the moral law by virtue of grace as set forth in the gospel.
  • antiobscenity — opposed to or working to combat obscenity
  • antiochus iii — known as Antiochus the Great. 242–187 bc, king of Syria (223–187), who greatly extended the Seleucid empire but was forced (190) to surrender most of Asia Minor to the Romans
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