13-letter words containing o, i, l, s, a, n
- 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.
- bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
- bail bondsman — an individual or firm that lends bail money to defendants awaiting trial
- banderilleros — Plural form of banderillero.
- bartholinitis — Inflammation of Bartholin's cyst.
- baseline cost — the projected cost for an undertaking at the time it is budgeted
- bildungsroman — a novel concerned with a person's formative years and development
- bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
- black section — (in Britain in the 1980s) an unofficial group within the Labour Party in any constituency that represented the interests of local Black people
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
- blasco ibanez — Vicente (biˈθente). 1867–1928, Spanish novelist, whose books include Blood and Sand (1909) and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916)
- blastogenesis — the theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted only by germ plasm
- blood-stained — stained with blood: a bloodstained knife.
- blot analysis — a technique for analysing biological molecules, such as proteins (Western blot analysis), DNA (Southern blot analysis), and RNA (Northern blot analysis), involving their separation by gel electrophoresis, transfer to a nitrocellulose sheet, and subsequent analysis by autoradiography
- bonin islands — a group of 27 volcanic islands in the W Pacific: occupied by the US after World War II; returned to Japan in 1968. Largest island: Chichijima. Area: 103 sq km (40 sq miles)
- bosman ruling — an EU ruling that allows out-of-contract footballers to leave their clubs without the clubs receiving a transfer fee
- buffalo wings — spicy fried segments of chicken wings, usually served with celery sticks and a sauce of blue cheese
- campanologist — the principles or art of making bells, bell ringing, etc.
- camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
- cancellations — Plural form of cancellation.
- capitulations — Plural form of capitulation.
- capsulization — The act or process of capsulizing.
- carcinologist — a person who specializes in carcinology
- carillonneurs — Plural form of carillonneur.
- carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
- cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
- cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
- cash holdings — the assets that you hold in ready cash, as opposed to property, shares, bonds, etc
- castellations — Defensive or decorative parapets with regularly spaced notches; battlements.
- casualisation — (economics) The process by which employment shifts from a preponderance of full-time and permanent or contract positions to higher levels of casual positions.
- casualization — the altering of working practices so that regular workers are re-employed on a casual or short-term basis
- cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
- centenionalis — a silver coin of ancient Rome, first issued by Diocletian as the 100th part of a solidus, later greatly debased.
- cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
- cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
- ceremonialism — A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- chaise longue — A chaise longue is a kind of sofa with only one arm and usually a back along half its length.
- chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
- chang tso-lin — 1873–1928, Chinese general: military ruler of Manchuria 1918–28.
- chiloe island — an island administered by Chile, off the W coast of South America in the Pacific Ocean: timber. Pop: 154 775 (2002, Chiloé province). Area: 8394 sq km (3240 sq miles)
- civilisations — Plural form of civilisation.
- civilizations — Plural form of civilization.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal