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13-letter words containing o, s, t, i, n, a

  • apron strings — If you say that someone is tied to another person's apron strings, you mean that they are controlled or influenced too much by the other person.
  • arachnoiditis — an inflammation of the arachnoid membrane
  • argentiferous — containing or bearing silver
  • aristolochene — (organic compound) A bicyclic sesquiterpene produced by certain fungi.
  • arteriovenous — of, relating to, or affecting an artery and a vein
  • articulations — Plural form of articulation.
  • as we know it — If you talk about a thing or system as we know it, you are referring to the form in which it exists now and which is familiar to most people.
  • ascensiontide — the ten days from Ascension Day to the day before Whit Sunday
  • aspirationals — Plural form of aspirational.
  • assassination — to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.
  • assassinators — Plural form of assassinator.
  • assimilations — Plural form of assimilation.
  • associational — relating to association or alliance or an association, alliance or affiliation
  • assumptionist — Augustinian of the Assumption.
  • astereognosis — inability to recognize objects by touch
  • astonishingly — causing astonishment or surprise; amazing: an astonishing victory; an astonishing remark.
  • astonishments — Plural form of astonishment.
  • astrodynamics — the study of the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space
  • astronautical — of or relating to astronautics or astronauts.
  • at a discount — below the regular price
  • at this point — at this moment in time
  • aten asteroid — one of a small group of asteroids whose orbits cross that of the earth and whose semimajor axes are smaller than that of the earth.
  • athenagoras i — (Aristocles Spyrou) 1886–1972, Archbishop Ecumenical of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church 1948–72.
  • atherogenesis — (medicine) The formation of atheromas, especially on the walls of the arteries.
  • atrociousness — The state of being atrocious.
  • auction house — a commercial company that specializes in selling items at auction
  • augmentations — Plural form of augmentation.
  • austin dobson — (Henry) Austin, 1840–1921, English poet, biographer, and essayist.
  • authorisation — Alternative spelling of authorization.
  • autodigestion — (biology) The digestion of tissue by enzymes produced by the organism itself.
  • automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
  • backbone site — A key Usenet, electronic mail and/or Internet site; one that processes a large amount of third-party traffic, especially if it is the home site of any of the regional coordinators for the Usenet maps. Notable backbone sites as of early 1993 include uunet and the mail machines at Rutgers University, UC Berkeley, DEC's Western Research Laboratories, Ohio State University and the University of Texas. Compare rib site, leaf site.
  • backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
  • bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
  • bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
  • barosinusitis — aerosinusitis.
  • bartholinitis — Inflammation of Bartholin's cyst.
  • baseline cost — the projected cost for an undertaking at the time it is budgeted
  • basic fortran — (language)   A subset of Fortran.
  • bass-baritone — a singer or voice in the bass range with baritone qualities
  • bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
  • bits and bobs — Bits and bobs are small objects or parts of something.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • boston matrix — a two-dimensional matrix, used in planning the business strategy of a large organization, that identifies those business units in the organization that generate cash and those that use it
  • brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
  • bring to pass — to cause to happen
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