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13-letter words containing o

  • amphistomatal — (of a leaf) having stomata on both surfaces
  • amphitrichous — having a single flagellum at each end.
  • amphitryon 38 — a play (1938) by Jean Giraudoux.
  • amphotericins — Plural form of amphotericin.
  • amplification — the act or result of amplifying
  • amplificatory — of the nature of enlargement or extension, as of a statement, narrative, etc.
  • amygdalaceous — similar to or derived from the almond
  • anachronistic — You say that something is anachronistic when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
  • anachronously — in an anachronous manner
  • anaerobically — (of an organism or tissue) living in the absence of air or free oxygen.
  • analogization — A process or act of analogizing.
  • analogousness — The quality of being analogous.
  • analogy model — (programming)   A method of estimating the cost of a proposed software project by extrapolating from the costs and schedules of similar completed projects.
  • anaphorically — referring back to or substituting for a preceding word or group of words: anaphoric reference.
  • anaphrodisiac — tending to lessen sexual desire
  • anaphylactoid — Of, pertaining to, or resembling anaphylaxis.
  • anatomization — A process or act of anatomizing.
  • anchor pocket — a recess in the bow of a vessel, for housing a stockless anchor.
  • anchorpersons — Plural form of anchorperson.
  • and then some — and more than that
  • andean condor — either of two large, New World vultures of the family Cathartidae, Gymnogyps californianus (California condor) or Vultur gryphus (Andean condor) the largest flying birds in the Western Hemisphere: the California condor is almost extinct; the Andean condor is greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
  • andersen nexo — Nexö, Martin Andersen.
  • andersonville — town in SW central Ga.: site of a Confederate prison in the Civil War
  • andrei markov — (person)   1856-1922. The Russian mathematician, after who Markov chains were named.
  • androcentrism — centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests: an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.
  • androdioecism — the state of being androdioecious
  • androgynously — In an androgynous manner.
  • anecdotically — in an anecdotical manner
  • anencephalous — congenital absence of part or all of the brain.
  • anesthetic to — incapable of feeling or responding to
  • anfractuosity — the condition or quality of being anfractuous
  • angiokeratoma — a skin disease characterized by clusters of dilated blood vessels and by thickened skin, forming warty growths, especially on the scrotum, fingers, and toes.
  • angioplasties — Plural form of angioplasty.
  • angiosarcomas — Plural form of angiosarcoma.
  • angiospermous — of or relating to an angiosperm; having enclosed seeds.
  • angiotensin i — any of three oligopeptides occurring in plasma, an inactive form (angiotensin I) and two varieties (angiotensin II and angiotensin III) that elevate blood pressure and stimulate the adrenal cortex to secrete aldosterone.
  • angle of bank — the angle between the lateral axis of an aircraft in flight and the horizontal
  • angle of lead — the phase difference, expressed in degrees, by which one sinusoidal function is moving ahead of a second having the same period, as alternating voltage moving ahead of the alternating current.
  • angle of roll — the acute angle between the lateral axis of an aircraft or spacecraft and a horizontal plane.
  • angle of view — the angle that corresponds to the field of view provided by a lens
  • anglicisation — The process by which something or someone (usually a word) is made more English. Usually applied to language or culture.
  • anglicization — (US) alternative spelling of anglicisation.
  • angora rabbit — a breed of rabbit with long usually white silky hair
  • Ångstrom unit — a unit of length equal to 10 −10 metre, used principally to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations. It is equivalent to 0.1 nanometre
  • angular house — any of the four astrological houses that begin at the angles: the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth houses, that correspond, respectively, to self, home, others, and career.
  • anharmonicity — (mechanics) Of or pertaining to the deviation of a system from harmonicity (being a harmonic oscillator).
  • animadversion — criticism or censure
  • animalization — to excite the animal passions of; brutalize; sensualize.
  • anise camphor — anethole.
  • anisometropia — an imbalance in the power of the two eyes to refract light
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