13-letter words containing p, a, t, o, n
- anticorporate — opposed to the activities or practices of big business
- antiespionage — Countering or opposing espionage.
- antilipolytic — Countering lipolysis.
- antipersonnel — (of weapons, etc) designed to cause casualties to personnel rather than to destroy equipment or defences
- antiphonaries — Plural form of antiphonary.
- antipolitical — opposed to politics or political principles
- antipollution — (of measures, policies, etc) designed to combat pollution and its causes
- antiprotozoal — (medicine) That inhibits or destroys protozoa.
- antipsychotic — preventing or treating psychosis
- antispasmodic — preventing or arresting spasms, esp in smooth muscle
- aphanipterous — of or relating to the wingless insects of the order Aphaniptera
- apostle plant — a plant, Neomarica northiana, of the iris family, native to Brazil, having large, fragrant white and violet flowers, and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- apostle spoon — a silver spoon with a figure of one of the Apostles on the handle
- apotheosizing — Present participle of apotheosize.
- apperceptions — Plural form of apperception.
- appersonation — the unconscious assumption of the personality characteristics of another, usually well known, person.
- applicational — Of or pertaining to an application.
- apportionable — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- apportionment — the act of apportioning
- appreciations — Plural form of appreciation.
- appropinquate — to approach
- appropinquity — nearness
- appropriating — Present participle of appropriate.
- appropriation — An appropriation is an amount of money that a government or organization reserves for a particular purpose.
- approximating — Present participle of approximate.
- approximation — An approximation is a fact, object, or description which is similar to something else, but which is not exactly the same.
- 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.
- armor-plating — The armor-plating on a vehicle or building is the hard metal covering that is intended to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
- aspirationals — Plural form of aspirational.
- assumptionist — Augustinian of the Assumption.
- asthenosphere — a thin semifluid layer of the earth (100–200 km thick), below the outer rigid lithosphere, forming part of the mantle and thought to be able to flow vertically and horizontally, enabling sections of lithosphere to subside, rise, and undergo lateral movement
- at knifepoint — If you are attacked or robbed at knifepoint, someone threatens you with a knife while they attack or steal from you.
- at this point — at this moment in time
- atomic weapon — a weapon in which energy is provided by nuclear fission
- auction pitch — a variety of all fours in which players bid to determine the trump or pitch.
- autoresponder — A program that automatically generates a set response to all messages sent to a particular e-mail address.
- badminton cup — a long refreshing drink of claret with soda water and sugar
- balneotherapy — the treatment of disease by bathing, esp to improve limb mobility in arthritic and neuromuscular disorders
- bankrupt worm — a roundworm (genus Trichostrongylus) that is an intestinal parasite of birds and mammals, especially devastating to young livestock.
- bay of plenty — a large bay of the Pacific on the NE coast of the North Island, New Zealand
- benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
- beta-naphthol — either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 1 0 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
- bring to pass — to cause to happen
- by reputation — If you know someone by reputation, you have never met them but you have heard of their reputation.
- c corporation — A C corporation is a type of corporation which is taxed on its income.
- cainotophobia — Alternative form of cainophobia.
- 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
- camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
- capitate bone — the largest and central bone of the carpus, articulating with the second, third, and fourth metacarpal bones.