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

  • 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.
  • autochthonous — (of rocks, deposits, etc) found where they and their constituents were formed
  • 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.
  • autoresponder — A program that automatically generates a set response to all messages sent to a particular e-mail address.
  • autumn crocus — a liliaceous plant, Colchicum autumnale, of Europe and N Africa having pink or purplish autumn flowers
  • 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
  • ballet lesson — a class in which ballet is taught
  • bang goes sth — If you say bang goes something, you mean that it is now obvious that it cannot succeed or be achieved.
  • 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
  • basement-rock — the undifferentiated assemblage of rock (basement rock) underlying the oldest stratified rocks in any region: usually crystalline, metamorphosed, and mostly, but not necessarily, Precambrian in age.
  • basic fortran — (language)   A subset of Fortran.
  • bass trombone — the lower-pitched of the two main types of trombone
  • bass-baritone — a singer or voice in the bass range with baritone qualities
  • battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
  • be nuts about — to be greatly in love with
  • beacon status — a ranking awarded by the government to an organization, rendering it eligible for extra funding, and aimed at encouraging organizations to share good practice with each other
  • beauteousness — The state or quality of being beauteous.
  • betamethasone — a synthetic analogue of a glucocorticoid, C 22 H 29 FO 5 , used in various forms in the treatment of inflammation, allergies, and tumors, and for replacement therapy in adrenal insufficiency.
  • 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.
  • blarney stone — a stone in Blarney Castle, in the SW Republic of Ireland, said to endow whoever kisses it with the gift of the gab and skill in flattery
  • 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
  • body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
  • bonanza state — a name for the state of Montana
  • boom-and-bust — characteristic of a period of economic prosperity followed by a depression.
  • boots and all — making every effort; with no holds barred
  • 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
  • bouncy castle — A bouncy castle is a large object filled with air, often in the shape of a castle, which children play on at a fairground or other outdoor event.
  • bowman's root — an eastern U.S. plant, Gillenia trifoliata, of the rose family, having terminal clusters of white flowers.
  • brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
  • bring to pass — to cause to happen
  • brown mustard — black mustard. See under mustard (def 2).
  • bums on seats — If the organizers of an event such as a concert want to put bums on seats, they want a lot of people to attend it.
  • by contraries — contrary to what is expected
  • calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
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