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13-letter words containing s, t, r, e, i, n

  • aphanipterous — of or relating to the wingless insects of the order Aphaniptera
  • apperceptions — Plural form of apperception.
  • appersonation — the unconscious assumption of the personality characteristics of another, usually well known, person.
  • appreciations — Plural form of appreciation.
  • arbitrariness — subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.
  • argentiferous — containing or bearing silver
  • aristolochene — (organic compound) A bicyclic sesquiterpene produced by certain fungi.
  • arm wrestling — a contest in which two people sit facing each other each with one elbow resting on a table, clasp hands, and each tries to force the other's arm flat onto the table while keeping his own elbow touching the table
  • armstand dive — a dive starting from a handstand at the end of a springboard or a platform with the diver's back to the water.
  • arseniuretted — combined with arsenic so as to form an arsenide.
  • arteriovenous — of, relating to, or affecting an artery and a vein
  • artesian well — well sunk through impermeable strata receiving water from an area at a higher altitude than that of the well
  • ascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
  • ascertainably — In a way that can be ascertained.
  • ascertainment — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
  • assertiveness — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
  • astereognosis — inability to recognize objects by touch
  • 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.
  • australianize — (esp of a new immigrant) to adopt or cause to adopt Australian habits and attitudes; integrate into Australian society
  • austrian pine — an evergreen tree, Pina nigra austriaca
  • 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
  • banister back — a back of a chair or the like, usually having semicircular spindles between the top rail and the cross rail or seat.
  • basket dinner — a group social gathering, as of church members, to which participants contribute casseroles or other dishes to share.
  • bass clarinet — a clarinet with the lowest range, in the octave below the B-flat clarinet
  • bass-baritone — a singer or voice in the bass range with baritone qualities
  • bastard eigne — the first-born illegitimate son of parents whose second son was legitimate.
  • bend sinister — a diagonal line bisecting a shield from the top right to the bottom left, typically indicating a bastard line
  • bering strait — a strait between Alaska and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean
  • binary system — a system involving only two elements, as 0 and 1 or yes and no.
  • bioenergetics — the study of energy transformations in living organisms and systems
  • birth parents — a child's biological parents, regardless of whether they subsequently bring up the child
  • bits per inch — (unit)   (BPI) A measure of the recording density of a magnetic tape or disk.
  • blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
  • brain truster — a member of a brain trust; an important but usually unofficial adviser.
  • brief against — If someone, especially a politician, briefs against another person, he or she tries to harm the other person's reputation by saying something unfavourable about them.
  • brotherliness — of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal: brotherly love.
  • bus mastering — bus master
  • business trip — a journey made somewhere and back again for business purposes in one's working capacity
  • butter muslin — a fine loosely woven cotton material originally used for wrapping butter
  • butterfingers — a person who drops things inadvertently or fails to catch things
  • by contraries — contrary to what is expected
  • by its nature — If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic.
  • cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
  • cafe curtains — short, straight curtains, esp. for covering the lower part of a window, hung from a rod by means of sliding rings
  • candy striper — a volunteer worker in a hospital
  • candy-striped — (esp of clothing fabric) having narrow coloured stripes on a white background
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