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13-letter words containing t, e, o

  • at knifepoint — If you are attacked or robbed at knifepoint, someone threatens you with a knife while they attack or steal from you.
  • at loose ends — in an unsettled, disorganized, or confused condition
  • at one's back — behind, esp in support or pursuit
  • at one's best — in one's best mood, form, health, etc.
  • at the double — at twice normal marching speed
  • 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.
  • athletic shoe — a shoe designed to be worn for sports, exercising, or recreational activity, as racquetball, jogging, or aerobic dancing.
  • atmospherical — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • atomic energy — nuclear energy
  • atomic number — the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
  • atomic theory — any theory in which matter is regarded as consisting of atoms, esp that proposed by John Dalton postulating that elements are composed of atoms that can combine in definite proportions to form compounds
  • atomic volume — the atomic weight (relative atomic mass) of an element divided by its density
  • atomic weapon — a weapon in which energy is provided by nuclear fission
  • atomic weight — the weight of one atom of an element expressed in atomic mass units: it is the average weight of all the isotopes of the element
  • atroceruleous — a deep blue-black color.
  • atrociousness — The state of being atrocious.
  • attested form — a linguistic form that can be shown to be in use or in written records
  • auction house — a commercial company that specializes in selling items at auction
  • auctioneering — Present participle of auctioneer.
  • audiocassette — a cassette containing audiotape
  • augmentations — Plural form of augmentation.
  • auguste comte — (Isidore) Auguste (Marie François) [ee-zee-dawr oh-gyst ma-ree frahn-swa] /i ziˈdɔr oʊˈgüst maˈri frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1798–1857, French founder of the philosophical system of positivism.
  • auteur theory — the theory that creative directors are the major force in film-making
  • authenticator — a person or thing that authenticates.
  • authoritative — Someone or something that is authoritative gives an impression of power and importance and is likely to be obeyed.
  • auto-destruct — self-destruct.
  • auto-injector — An auto-injector is a hypodermic syringe that you can use to inject yourself with a liquid.
  • autocatalyses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autocatalyse.
  • autocephalous — (of an Eastern Christian Church) governed by its own national synods and appointing its own patriarchs or prelates
  • autodigestion — (biology) The digestion of tissue by enzymes produced by the organism itself.
  • autoeroticism — the arousal and use of one's own body as a sexual object, as through masturbation
  • autoinfection — infection by a pathogenic agent already within the body or infection transferred from one part of the body to another
  • automatonlike — Like an automaton; robotic.
  • automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
  • autoprojector — (theory)   A self-applicable partial evaluator.
  • autoresponder — A program that automatically generates a set response to all messages sent to a particular e-mail address.
  • autoschediasm — anything done with little forethought or preparation
  • autoschediaze — to do or act with little forethought or preparation
  • averruncation — the act of averting or turning away
  • aviation fuel — fuel used to power airplanes
  • baal shem tov — original name Israel ben Eliezer ?1700–60, Jewish religious leader, teacher, and healer in Poland: founder of modern Hasidism
  • baal-shem-tov — (Israel ben Eliezer"Besht") c1700–60, Ukrainian teacher and religious leader: founder of the Hasidic movement of Judaism.
  • bachelor flat — a flat lived in, or intended for a bachelor
  • bachelorettes — Plural form of bachelorette.
  • 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
  • bacteriocidal — Alternative spelling of bactericidal.
  • bacteriogenic — Caused by bacteria.
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