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13-letter words containing t, o, n, i, p

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • badminton cup — a long refreshing drink of claret with soda water and sugar
  • benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
  • birthing pool — a large bath in which a woman can give birth
  • boiling point — The boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at which it starts to change into steam or vapour. For example, the boiling point of water is 100° centigrade.
  • bound up with — closely or inextricably linked with
  • bring to pass — to cause to happen
  • bromocriptine — a dopamine agonist drug which blocks the release of prolactin from the pituitary gland, used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease
  • brownie point — If someone does something to score brownie points, they do it because they think they will be praised for it.
  • building plot — a piece of land on which a house can be built
  • 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.
  • capitulations — Plural form of capitulation.
  • caprification — a method of pollinating the edible fig by hanging branches of caprifig flowers in edible fig trees. Parasitic wasps in the caprifig flowers transfer pollen to the edible fig flowers
  • capsulization — The act or process of capsulizing.
  • carton-pierre — papier-mâché decorated in imitation of wood, stone, or metal, and chiefly used for ornamental statuary or decorative motifs.
  • cartoon strip — A cartoon strip is a series of drawings that tells a story.
  • case in point — a specific, appropriate, or relevant instance or example
  • cephalization — (in the evolution of animals) development of a head by the concentration of feeding and sensory organs and nervous tissue at the anterior end
  • chart-topping — very popular; coming top in the charts
  • checkpointing — Present participle of checkpoint.
  • chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
  • chromoprotein — any of a group of conjugated proteins, such as haemoglobin, in which the protein is joined to a coloured compound, such as a metal-containing porphyrin
  • chthonophagia — (disease) A disease characterized by the impulsive consumption of dirt, observed in some parts of the southern United States as well as the West Indies.
  • cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
  • cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
  • cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
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