13-letter words containing t, o
- anachronistic — You say that something is anachronistic when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
- analogization — A process or act of analogizing.
- anaphylactoid — Of, pertaining to, or resembling anaphylaxis.
- anatomization — A process or act of anatomizing.
- anchor pocket — a recess in the bow of a vessel, for housing a stockless anchor.
- and then some — and more than that
- androcentrism — centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests: an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.
- anecdotically — in an anecdotical manner
- anesthetic to — incapable of feeling or responding to
- anfractuosity — the condition or quality of being anfractuous
- angiokeratoma — a skin disease characterized by clusters of dilated blood vessels and by thickened skin, forming warty growths, especially on the scrotum, fingers, and toes.
- angioplasties — Plural form of angioplasty.
- angiotensin i — any of three oligopeptides occurring in plasma, an inactive form (angiotensin I) and two varieties (angiotensin II and angiotensin III) that elevate blood pressure and stimulate the adrenal cortex to secrete aldosterone.
- anglicisation — The process by which something or someone (usually a word) is made more English. Usually applied to language or culture.
- anglicization — (US) alternative spelling of anglicisation.
- angora rabbit — a breed of rabbit with long usually white silky hair
- Ångstrom unit — a unit of length equal to 10 −10 metre, used principally to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations. It is equivalent to 0.1 nanometre
- anharmonicity — (mechanics) Of or pertaining to the deviation of a system from harmonicity (being a harmonic oscillator).
- animalization — to excite the animal passions of; brutalize; sensualize.
- anisometropia — an imbalance in the power of the two eyes to refract light
- anisometropic — relating to anisometropia
- annexationism — the theory or practice of taking over another country's territory, especially by force.
- annexationist — the theory or practice of taking over another country's territory, especially by force.
- annotated ada — (language, specification) (Anna) A specification language developed at Stanford University ca. 1980 for formally specifying Ada programs. It has a Specification Analyzer and a Consistency Checking System. It adds semantic assertions in the form of Ada comments.
- announcements — Plural form of announcement.
- annual report — a report presented by the directors of a company to its shareholders each year, containing the profit-and-loss account, the balance sheet, and details of the past year's activity
- annunciations — Plural form of annunciation.
- anomalistical — relating to a planet's angular distance from its last perihelion or orbital point nearest to the sun
- anonymization — The act or process of making anonymous, of hiding or disguising identity.
- anonymous ftp — (networking) An interactive service provided by many Internet hosts allowing any user to transfer documents, files, programs, and other archived data using File Transfer Protocol. The user logs in using the special user name "ftp" or "anonymous" and his e-mail address as password. He then has access to a special directory hierarchy containing the publically accessible files, typically in a subdirectory called "pub". This is usually a separate area from files used by local users. A reference like ftp: euagate.eua.ericsson.se /pub/eua/erlang/info means that files are available by anonymous FTP from the host called euagate.eua.ericsson.se in the directory (or file) /pub/eua/erlang/info. Sometimes the hostname will be followed by an Internet address in parentheses. The directory will usually be given as a path relative to the anonymous FTP login directory. A reference to a file available by FTP may also be in the form of a URL starting "ftp:". See also Archie, archive site, EFS, FTP by mail, web.
- another place — the other House of Parliament (used in the House of Commons to refer to the House of Lords and vice versa)
- another-guess — of another kind.
- antenniferous — having antennae
- anterolateral — Both anterior and lateral.
- anthologizing — Present participle of anthologize.
- anthony hoare — (person) (C. Anthony R. Hoare, Tony) A computer scientist working on programming languages, especially parallel ones. Hoare was responsible for Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP). See also: pointer, Simone.
- anthophyllite — a black or greenish-black mineral from the hornblende group, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks
- anthraquinone — a yellow crystalline solid used in the manufacture of dyes, esp anthraquinone dyes, which have excellent colour properties. Formula: C6H4(CO)2C6H4
- anthropogenic — relating to anthropogenesis
- anthropolatry — the worship of a human as a god
- anthropologic — the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
- anthropometer — an instrument that consists of a calibrated, vertical rod to which are attached two horizontal arms, one fixed and one movable, for measuring the human trunk and limbs.
- anthropometry — the comparative study of sizes and proportions of the human body
- anthropopathy — the attribution of human passions, etc, to a deity, object, etc
- anthropophagi — cannibals
- anthropophagy — cannibalism
- anthropophobe — One who dislikes human beings.
- anthropophyte — a plant species accidentally introduced during the cultivation of another
- anthroposcopy — physiognomy (def 2).
- anthroposophy — the spiritual and mystical teachings of Rudolph Steiner, based on the belief that creative activities such as myth making, which formed a part of life in earlier times, are psychologically valuable, esp for educational and therapeutic purposes