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13-letter words containing y, e, t

  • ambidexterity — ambidextrous ease, skill, or facility.
  • ambisexuality — the state of being ambisexual
  • amitriptyline — a tricyclic antidepressant drug. Formula: C20H23N
  • amitryptyline — a drug with several uses, most commonly prescribed to treat depression
  • amphictyonies — Plural form of amphictyony.
  • amphiprostyle — (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends but not at the sides
  • anecdotically — in an anecdotical manner
  • answerability — liable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions.
  • antenna array — a directional antenna or system of antennas for radio transmission or reception.
  • 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
  • anthropometry — the comparative study of sizes and proportions of the human body
  • anthropophyte — a plant species accidentally introduced during the cultivation of another
  • anti-hygienic — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
  • anti-idiotype — a molecular arrangement on an antibody that is the counterpart of that on a different antibody, thus making one an antigen to the other.
  • anticipatedly — In an anticipated manner; in advance.
  • antifertility — acting to suppress fertility or as a contraceptive
  • antigenically — Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
  • antiobscenity — opposed to or working to combat obscenity
  • antisexuality — the opposition to sexuality or sexual activity
  • antisterility — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
  • antisymmetric — (of a relation) never holding between a pair of arguments x and y when it holds between y and x except when x = y, as "…is no younger than…"
  • anything goes — If people say 'anything goes', they mean that anything people say or do is considered acceptable, and usually they mean that they do not approve of this.
  • apathetically — having or showing little or no emotion: apathetic behavior.
  • appealability — an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
  • appellatively — (grammar) After the manner of appellative nouns; so as to express whole classes or species.
  • applicatively — In an applicative manner.
  • appropriately — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
  • approximately — close to; around; roughly or in the region of
  • archaeobotany — the analysis and interpretation of plant remains found at archaeological sites
  • archaeopteryx — any of several extinct primitive birds constituting the genus Archaeopteryx, esp A. lithographica, which occurred in Jurassic times and had teeth, a long tail, well-developed wings, and a body covering of feathers
  • aridity index — a number indicating how much more precipitation could be lost by evapotranspiration if it were available than is actually lost at a given location.
  • armistice day — the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War I, on Nov 11, 1918, now kept on Remembrance Sunday
  • arteriography — the X-ray examination of an artery or arterial system after injection of a contrast medium into the bloodstream
  • aryepiglottic — pertaining to or connecting the arytenoid cartilage and the epiglottis.
  • as is the way — You can use as is the way to say that a particular situation or example of behaviour is typical and you would not expect it to be different.
  • ascertainably — In a way that can be ascertained.
  • assembly time — the time required for a computer to translate symbolic computer language into machine-language instructions.
  • assertability — The quality of being assertable.
  • assessability — The quality of being assessable.
  • associatively — in an associative or connective manner
  • assortatively — In an assortative way.
  • aster yellows — a dwarfing and yellowing of asters and various other plants, caused by a mycoplasma transmitted by a leafhopper.
  • at every turn — If you say that something happens at every turn, you are emphasizing that it happens frequently or all the time, usually so that it prevents you from achieving what you want.
  • atheistically — pertaining to or characteristic of atheists or atheism; containing, suggesting, or disseminating atheism: atheistic literature; atheistic people.
  • athematically — in an athematic manner
  • atomic energy — nuclear energy
  • 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
  • attributively — pertaining to or having the character of attribution or an attribute.
  • atypicalities — not typical; not conforming to the type; irregular; abnormal: atypical behavior; a flower atypical of the species.
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