13-letter words containing ate
- greater ionic — Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders that in ancient Greece consisted of a fluted column with a molded base and a capital composed of four volutes, usually parallel to the architrave with a pulvinus connecting a pair on each side of the column, and an entablature typically consisting of an architrave of three fascias, a richly ornamented frieze, and a cornice corbeled out on egg-and-dart and dentil moldings, with the frieze sometimes omitted. Roman and Renaissance examples are often more elaborate, and usually set the volutes of the capitals at 45° to the architrave. Compare composite (def 3), Corinthian (def 2), Doric (def 3), Tuscan (def 2).
- greater scaup — any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- greater siren — a salamander, Siren lacertina, having external gills, tiny front legs, and no hind legs, inhabiting shallow waters in the southeastern U.S.
- gyro repeater — a navigational compass, under the control of a gyroscope, that automatically indicates true north.
- half-educated — having undergone education: educated people.
- hate campaign — A hate campaign is a series of actions which are intended to harm or upset someone, or to make other people have a low opinion of them.
- hatemongering — The behaviour of a hatemonger; the spreading of hatred.
- hawkeye state — Iowa (used as a nickname).
- head of state — the person who holds the highest position in a national government: a meeting of heads of state.
- head of water — a quantity of water
- headline rate — a basic rate of inflation, taxation, etc, before distorting factors have been removed
- hecate strait — a strait in central British Columbia, Canada, between the mainland and the Queen Charlotte Islands. 160 miles (257 km) long and 40–80 miles (64–129 km) wide.
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- hepatectomies — Plural form of hepatectomy.
- hierogrammate — a writer of hierograms
- hoosier state — Indiana (used as a nickname).
- hot chocolate — warm drink made with chocolate powder
- hot-water bag — a bag, usually of rubber, for holding hot water to apply warmth to some part of the body, as the feet.
- hydrated lime — a soft, white, crystalline, very slightly water-soluble powder, Ca(OH) 2 , obtained by the action of water on lime: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hyperactivate — (biology) To cause or undergo hyperactivation.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hypophosphate — a salt or ester of hypophosphoric acid.
- hypoventilate — (intransitive) To undergo hypoventilation.
- immaterialise — Alt form immaterialize.
- immaterialism — the doctrine that there is no material world, but that all things exist only in and for minds.
- immaterialist — A supporter of the philosophy of immaterialism.
- immateriality — state or character of being immaterial.
- immaterialize — to make immaterial.
- immediateness — The state of being immediate; immediacy.
- impact crater — crater (def 2).
- imparipinnate — odd-pinnate.
- importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- in deep water — the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- in triplicate — in three copies, times three
- in-line skate — a roller skate with typically four hard-rubber wheels in a straight line resembling the blade of an ice skate.
- inanimateness — The property of being inanimate.
- inappropriate — not appropriate; not proper or suitable: an inappropriate dress for the occasion.
- inarticulated — Not articulated; not connected by a joint.
- incapacitated — unable to act, respond, or the like (often used euphemistically when one is busy or otherwise occupied): He can't come to the phone now—he's incapacitated.
- inconsiderate — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
- indeterminate — not determinate; not precisely fixed in extent; indefinite; uncertain.
- indoctrinated — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- indoctrinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indoctrinate.
- inelaborately — not in an elaborate fashion, in a way lacking elaboration
- inequilateral — not equilateral; having unequal sides.
- inferolateral — (anatomy) Both inferior and lateral.
- infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
- inline skates — a roller skate with typically four hard-rubber wheels in a straight line resembling the blade of an ice skate.
- insatiateness — The state of being insatiate.