13-letter words containing is
- assyriologist — A person who studies ancient Assyria.
- astereognosis — inability to recognize objects by touch
- astonishingly — causing astonishment or surprise; amazing: an astonishing victory; an astonishing remark.
- astonishments — Plural form of astonishment.
- at a discount — below the regular price
- at this point — at this moment in time
- at this stage — at this point: in a process
- atavistically — In an atavistic manner.
- atheistically — pertaining to or characteristic of atheists or atheism; containing, suggesting, or disseminating atheism: atheistic literature; atheistic people.
- atherogenesis — (medicine) The formation of atheromas, especially on the walls of the arteries.
- atomistically — Also called atomic theory. Philosophy. the theory that minute, discrete, finite, and indivisible elements are the ultimate constituents of all matter.
- australianism — the Australian national character or spirit
- authorisation — Alternative spelling of authorization.
- autocatalysis — the catalysis of a reaction in which the catalyst is one of the products of the reaction
- autocatharsis — a therapeutic process designed to free unconscious disturbances by having the patient write about his or her experiences, impressions, etc.
- autodidactism — Alternative form of autodidacticism.
- autoeroticism — the arousal and use of one's own body as a sexual object, as through masturbation
- automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
- autotoxicosis — autointoxication.
- avant-gardism — the attitudes, techniques, etc., of the cultural avant-garde.
- back emission — the secondary emission of electrons from an anode
- bacteriolysis — the destruction or disintegration of bacteria
- baffin island — the largest island of the Canadian Arctic, between Greenland and Hudson Bay. Area: 476 560 sq km (184 000 sq miles)
- ballistically — of or relating to ballistics.
- ballistospore — a spore, esp a fungal spore, that is forcefully ejected from its source
- banister back — a back of a chair or the like, usually having semicircular spindles between the top rail and the cross rail or seat.
- bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
- bank of issue — a bank, as a Federal Reserve Bank, empowered by a government to issue currency.
- barosinusitis — aerosinusitis.
- barristership — the office of a barrister
- bartholinitis — Inflammation of Bartholin's cyst.
- basic english — a simplified form of English, proposed by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards, containing a vocabulary of approximately 850 of the commonest English words, intended as an international language
- batan islands — a group of islands in the Philippines, north of Luzon. Capital: Basco. Pop: 16 467 (2000). Area: 197 sq km (76 sq miles)
- battlecruiser — A large warship of a type built in the early 20th century, carrying similar armament to a battleship but faster and more lightly armored.
- bay of biscay — a large bay of the Atlantic Ocean between W France and N Spain: notorious for storms
- behavioristic — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- bend sinister — a diagonal line bisecting a shield from the top right to the bottom left, typically indicating a bastard line
- berkeleianism — the philosophical system of George Berkeley, holding that objects exist only when perceived, that God's perception sustains the universe, and that there is no independent substratum or substance in which these perceptions inhere
- bibliogenesis — the art of producing and publishing books.
- bibliophagist — a person who devours books
- biculturalism — the characteristics, or policy, of a two-cultured society
- bimetallistic — relating to bimetallism
- bio-terrorism — the use of living organisms and their toxic products to kill or incapacitate, esp as a political weapon
- biogeneticist — genetic engineering.
- biostatistics — the use of statistics to analyse biological data
- bipartisanism — the quality of being bipartisan
- bird dismount — Hecht1 (def 1).
- biscuit bread — biscuits or a biscuit: I like biscuit bread more than corn bread for supper.
- biscuit-fired — (of a ceramic object) fired to harden the body.
- bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view