13-letter words containing a, c, n
- affectionated — Simple past tense and past participle of affectionate.
- affectionless — showing no affection or kindly disposition towards
- affectiveness — The property of being affective.
- affenpinscher — a small wire-haired breed of dog of European origin, having tufts of hair on the muzzle
- affinity card — An affinity card is a type of credit card. The bank which issues the card gives a small amount of money to a charity or institution each time the customer spends a certain amount with their card.
- african daisy — any of several composite plants native to Africa, especially of the genera Arctotis, Gerbera, and Lonas, having showy, daisylike flowers.
- african grape — a watermelon.
- african plate — a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising the African continent as well as adjacent ocean basins (the Canary, Cape Verde, Angola, Cape Agulhas, Somali, Madagascar, and Natal Basins), and bounded on the north by the Eurasian and Arabian Plates, on the east by mid-ocean ridges (the Southwest Indian, Mid-Indian, and Carlsberg Ridges), on the south by the Antarctic Plate, and on the west by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
- african union — an organization of African states established in 2002 as successor to the OAU; it aims to encourage economic development and political stability through increased cooperation between its members
- afro-american — African-American
- age allowance — an income tax allowance given to taxpayers aged 65 or over
- agonistically — in an agonistic manner
- agro-economic — of or relating to a nation's agricultural economy, the financial problems of farmers as a group, etc.: mounting pressures on the agro-economic system.
- agronomically — in an agronomic manner
- air ambulance — An air ambulance is a helicopter or plane that is used for taking people to hospital.
- air force one — the US Air Force plane used by the US president
- air injection — injection of liquid fuel into the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine, especially a diesel, by means of a jet of compressed air.
- air-condition — to apply air conditioning to
- aircraftwoman — The female equivalent of an aircraftman.
- aircraftwomen — Plural form of aircraftwoman.
- albumin color — (in textile printing) a color fixed to a fabric by an albuminous mordant.
- alcan highway — Alaska Highway
- alectryomancy — an ancient form of divination, using a rooster to select grains of food placed on letters of the alphabet.
- aleman lacayo — Jose Arnoldo [hoh-zey ahr-nohl-doh] /hoʊˈzeɪ ɑrˈnoʊl doʊ/ (Show IPA), 1946–2002, president of Nicaragua 1997–2002.
- alice springs — a town in central Australia, in the Northern Territory, in the Macdonnell Ranges. Pop: 23 640 (2001)
- all-consuming — taking up all of someone's time and attention
- all-embracing — Something that is all-embracing includes or affects everyone or everything.
- all-inclusive — All-inclusive is used to indicate that a price, especially the price of a holiday, includes all the charges and all the services offered.
- allergenicity — causing allergic sensitization.
- allochthonous — (of rocks, deposits, etc) found in a place other than where they or their constituents were formed
- alluvial cone — a steep, narrow, cone-shaped alluvial fan formed where a swift stream suddenly slows down, as where an upland stream emerges abruptly into a level plain
- alonzo church — (person) A twentieth century mathematician and logician, and one of the founders of computer science. Church invented the lambda-calculus and posited a version of the Church-Turing thesis.
- alpha carinae — Canopus1
- alphanumerics — Plural form of alphanumeric.
- alpine chough — a bird of the crow family, Pyrrocorax graculus, found in the highest mountain regions of S Europe and central Asia, with a yellow bill, black plumage, and red legs
- amarantaceous — amaranthine
- ambient music — a style of popular music which aims to create a relaxing atmosphere
- american aloe — century plant
- american bond — a brickwork bond having a course of headers between five or six courses of stretchers.
- american curl — a breed of slender cat with curled-back ears and a plumed tail
- american fork — a town in central Utah.
- american plan — a hotel rate in which the charge includes meals
- american wake — an all-night farewell party for a person about to emigrate to America
- amino radical — the univalent group, −NH 2 .
- aminoaciduria — the presence of amino acids in urine
- ammonia clock — an atomic clock based on the frequency of inversion of the ammonia molecule
- amniocenteses — Plural form of amniocentesis.
- amniocentesis — If a pregnant woman has an amniocentesis, fluid is removed from her womb in order to check that her unborn baby is not affected by certain genetic disorders.
- amphictyonies — Plural form of amphictyony.
- amphotericins — Plural form of amphotericin.