13-letter words containing a, n, g, e
- arc cotangent — the angle, measured in radians, that has a cotangent equal to a given number. Symbol: cot −1. Abbreviation: arc cot.
- archaeologian — (archaic) An archaeologist.
- argand burner — a gas or oil burner designed to let air flow inside and outside a cylindrical wick
- argentiferous — containing or bearing silver
- argentine ant — a small brown ant, Iridomyrmex humilis, introduced into the southern U.S. from South America: a household and fruit pest.
- argumentation — Argumentation is the process of arguing in an organized or logical way, for example in philosophy.
- argumentative — Someone who is argumentative is always ready to disagree or start quarrelling with other people.
- arm and a leg — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- arm wrestling — a contest in which two people sit facing each other each with one elbow resting on a table, clasp hands, and each tries to force the other's arm flat onto the table while keeping his own elbow touching the table
- arroyo grande — a town in SW California.
- arterializing — Present participle of arterialize.
- aschaffenburg — a city in Germany, on the River Main in Bavaria: seat of the Imperial Diet (1447); ceded to Bavaria in 1814. Pop: 68 607 (2003 est)
- assigned risk — a risk that, under state law, is assigned to an insurer from a pool of insurers who would not otherwise accept it.
- astereognosis — inability to recognize objects by touch
- athenagoras i — (Aristocles Spyrou) 1886–1972, Archbishop Ecumenical of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church 1948–72.
- atherogenesis — (medicine) The formation of atheromas, especially on the walls of the arteries.
- atomic energy — nuclear energy
- auctioneering — Present participle of auctioneer.
- augmentations — Plural form of augmentation.
- austenitizing — to form austenite in (a ferrous alloy) by heating.
- autodigestion — (biology) The digestion of tissue by enzymes produced by the organism itself.
- awe-inspiring — If you describe someone or something as awe-inspiring, you are emphasizing that you think that they are remarkable and amazing, although sometimes rather frightening.
- back-breaking — Back-breaking work involves a lot of hard physical effort.
- backgrounders — Plural form of backgrounder.
- backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
- backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
- bacteriogenic — Caused by bacteria.
- baggage train — a train of wagons carrying the equipment needed by an army on the march
- baking powder — Baking powder is an ingredient used in cake making. It causes cakes to rise when they are in the oven.
- band together — If people band together, they meet and act as a group in order to try and achieve something.
- bandspreading — an additional tuning control in some radio receivers whereby a selected narrow band of frequencies can be spread over a wider frequency band, in order to give finer control of tuning
- bang goes sth — If you say bang goes something, you mean that it is now obvious that it cannot succeed or be achieved.
- banking house — a more formal term for a bank
- bantamweights — Plural form of bantamweight.
- bargain offer — something for sale at a low price
- bargain price — a low price
- barnsbreaking — noisy and exuberant activity; boisterous mischief-making
- baroque organ — a pipe organ dating from or built to the specifications of the baroque period at the time of J. S. Bach.
- barrel engine — an engine having cylinders arranged around and parallel to a shaft, which they rotate by means of the contact of their piston rods with a swash plate or cam on the shaft.
- base exchange — a nonprofit general store at a military base, for the sale of merchandise for personal use, refreshments, etc.
- 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
- bastard eigne — the first-born illegitimate son of parents whose second son was legitimate.
- battering ram — A battering ram is a long heavy piece of wood that is used to knock down the locked doors of buildings.
- battering-ram — an ancient military device with a heavy horizontal ram for battering down walls, gates, etc.
- batting order — the sequence in which hitters will bat in a given game, determined in advance by the team manager.
- battlegrounds — Plural form of battleground.
- bay of bengal — a wide arm of the Indian Ocean, between India and Myanmar
- bcg (vaccine) — a vaccine prepared from an attenuated strain of the tubercle bacillus, used for immunization against tuberculosis
- be hard going — If you say that something is hard going, you mean it is difficult and requires a lot of effort.
- be upstanding — (in a court of law) a direction to all persons present to rise to their feet before the judge enters or leaves the court