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13-letter words containing n, o

  • ascoli piceno — a town in E central Italy, in the Marches: capital of the Roman province of Picenum; site of the massacre of all its Roman citizens in the Social War in 90 bc. Pop: 51 375 (2001)
  • ashcan school — a group (formed c. 1908) of U.S. painters who promoted realistic painting based on the direct observation of everyday, esp. urban, events
  • ashtanga yoga — a vigorous form of yoga involving a sequence of poses
  • aspirationals — Plural form of aspirational.
  • assassination — to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.
  • assassinators — Plural form of assassinator.
  • assemblywoman — In the United States, an assemblywoman is a female elected member of an assembly of people who make decisions and laws.
  • assemblywomen — Plural form of assemblywoman.
  • asset account — An asset account is an account that records the assets owned by a company.
  • assiduousness — constant; unremitting: assiduous reading.
  • assimilations — Plural form of assimilation.
  • associational — relating to association or alliance or an association, alliance or affiliation
  • assumptionist — Augustinian of the Assumption.
  • astereognosis — inability to recognize objects by touch
  • asthenosphere — a thin semifluid layer of the earth (100–200 km thick), below the outer rigid lithosphere, forming part of the mantle and thought to be able to flow vertically and horizontally, enabling sections of lithosphere to subside, rise, and undergo lateral movement
  • astonishingly — causing astonishment or surprise; amazing: an astonishing victory; an astonishing remark.
  • astonishments — Plural form of astonishment.
  • astrodynamics — the study of the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space
  • astronautical — of or relating to astronautics or astronauts.
  • at a discount — below the regular price
  • at knifepoint — If you are attacked or robbed at knifepoint, someone threatens you with a knife while they attack or steal from you.
  • at loose ends — in an unsettled, disorganized, or confused condition
  • at one's back — behind, esp in support or pursuit
  • at one's best — in one's best mood, form, health, etc.
  • at this point — at this moment in time
  • aten asteroid — one of a small group of asteroids whose orbits cross that of the earth and whose semimajor axes are smaller than that of the earth.
  • 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
  • atomic number — the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
  • atomic weapon — a weapon in which energy is provided by nuclear fission
  • atrociousness — The state of being atrocious.
  • attributional — of or relating to the act of attributing
  • auction block — Also called block. a platform from which an auctioneer sells: the old courthouse where slaves were sold from the auction block.
  • auction house — a commercial company that specializes in selling items at auction
  • auction pitch — a variety of all fours in which players bid to determine the trump or pitch.
  • auctioneering — Present participle of auctioneer.
  • audaciousness — Risky or daring behaviour.
  • audience room — a room for holding formal interviews or hearings.
  • audio-lingual — pertaining to listening comprehension and speaking, especially in learning a foreign language.
  • augmentations — Plural form of augmentation.
  • aulic council — a council, founded in 1498, of the Holy Roman Emperor. It functioned mainly as a judicial body
  • aum shinrikyo — a syncretistic Japanese cult combining elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity, founded by Shoko Asahara in 1986; responsible for a number of murders and in particular a nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995
  • austin dobson — (Henry) Austin, 1840–1921, English poet, biographer, and essayist.
  • authenticator — a person or thing that authenticates.
  • authorisation — Alternative spelling of authorization.
  • authoritarian — If you describe a person or an organization as authoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves.
  • authorization — an authorizing or being authorized
  • auto-injector — An auto-injector is a hypodermic syringe that you can use to inject yourself with a liquid.
  • autochthonous — (of rocks, deposits, etc) found where they and their constituents were formed
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