13-letter words containing ant
- brilliant cut — a cut for gems
- brilliant-cut — a cut intended to enhance the brilliance of a gem with the least possible sacrifice of weight, characterized by a form resembling two pyramids set base to base, truncated so as to give a broad table and a very small culet, and having from 18 to 104 facets, 58 being typical.
- brilliantined — treated with brilliantine
- buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
- bull elephant — an adult male elephant
- buoyant force — the law that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force (buoyant force) equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.
- cafe chantant — an intimate cabaret offering sophisticated musical entertainment.
- canthaxanthin — an orange carotenoid, C40H52O2, that is put in feed for poultry and feed for farmed salmon and trout
- cantilevering — Present participle of cantilever.
- canton enamel — Chinese enamelware similar to Limoges.
- canton ginger — preserved or crystallized ginger of fine quality.
- cantonization — the process of dividing into cantons
- cantus firmus — an existing melody used as the basis for a new polyphonic composition
- carpenter ant — any of a genus (Camponotus) of large ants that build nests in wooden buildings, tree trunks, etc. by gnawing out a complicated series of chambers
- carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
- century plant — an agave, Agave americana, native to tropical America but naturalized elsewhere, having very large spiny greyish leaves and greenish flowers on a tall fleshy stalk. It blooms only once in its life, after 10 to 30 years (formerly thought to flower after a century)
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
- chiromantical — Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
- chrysanthemum — A chrysanthemum is a large garden flower with many long, thin petals.
- civil servant — A civil servant is a person who works in the Civil Service in Britain and some other countries, or for the local, state, or federal government in the United States.
- clairvoyantly — In a clairvoyant way; by means of clairvoyance.
- cns stimulant — A CNS stimulant is any substance that stimulates the central nervous system.
- coal merchant — a person engaged in the purchase and sale of coal for profit
- compass plant — a tall plant, Silphium laciniatum, of central North America, that has yellow flowers and lower leaves that tend to align themselves at right angles to the strongest light, esp in a north-south plane: family Asteraceae (composites)
- complaisantly — (archaic) In a complaisant manner; obligingly.
- concomitantly — existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way; accompanying; concurrent: an event and its concomitant circumstances.
- constantine i — known as Constantine the Great. Latin name Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus. ?280–337 ad, first Christian Roman emperor (306–337): moved his capital to Byzantium, which he renamed Constantinople (330)
- contravariant — (category theory, of a functor) which reverses composition.
- cornfield ant — a small, brown ant, Lasius alienus, that lives in cornfields and feeds on honeydew of the corn-root aphid.
- counteractant — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
- cryptoxanthin — a carotenoid pigment, C40H56O, in butter, eggs, and various plants, that can be converted into vitamin A in the body
- currant borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Ramosia tipuliformis, that bores into the stems of currants.
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- death warrant — A death warrant is an official document which orders that someone is to be executed as a punishment for a crime.
- debt covenant — A debt covenant is a number of restrictions that a borrower agrees to that are set by the lending institution.
- decant tenant — a person who has had to leave their previous accommodation while it is being rebuilt or refurbished
- decongestants — Plural form of decongestant.
- deromanticize — to remove the romantic, ideal, or heroic aura from.
- desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
- determinantal — of or relating to determinants
- dilettanteish — Alternative form of dilettantish.
- dilettanteism — The condition of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature.
- disadvantaged — lacking the normal or usual necessities and comforts of life, as proper housing, educational opportunities, job security, adequate medical care, etc.: The government extends help to disadvantaged minorities.
- disadvantages — Plural form of disadvantage.
- discriminants — Plural form of discriminant.
- disenchanting — Present participle of disenchant.
- disinfectants — Plural form of disinfectant.
- dismantlement — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
- displantation — the removal of a plantation