13-letter words containing ato
- monotrematous — of or relating to a monotreme.
- multivibrator — A device consisting of two amplifying transistors or valves, each with its output connected to the input of the other, producing an oscillatory signal.
- mutato nomine — the name having been changed.
- narratologist — a person who studies narratology; an expert in narratology
- nematological — of or pertaining to nematology
- neo-platonism — a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance
- neonatologist — the study of the development and disorders of newborn children.
- neuroanatomic — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
- non-insulator — Electricity. a material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible. insulating material, often glass or porcelain, in a unit form designed so as to support a charged conductor and electrically isolate it.
- non-mandatory — authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
- non-signatory — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- nonambulatory — of, relating to, or capable of walking: an ambulatory exploration of the countryside.
- noncooperator — A person who does not cooperate.
- nondefamatory — Not defamatory.
- nonobligatory — Not obligatory; not required; optional.
- numismatology — Numismatics.
- observatories — Plural form of observatory.
- omoplatoscopy — Divination by use of a shoulder blade.
- onomatologist — One versed in the history of names.
- onomatopoeial — (obsolete, rare) Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.
- onomatopoeias — Plural form of onomatopoeia.
- onomatopoetic — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- orchestrators — Plural form of orchestrator.
- osmoregulator — Any organism that practices osmoregulation.
- pancreatotomy — incision of the pancreas.
- papillomatous — a benign tumor of the skin or mucous membrane consisting of hypertrophied epithelial tissue, as a wart.
- participatory — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- peccatophobia — an abnormal fear of sinning.
- pentatonicism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- peregrinatory — tending to peregrinate; relating to or characteristic of a traveller
- phreatophytic — of, possessing the properties of, or relating to a phreatophyte
- platonic love — Platonism. love of the Idea of beauty, seen as terminating an evolution from the desire for an individual and the love of physical beauty to the love and contemplation of spiritual or ideal beauty.
- platonic year — a period of about 26,000 years, equal to the time required for a complete revolution of the equinoxes.
- pneumatograph — pneumograph.
- pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
- pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
- pneumatometer — an instrument for measuring either the quantity of air inhaled or exhaled during a single inspiration or expiration or the force of inspiration or expiration.
- pneumatophore — Botany. a specialized structure developed from the root in certain plants growing in swamps and marshes, serving as a respiratory organ.
- pontificators — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- potato beetle — a black and yellow leaf beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, originally of Colorado and neighboring states but now a common pest in all potato-growing regions of the U.S.
- potato blight — fungal disease affecting potatoes
- potato eaters — a painting (1885) by Vincent Van Gogh.
- potato famine — a severe shortage of food caused by the failure of the potato crop
- potato peeler — a special knife used to peel the skin from potatoes or other vegetables
- potato-masher — a kitchen implement used to crush or mash potatoes
- precopulatory — carried out or occurring prior to copulation
- predestinator — a person or thing that predestinates something.
- prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
- primatologist — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- procuratorate — Roman History. any of various imperial officials with fiscal or administrative powers.