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13-letter words containing a, d, e, m

  • amor asteroid — one of a small group of asteroids whose orbits approach but do not cross that of the earth: named after the first such asteroid discovered (1932).
  • amundsen gulf — a gulf in the Beaufort Sea in the Canadian Northwest Territories.
  • amygdalaceous — similar to or derived from the almond
  • anadama bread — a kneaded yeast bread containing cornmeal and, usually, molasses
  • analogy model — (programming)   A method of estimating the cost of a proposed software project by extrapolating from the costs and schedules of similar completed projects.
  • anathematised — to pronounce an anathema against; denounce; curse.
  • anathematized — Simple past tense and past participle of anathematize.
  • and then some — and more than that
  • andrei markov — (person)   1856-1922. The Russian mathematician, after who Markov chains were named.
  • androcentrism — centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests: an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.
  • androdioecism — the state of being androdioecious
  • animadversion — criticism or censure
  • animadverting — Present participle of animadvert.
  • animal warden — dogcatcher.
  • ante meridiem — before noon
  • ante-meridian — occurring before noon.
  • anti-academic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
  • anti-idealism — the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
  • antimodernism — modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
  • antimodernist — opposed to modernism
  • archimandrite — the head of a monastery or a group of monasteries
  • arm and a leg — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • armed robbery — a robbery that is carried out by people carrying guns
  • armistice day — the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War I, on Nov 11, 1918, now kept on Remembrance Sunday
  • armored cable — an electric cable having a metal protective covering
  • armored scale — any of a family (Diaspididae) of scale insects characterized by a hard, waxy secretion that covers the body: many armored scales are serious pests of trees and shrubs
  • armour-plated — An armour-plated vehicle or building has a hard metal covering in order to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
  • armstand dive — a dive starting from a handstand at the end of a springboard or a platform with the diver's back to the water.
  • assembly code — assembly language
  • attested form — a linguistic form that can be shown to be in use or in written records
  • audience room — a room for holding formal interviews or hearings.
  • autoschediasm — anything done with little forethought or preparation
  • baal merodach — Marduk.
  • bab el mandeb — a strait between SW Arabia and E Africa, connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden
  • band spectrum — a spectrum consisting of a number of bands of closely spaced lines that are associated with emission or absorption of radiation by molecules
  • basidiomycete — any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota (formerly class Basidiomycetes), in which the spores are produced in basidia. The group includes boletes, puffballs, smuts, and rusts
  • bastard amber — a color of gelatin commonly used in stage lighting, similar to light amber but having a pinkish cast.
  • beaked salmon — sandfish (def 2).
  • beaked-salmon — sandfish (def 2).
  • beat the drum — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
  • bedaux system — a system of payment for work on the basis of the number of points of work done in a given amount of time, each point representing one minute of work on a given job at a normal rate of speed.
  • bedroom farce — a light comedy about sexual relationships
  • benzimidazole — a crystalline growth-inhibiting compound
  • bermuda grass — a widely distributed grass, Cynodon dactylon, with wiry creeping rootstocks and several purplish spikes of flowers arising from a single point: used for lawns, pasturage, binding sand dunes, etc
  • bermuda onion — a large white or yellow onion with a mild flavor, grown in Texas, California, etc.
  • biased sample — a statistical sample in which the items selected share some property which influences their distribution
  • bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
  • blandishments — Blandishments are pleasant things that someone says to another person in order to persuade them to do something.
  • bloomfieldian — Linguistics. influenced by, resembling, or deriving from the linguistic theory and the methods of linguistic analysis advocated by Leonard Bloomfield, characterized especially by emphasis on the classification of overt formal features.
  • board measure — a system of units for measuring wood based on the board foot. 1980 board feet equal one standard
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