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