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16-letter words containing a, d, m, s

  • hand screw clamp — a screw that can be tightened by the fingers, without the aid of a tool.
  • hard times token — any of a series of U.S. copper tokens, issued 1834–41, bearing a political inscription or advertising message and serving as currency during coin shortages.
  • headmistressship — (rare) Alternative form of headmistress-ship.
  • himachal pradesh — a state in N India. 21,495 sq. mi. (55,673 sq. km). Capital: Shimla.
  • hodmezovasarhely — a city in SE Hungary.
  • homme d'affaires — a businessman.
  • hookworm disease — any of certain bloodsucking nematode worms, as Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, parasitic in the intestine of humans and other animals.
  • housemaid's knee — inflammation of the bursa over the front of the kneecap.
  • hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
  • immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
  • immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
  • in so many words — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • incidental music — music intended primarily to point up or accompany parts of the action of a play or to serve as transitional material between scenes.
  • indemnity clause — a clause in a contract that commits one or both parties to indemnify any loss that arises out of the contract
  • indiscriminantly — Misspelling of indiscriminately.
  • indiscriminately — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
  • indiscriminating — not discriminating.
  • indiscrimination — an act or instance of not discriminating.
  • indiscriminative — Making no distinction; not discriminating.
  • information desk — helpdesk, information point
  • interdimensional — Between dimensions.
  • intermediateness — The condition of being intermediate.
  • intradermal test — a test for immunity or allergy to a particular antigen by observing the local reaction following injection of a small amount of the antigen into the skin.
  • irremediableness — The state or quality of being irremediable.
  • john of damascus — Saint, a.d. c675–749, priest, theologian, and scholar of the Eastern Church, born in Damascus.
  • judas maccabaeus — Judas or Judah [joo-duh] /ˈdʒu də/ (Show IPA), ("the Hammer") died c. 160 b.c, Judean patriot, one of the Maccabees: military leader 166–160 (son of Mattathias).
  • kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
  • kiss and make up — be reconciled
  • lambada-calculus — (humour, logic)   (A pun on "lambda-calculus") Teaching logic thru spanish dance steps. Invented by P. van der Linden <[email protected]>.
  • latissimus dorsi — a broad, flat muscle on each side of the midback, the action of which draws the arm backward and downward and rotates the front of the arm toward the body.
  • lazy standard ml — (language)   (LSML) A lazy varient of SML, allowing cyclic val definitions, by Prateek Mishra <[email protected]>. Not to be confused with LML.
  • leasehold reform — reform of the law relating to leasehold property
  • machado de assiz — Joaquim Maria [zhaw-ah-kim mah-ree-ah] /ˈʒɔ ɑ kɪm mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1839–1908, Brazilian writer.
  • mad as a meataxe — raving
  • mad-dog skullcap — a North American skullcap, Scutellaria lateriflora, having underground stems and one-sided clusters of blue to white flowers.
  • mail-order house — a retail firm that conducts its business by receiving orders and shipping its merchandise through the mail and that supplies its customers with catalogs, circulars, etc.
  • mainstream media — newspapers, magazines, television, and radio, as opposed to social media
  • malcontentedness — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
  • malicious damage — Malicious damage is damage caused on purpose to the property of another person.
  • man and superman — a comedy (1903) by G. B. Shaw.
  • man of few words — man who speaks very little
  • mandarin chinese — the official language of China since 1917; the form of Chinese spoken by about two thirds of the population and taught in schools throughout China
  • manganese nodule — a small irregular concretion found on deep ocean floors having high concentrations of certain metals, esp manganese
  • manhood suffrage — the right of adult male citizens to vote
  • manic depression — bipolar disorder.
  • manic-depressive — suffering from bipolar disorder.
  • manifest destiny — the belief or doctrine, held chiefly in the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, social, and economic influences.
  • manufactured gas — a gaseous fuel created from coal, oil, etc., as differentiated from natural gas.
  • maremma sheepdog — a large strongly-built sheepdog of a breed with a long, slightly wavy, white coat
  • marie de medicis — 1573–1642, queen of Henry IV of France: regent 1610–17.
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