13-letter words containing a, e, c, i, d
- maiden castle — an ancient fortification in Dorsetshire, England, first erected c250 b.c. over the remains of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements of c2000–c1500 b.c.
- maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
- major medical — insurance designed to compensate for particularly large medical expenses due to a severe or prolonged illness, usually by paying a high percentage of medical bills above a certain amount.
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- malleoincudal — Of or relating to both the malleus and the incus.
- mastoidectomy — the removal of part of a mastoid process, usually for draining an infection.
- mean distance — the arithmetic mean of the greatest and least distances of a planet from the sun, used in stating the size of an orbit; the semimajor axis.
- medical audit — a review of the professional standards of doctors, usually within a hospital, conducted by a medical committee
- medical board — a group of people qualified to give opinions on medical matters
- medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
- medicine ball — a large, solid, heavy, leather-covered ball, thrown from one person to another for exercise.
- medium octavo — a size of book, about 6 × 9½ inches (15 × 24 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: medium 8vo.
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- mercer island — a city in W central Washington, on Mercer Island in Lake Washington, east of Seattle.
- merchandisers — Plural form of merchandiser.
- merchandising — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandizing — Alternative spelling of merchandising.
- mercurialized — Simple past tense and past participle of mercurialize.
- metallic bond — the type of chemical bond between atoms in a metallic element, formed by the valence electrons moving freely through the metal lattice.
- method acting — film, theater: acting approach
- methodistical — Methodistic.
- misadvertence — inadvertence
- miscalculated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalculate.
- miscalibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalibrate.
- misclassified — to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
- miscoordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- morris dancer — A morris dancer is a person who takes part in morris dancing.
- much-maligned — If you describe someone or something as much-maligned, you mean that they are often criticized by people, but you think the criticism is unfair or exaggerated because they have good qualities too.
- multi-faceted — having many facets, as a gem.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- multimedia pc — multimedia
- multiplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of multiplicate.
- mundificative — a cleansing medicine or preparation
- municipalized — Simple past tense and past participle of municipalize.
- new caledonia — an island in the S Pacific, about 800 miles (1290 km) E of Australia. 6224 sq. mi. (16,120 sq. km).
- nickel-plated — covered with a thin layer of nickel, deposited usually by electrolysis
- niçoise salad — salade niçoise
- niedersachsen — German name of Lower Saxony.
- nits-and-lice — a yellow-flowered plant, Hypericum drummondii, of the central U.S.
- non-dedicated — wholly committed to something, as to an ideal, political cause, or personal goal: a dedicated artist.
- non-dialectic — of, relating to, or of the nature of logical argumentation.
- non-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- non-euclidean — differing from the postulates of Euclid or based upon postulates other than those of Euclid.
- non-medicinal — of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances.
- nonaccidental — not accidental, intentional
- nonaccredited — not accredited, lacking certain credentials
- nonadrenergic — Not adrenergic.
- nonassociated — (of natural gas) not associated with a deposit of crude oil
- nonclassified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.