13-letter words containing a, r, m, s, l
- grand marshal — marshal (def 8).
- grand slammer — Bridge. the winning of all thirteen tricks of a deal. Compare little slam.
- granulomatous — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
- gresham's law — the tendency of the inferior of two forms of currency to circulate more freely than, or to the exclusion of, the superior, because of the hoarding of the latter.
- half measures — inadequate measures or actions
- hellgrammites — Plural form of hellgrammite (Alternative spelling of hellgramites).
- hemispherical — having the form of a hemisphere.
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- hyper-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- immarcescible — (rare) Permanent, enduring; that does not perish.
- immaterialise — Alt form immaterialize.
- immaterialism — the doctrine that there is no material world, but that all things exist only in and for minds.
- immaterialist — A supporter of the philosophy of immaterialism.
- impartialness — The quality of being impartial.
- imperialistic — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- impersonalise — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalism — the practice of maintaining impersonal relations with individuals or groups.
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- impersonalize — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- in real terms — You can also talk about the cost or value of something in real terms.
- industrialism — an economic organization of society built largely on mechanized industry rather than agriculture, craftsmanship, or commerce.
- inertial mass — the mass of a body as determined by the second law of motion from the acceleration of the body when it is subjected to a force that is not due to gravity.
- informalities — Plural form of informality.
- informercials — Plural form of informercial.
- instrumentals — Plural form of instrumental.
- intermodalism — pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving more than one form of carrier, as truck and rail, or truck, ship, and rail.
- intermuscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- intramuscular — located or occurring within a muscle.
- irrationalism — irrationality in thought or action.
- irredeemables — undated government or debenture stock
- isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
- isometrically — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- jerusalem oak — feather geranium.
- john marshall — Alfred, 1842–1924, English economist.
- jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
- kapellmeister — a choirmaster.
- kerosene lamp — light fuelled by paraffin
- lady mayoress — the wife of a lord mayor
- lambeosaurine — Any crested hadrosaurid dinosaur of the subfamily Lambeosaurinae.
- lambert's law — the law that the luminous intensity of a perfectly diffusing surface in any direction is proportional to the cosine of the angle between that direction and the normal to the surface, for which reason the surface will appear equally bright from all directions.
- lamp standard — a tall metal or concrete post supporting a street lamp
- lane markings — white lines on the road that mark lanes
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- liberationism — the principles of liberationists
- lowerclassman — underclassman.
- lowerclassmen — underclassman.
- lumbar plexus — a network of nerves originating in the spinal nerves of the midback region and innervating the pelvic area, the front of the legs, and part of the feet.
- lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.