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13-letter words containing a, s, m, l, f

  • islamofascism — an ideology promoted by some Islamists, the aims of which are to establish Islamic orthodoxy and to resist western secularism
  • kalambo falls — an archaeological site at the southeastern end of Lake Tanganyika, on the Zambia-Tanzania border, that has yielded one of the longest continuous cultural sequences in sub-Saharan Africa, beginning more than 100,000 years b.p. and characterized in the earliest levels by evidence of fire use and some simple wooden implements of Lower Paleolithic, or Acheulean, humans.
  • klamath falls — a city in SW Oregon.
  • landsmanshaft — a fraternal organization made up of immigrants from the same region.
  • let off steam — a blast of air or wind: to clean machinery with a blow.
  • lump of sugar — lump1 (def 4).
  • malformations — Plural form of malformation.
  • mammaliferous — containing the remains of mammals
  • marsh trefoil — buck bean.
  • mass affluent — the large number of individuals with liquid assets of around £250,000
  • masterfulness — The quality of being masterful.
  • materfamilias — the mother of a family.
  • metabisulfite — (inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of sulfur S2O52- or any salt containing this ion.
  • metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
  • methylsulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • misclassified — to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
  • moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
  • monofilaments — Plural form of monofilament.
  • movable feast — a religious feast that does not occur on the same date each year.
  • mustafa kemal — (Mustafa or Mustapha Kemal"Kemal Pasha") 1881–1938, Turkish general: president of Turkey 1923–38.
  • myofibroblast — (cytology) A cell that is intermediate between a fibroblast and smooth muscle.
  • olfactometers — Plural form of olfactometer.
  • paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
  • place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
  • platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
  • proposal form — a form filled out by a person applying for insurance
  • reversal film — film developed by the reversal process.
  • safety helmet — protective hard hat
  • scalariformly — in a scalariform or ladder-like manner
  • scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
  • self-admitted — admitting to a specific charge or accusation; self-confessed: a self-admitted spy.
  • self-assembly — Self-assembly is used to refer to furniture and other goods that you buy in parts and that you have to put together yourself.
  • self-assuming — taking too much for granted; presumptuous.
  • self-enamored — to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with): to be enamored of a certain lady; a brilliant woman with whom he became enamored.
  • self-estimate — to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately: to estimate the cost of a college education.
  • self-managing — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
  • self-medicate — to medicate oneself without consulting a physician
  • self-pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
  • semi-finalist — A semi-finalist is a player, athlete, or team that is competing in a semi-final.
  • semi-official — having some degree of official authority.
  • seminal fluid — the fluid component of semen, excluding the sperm.
  • simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
  • single-family — designed or suitable for one family of average size: single-family homes.
  • small fortune — a large sum of money
  • small forward — a versatile attacking player
  • social misfit — a person who does not conform to others' views of what is normal or acceptable in society
  • solifidianism — a person who maintains that faith alone, without the performance of good works, is all that is necessary for salvation.
  • splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
  • spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
  • storax family — the plant family Styracaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, clusters of bell-shaped white flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the silver bell, snowbell, and storax.
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