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13-letter words containing a, t, o, m, r, n

  • armor-plating — The armor-plating on a vehicle or building is the hard metal covering that is intended to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
  • aromatization — the conversion of aliphatic or alicyclic compounds to aromatic hydrocarbons.
  • astrodynamics — the study of the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space
  • atomic energy — nuclear energy
  • atomic number — the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
  • autumn crocus — a liliaceous plant, Colchicum autumnale, of Europe and N Africa having pink or purplish autumn flowers
  • backformation — Alternative spelling of back-formation.
  • bankrupt worm — a roundworm (genus Trichostrongylus) that is an intestinal parasite of birds and mammals, especially devastating to young livestock.
  • basement-rock — the undifferentiated assemblage of rock (basement rock) underlying the oldest stratified rocks in any region: usually crystalline, metamorphosed, and mostly, but not necessarily, Precambrian in age.
  • bass trombone — the lower-pitched of the two main types of trombone
  • bergamot mint — an aromatic herb, Mentha piperita citrata, having a lemonlike odor when crushed.
  • bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
  • blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
  • board meeting — a meeting of the board of a company or other organization
  • bohr magneton — a unit that is used to indicate the magnetic moment of the electron structure in an atom, equal to 9.27 × 10 −21 erg/gauss.
  • boston matrix — a two-dimensional matrix, used in planning the business strategy of a large organization, that identifies those business units in the organization that generate cash and those that use it
  • bowman's root — an eastern U.S. plant, Gillenia trifoliata, of the rose family, having terminal clusters of white flowers.
  • brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
  • brown mustard — black mustard. See under mustard (def 2).
  • carcinomatous — a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
  • carpenterworm — the larva of the carpenterworm moth.
  • casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
  • centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
  • ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
  • cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
  • chiromantical — Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
  • chloromethane — methyl chloride.
  • chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
  • chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
  • cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
  • citation form — the spoken form a word has when produced in isolation, such as when cited for purposes of illustration, as distinguished from the form it would have when produced in the normal stream of speech.
  • cliometrician — An expert at cliometrics.
  • coal merchant — a person engaged in the purchase and sale of coal for profit
  • coconut cream — Also called cream of coconut. a creamy white liquid skimmed from the top of coconut milk that has been made by soaking grated coconut meat in water, used in East Indian cookery, mixed drinks, etc.
  • combinatorial — of or involving combination, esp. mathematical combination
  • combinatorics — a branch of mathematics dealing with combinations and permutations
  • comfort woman — a girl or woman forced into prostitution by Japanese soldiers during World War II.
  • commemorating — Present participle of commemorate.
  • commemoration — the act or an instance of commemorating
  • commensurated — Simple past tense and past participle of commensurate.
  • commensurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commensurate.
  • commiserating — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
  • commiseration — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
  • common factor — a number or quantity that is a factor of each member of a group of numbers or quantities
  • common market — A common market is an organization of countries who have agreed to trade freely with each other and make common decisions about industry and agriculture.
  • common rafter — a rafter having no function other than to bear roofing.
  • communautaire — supporting the principles of the European Community (now the European Union)
  • communicators — Plural form of communicator.
  • communicatory — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
  • communitarian — a member of a communist community
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