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13-letter words containing c, e, m

  • archimandrite — the head of a monastery or a group of monasteries
  • arithmetician — a person skilled in arithmetic
  • armistice day — the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War I, on Nov 11, 1918, now kept on Remembrance Sunday
  • armored cable — an electric cable having a metal protective covering
  • armored scale — any of a family (Diaspididae) of scale insects characterized by a hard, waxy secretion that covers the body: many armored scales are serious pests of trees and shrubs
  • ascertainment — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
  • aschelminthes — a major grouping (formerly a phylum) of small-to-microscopic pseudocoelomate organisms, as the rotifers, nematodes, and gastrotriches, all of which are now classified as separate phyla.
  • assembly code — assembly language
  • at attachment — Advanced Technology Attachment
  • athematically — in an athematic manner
  • atka mackerel — a commercially important ocean greenling (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) of the northern Pacific, esp. the area off the Aleutian Islands
  • atlantic time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
  • atmospherical — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • atomic energy — nuclear energy
  • atomic number — the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
  • atomic theory — any theory in which matter is regarded as consisting of atoms, esp that proposed by John Dalton postulating that elements are composed of atoms that can combine in definite proportions to form compounds
  • atomic volume — the atomic weight (relative atomic mass) of an element divided by its density
  • atomic weapon — a weapon in which energy is provided by nuclear fission
  • atomic weight — the weight of one atom of an element expressed in atomic mass units: it is the average weight of all the isotopes of the element
  • audience room — a room for holding formal interviews or hearings.
  • auguste comte — (Isidore) Auguste (Marie François) [ee-zee-dawr oh-gyst ma-ree frahn-swa] /i ziˈdɔr oʊˈgüst maˈri frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1798–1857, French founder of the philosophical system of positivism.
  • autoeroticism — the arousal and use of one's own body as a sexual object, as through masturbation
  • automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
  • autoschediasm — anything done with little forethought or preparation
  • azurmalachite — a blue-green ornamental stone consisting of a mixture of azurite and malachite.
  • baal merodach — Marduk.
  • back emission — the secondary emission of electrons from an anode
  • baggage claim — At an airport, the baggage claim is the area where you collect your baggage at the end of your trip.
  • balsam spruce — either of two North American coniferous trees of the genus Picea, P. pungens (the blue spruce) or P. engelmanni
  • band spectrum — a spectrum consisting of a number of bands of closely spaced lines that are associated with emission or absorption of radiation by molecules
  • barrier cream — a cream used to protect the skin, esp the hands, from dirt and from the action of oils or solvents
  • 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.
  • basic plumage — the plumage assumed by an adult bird at its complete, usually annual, molt.
  • basidiomycete — any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota (formerly class Basidiomycetes), in which the spores are produced in basidia. The group includes boletes, puffballs, smuts, and rusts
  • bathylimnetic — (of an organism) living in the depths of lakes and marshes
  • bedroom farce — a light comedy about sexual relationships
  • bedroom scene — a scene in which lovers are in bed
  • benefit match — a sports match organized to raise money for charity, or for a particular player
  • bimetallistic — relating to bimetallism
  • bimolecularly — in a bimolecular fashion
  • bioaccumulate — (of substances, esp toxins) to build up within the tissues of organisms
  • biochemically — the science dealing with the chemistry of living matter.
  • biocompatible — not rejected by the body
  • biomechanical — relating to biomechanics
  • biosystematic — relating to biosystematics
  • black economy — The black economy consists of the buying, selling, and producing of goods or services that goes on without the government being informed, so that people can avoid paying tax on them.
  • black margate — a grayish grunt, Anisotremus surinamensis, of the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil.
  • black measles — a severe form of measles characterized by dark eruptions caused by bleeding under the skin
  • black skimmer — a black and white New World skimmer, Rynchops nigra, having a bill with a reddish-orange base.
  • blame culture — the tendency to look for one person or organization that can be held responsible for a bad state of affairs, an accident, etc
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