13-letter words containing c, r, i, m, s
- decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- densitometric — Of or pertaining to densitometry.
- descriptivism — the theory that moral utterances have a truth value
- destructivism — the theory that a part of a whole may be considered a principle part if the destruction of that part would lead to the destruction of the whole
- deterministic — Deterministic ideas or explanations are based on determinism.
- dimmer switch — A dimmer switch is an electrical switch which turns off the full beam of a headlamp and turns on the low beam.
- dimmer-switch — a person or thing that dims.
- disaffirmance — to deny; contradict.
- discomforting — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconfirming — Not confirming.
- disconformity — Geology. the surface of a division between parallel rock strata, indicating interruption of sedimentation: a type of unconformity.
- discordianism — (recreation) /dis-kor'di-*n-ism/ The veneration of Eris, also known as Discordia; widely popular among hackers. Discordianism was popularised by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's novel "Illuminatus!" as a sort of self-subverting Dada-Zen for Westerners - it should on no account be taken seriously but is far more serious than most jokes. Consider, for example, the Fifth Commandment of the Pentabarf, from "Principia Discordia": "A Discordian is Prohibited of Believing What he Reads." Discordianism is usually connected with an elaborate conspiracy theory/joke involving millennia-long warfare between the anarcho-surrealist partisans of Eris and a malevolent, authoritarian secret society called the Illuminati. See Religion, Church of the SubGenius, and ha ha only serious.
- discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
- discriminably — So as to be discriminable; distinguishably.
- discriminants — Plural form of discriminant.
- discriminated — Simple past tense and past participle of discriminate.
- discriminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discriminate.
- discriminator — a person or thing that discriminates.
- disencumbered — Simple past tense and past participle of disencumber.
- doctrinairism — Doctrinaire attitudes generally.
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- domiciliaries — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
- dramatic arts — the art of the writing and production of plays; drama
- dysmenorrheic — Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea.
- east germanic — a branch of the Germanic languages no longer extant, comprising Gothic and probably others of which there are no written records. Abbreviation: EGmc.
- electromerism — a type of tautomerism in which the isomers (electromers) differ in the distribution of charge in their molecules
- embracingness — the quality of something that embraces
- empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
- endosmometric — relating to the measurement of endosmotic action
- ethnocentrism — The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
- eurocommunism — the policies, doctrines, and practices of Communist Parties in Western Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, esp those rejecting democratic centralism and favouring nonalignment with the Soviet Union and China
- ex-serviceman — An ex-serviceman is a man who used to be in a country's army, navy, or air force.
- excimer laser — a type of gas laser that emits powerful pulses of ultraviolet radiation used in weapons, industrial, or medical research: this radiation is emitted as the short-lived excimers, dimeric molecules that can only exist when a component is energized into an excited state, return to their ground states
- fantasmagoric — phantasmagoria.
- feinschmecker — gourmet.
- fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
- firmer chisel — a narrow-bladed chisel for paring and mortising, driven by hand pressure or with a mallet.
- first chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- force a smile — to make oneself smile
- formicivorous — ant-eating.
- formularistic — relating to formularization
- fractionalism — the state of being separate or inharmonious
- franchisement — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- gastrectomies — Plural form of gastrectomy.
- gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
- gastronomical — the art or science of good eating.
- geocentricism — the belief that the earth lies at the centre of the universe
- geometricians — Plural form of geometrician.