13-letter words containing c, s, i, m
- magic realism — a style of painting and literature in which fantastic or imaginary and often unsettling images or events are depicted in a sharply detailed, realistic manner.
- magistratical — Of, pertaining to, or proceeding from, a magistrate; having the authority of a magistrate.
- magnetic axis — the straight line joining the two poles of a magnet, as the poles of the earth
- magnetic disk — Also called disk, hard disk. a rigid disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
- magnetic lens — Physics. an electron lens using magnetic fields for focusing an electron beam.
- magnetic star — a star having a strong magnetic field.
- magnetooptics — the branch of physics that deals with magnetooptic phenomena.
- magnetostatic — Of or pertaining to magnetostatics.
- magnoliaceous — belonging to the plant family Magnoliaceae.
- maiden castle — an ancient fortification in Dorsetshire, England, first erected c250 b.c. over the remains of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements of c2000–c1500 b.c.
- maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
- main sequence — a narrow band in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram in which 90 percent of all observed stars are plotted.
- make mischief — cause trouble
- malapropistic — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- maliciousness — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- manicure case — a case for holding small tools designed to care for the fingernails
- manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
- marching song — a song with the rhythm of a march, esp sung by marching soldiers
- marchionesses — Plural form of marchioness.
- mare nectaris — (Sea of Nectar) a dark plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 26,000 sq. mi. (67,000 sq. km).
- marginal cost — the cost of one additional unit of any item produced or bought in quantity.
- mariculturist — One who engages in mariculture.
- masculineness — The state or condition of being masculine.
- masculinities — Plural form of masculinity.
- masking piece — a flat, curtain, or other piece of scenery for concealing a part of a stage from the audience.
- mass catering — the trade of supplying food and drink to large numbers of customers at the same time
- massification — the practice of making luxury products available to the mass market
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- master switch — a switch that can be used to turn on or off the supply of electricity to a building or to certain equipment
- masticatories — Plural form of masticatory.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- mastoidectomy — the removal of part of a mastoid process, usually for draining an infection.
- match fitness — the condition of being match-fit
- materialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- maternalistic — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- mathematicism — the belief that everything can be explained in mathematical terms
- mean distance — the arithmetic mean of the greatest and least distances of a planet from the sun, used in stating the size of an orbit; the semimajor axis.
- measuring cup — a graduated cup used especially in cooking for measuring ingredients.
- mechanisation — Alternative spelling of mechanization.
- medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
- medicine shop — (in Malaysia) a Chinese chemist's shop where traditional herbs are sold as well as modern drugs. It is not, however, a dispensary for prescribed medicines
- medicine show — a traveling troupe, especially in the late 1800s, offering entertainment in order to attract customers for the patent medicines or purported cures proffered for sale.
- megaloblastic — an abnormally large, immature, and dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood of persons with pernicious anemia or certain other disorders.
- megalomaniacs — Plural form of megalomaniac.
- melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- meningococcus — a reniform or spherical bacterium, Neisseria meningitidis, that causes cerebrospinal meningitis.
- mercenariness — The state or condition of being mercenary.
- mercer island — a city in W central Washington, on Mercer Island in Lake Washington, east of Seattle.
- mercerisation — A process of treating cotton with sodium hydroxide in order to make it more lustrous.