13-letter words containing d, e, a, c
- maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
- major medical — insurance designed to compensate for particularly large medical expenses due to a severe or prolonged illness, usually by paying a high percentage of medical bills above a certain amount.
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- malleoincudal — Of or relating to both the malleus and the incus.
- many-coloured — having many colours
- marmalade cat — a cat that is streaked orange or yellow and brown in colour
- mastoidectomy — the removal of part of a mastoid process, usually for draining an infection.
- matched order — an order placed with a broker to buy a specified stock at a price above the market price with the intention of immediately selling the stock through another broker at the same price. It is designed to give the appearance of active trading in the stock.
- meadow fescue — a European fescue, Festuca pratensis, of the grass family, grown for pasture in North America.
- 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.
- meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
- medical audit — a review of the professional standards of doctors, usually within a hospital, conducted by a medical committee
- medical board — a group of people qualified to give opinions on medical matters
- medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
- medicine ball — a large, solid, heavy, leather-covered ball, thrown from one person to another for exercise.
- medium octavo — a size of book, about 6 × 9½ inches (15 × 24 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: medium 8vo.
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- mendes-france — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1907–1982, French statesman and economist: premier 1954–55.
- mercer island — a city in W central Washington, on Mercer Island in Lake Washington, east of Seattle.
- merchandisers — Plural form of merchandiser.
- merchandising — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandizing — Alternative spelling of merchandising.
- mercurialized — Simple past tense and past participle of mercurialize.
- merry dancers — the aurora borealis
- metallic bond — the type of chemical bond between atoms in a metallic element, formed by the valence electrons moving freely through the metal lattice.
- method acting — film, theater: acting approach
- methodistical — Methodistic.
- misadvertence — inadvertence
- miscalculated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalculate.
- miscalibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalibrate.
- misclassified — to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
- miscoordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- monochromated — Fitted with a monochromator.
- mononucleated — having a single nucleus
- mood enhancer — something, esp a drug, that has the effect of lifting a person's mood
- morris dancer — A morris dancer is a person who takes part in morris dancing.
- much-maligned — If you describe someone or something as much-maligned, you mean that they are often criticized by people, but you think the criticism is unfair or exaggerated because they have good qualities too.
- much-traveled — A much-traveled person has traveled a lot in foreign countries.
- multi-faceted — having many facets, as a gem.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- multimedia pc — multimedia
- multiplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of multiplicate.
- mundificative — a cleansing medicine or preparation
- municipalized — Simple past tense and past participle of municipalize.
- naval academy — a collegiate institution for training naval officers.
- neck and crop — completely; entirely
- neck and neck — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- new caledonia — an island in the S Pacific, about 800 miles (1290 km) E of Australia. 6224 sq. mi. (16,120 sq. km).