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13-letter words containing d, e, m, y, l

  • epidermolysis — Loosening of the epidermis, with extensive blistering of the skin and mucous membranes, occurring either after injury, or as a spontaneous and potentially dangerous condition, particularly in children.
  • family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
  • family friend — intimate acquaintance of one's family
  • family-minded — devoted to one's family
  • felony murder — a killing treated as a murder because, though unintended, it occurred during the commission or attempted commission of a felony, as robbery.
  • feudal system — the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal.
  • folding money — paper money.
  • fundamentally — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
  • golden remedy — a very successful way of dealing with a problem
  • goodhumoredly — In a good-humored manner.
  • grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
  • haemodialyses — Plural form of haemodialysis.
  • haemodialysis — (medicine) the use of dialysis to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.
  • haemodialyzer — a piece of equipment used in haemodialysis to screen the blood to remove unwanted substances
  • helicoid cyme — an inflorescence, or cyme, in which each flowering branch gives rise to one lateral branch that is coiled snail-like and then expanded.
  • herbal remedy — a medical treatment made with herbs
  • hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
  • holiday-maker — vacationer.
  • holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
  • home delivery — delivery to one's home
  • hydrated lime — a soft, white, crystalline, very slightly water-soluble powder, Ca(OH) 2 , obtained by the action of water on lime: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements.
  • hydroxylamine — an unstable, weakly basic, crystalline compound, NH 3 O, used as a reducing agent, analytical reagent, and chemical intermediate.
  • hydroxymethyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical HO-CH2-.
  • hypolipidemia — (medicine) A lower than normal concentration of lipids in the blood.
  • hypolipidemic — That reduces the concentration of lipid in blood serum.
  • improvidently — In an improvident manner.
  • intradermally — within the dermis.
  • judgementally — Alternative form of judgmentally.
  • lady mayoress — the wife of a lord mayor
  • lady's mantle — any of various rosaceous plants of the N temperate genus Alchemilla, having small green flowers
  • linden family — the plant family Tiliaceae, characterized by deciduous trees or shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, fibrous bark, fragrant flowers, and dry, woody fruit, and including the basswood, jute, and linden.
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • lymphoid cell — a cell in the lymph glands that produces leukocytes.
  • madder family — the large plant family Rubiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having simple, opposite, or whorled leaves, usually four- or five-lobed flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or nut, and including the gardenia, madder, partridgeberry, and shrubs and trees that are the source of coffee, ipecac, and quinine.
  • magdalena bay — a bay in NW Mexico, on the SW coast of Baja California. 17 miles (27 km) long; 12 miles (19 km) wide.
  • maldeployment — the inefficient use of resources or an instance of such
  • malted barley — barley that has been kiln-dried after it has germinated by soaking in water
  • many-coloured — having many colours
  • mealy-mouthed — avoiding the use of direct and plain language, as from timidity, excessive delicacy, or hypocrisy; inclined to mince words; insincere, devious, or compromising.
  • medullary ray — (in the stems of woody plants) one of the vertical bands or plates of unspecialized tissue that radiate between the pith and the bark.
  • meridionality — the quality or state of being on the meridian
  • mesityl oxide — an oily, colorless liquid, C 6 H 1 0 O, having a honeylike odor: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of synthetic organic compounds.
  • middle comedy — Greek Attic comedy of the 4th century b.c. The few extant fragments are characterized chiefly by a realistic depiction of everyday life.
  • milky disease — a bacterial disease of scarab beetle larvae and grubs, especially the Japanese beetle, which turns the larvae white.
  • mixed ability — A mixed ability class or teaching system is one in which pupils of different abilities are taught together in the same class.
  • mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
  • model railway — a model of a small-scale railway system, often with toy moving trains
  • modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
  • mollycoddlers — Plural form of mollycoddler.
  • monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
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