13-letter words containing d, i, m, t
- post-midnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- postmodernism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of the dogma, principles, or practices of established modernism, especially a movement in architecture and the decorative arts running counter to the practice and influence of the International Style and encouraging the use of elements from historical vernacular styles and often playful illusion, decoration, and complexity.
- postmodernist — relating to late 20th-century art movement
- pre-committed — to give in trust or charge; consign.
- pre-mentioned — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- preadmonition — a forewarning, premonition; the act of admonishing in advance
- predetermined — to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
- predeterminer — a member of a subclass of English adjectival words, often quantitative in meaning, that may be placed before an article or other determiner, as all in all the paintings or half in half her salary.
- predicamental — of or relating to a predicament or situation
- predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
- premeditation — an act or instance of premeditating.
- primordiality — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
- prism diopter — a unit of prismatic deviation, in which the number one represents a prism that deflects a beam of light a distance of one centimeter on a plane placed normal to the initial direction of the beam and one meter away from the prism.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- put it mildly — You use to put it mildly to indicate that you are describing something in language that is much less strong, direct, or critical than what you really think.
- quadrumvirate — a governing or managing group, coalition, or the like, of four persons.
- quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
- radial motion — the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, expressed in miles or kilometers per second and determined by the shift in the wavelength of light emitted by the star.
- radioactinium — the radioactive isotope of thorium having a mass number 227 and a half-life of 18.8 days. Symbol: RdAc, Th 227.
- radiotelegram — a message transmitted by radiotelegraphy.
- randomization — to order or select in a random manner, as in a sample or experiment, especially in order to reduce bias and interference caused by irrelevant variables; make random.
- re-admittance — permission or right to enter: admittance into the exhibit room.
- re-indictment — an act of indicting.
- released time — time or a period allotted to a teacher apart from normal duties for a special activity, as personal research.
- remediability — the state of being able to be remedied
- retransmitted — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- rhadamanthine — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
- riding master — a person who teaches equitation.
- ritual murder — a human sacrifice made to appease a deity.
- romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
- rudimentarily — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
- sadomasochist — interaction, especially sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain.
- santo domingo — a republic in the West Indies, occupying the E part of the island of Hispaniola. 19,129 sq. mi. (49,545 sq. km). Capital: Santo Domingo.
- sclerodermite — the hard covering of a section or segment of the body of an insect
- sedimentation — the deposition or accumulation of sediment.
- sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
- segmentalized — separated into parts, sections, elements, classes, etc.; compartmentalized: a segmentalized society.
- self-admitted — admitting to a specific charge or accusation; self-confessed: a self-admitted spy.
- self-medicate — to medicate oneself without consulting a physician
- semi-attached — partially attached; semidetached.
- semi-detached — partly detached.
- semiautomated — partially automated.
- semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
- semisedentary — partially or somewhat sedentary