13-letter words containing d, m, s, o
- managed bonds — investment in a combination of fixed interest securities, equities, gilts, and property, in which an investment manager, acting on a client's behalf, varies the amount invested in each according to the returns expected
- mandatoriness — The quality or state of being mandatory.
- mango madness — the irrational behaviour of a person suffering from the effects of living in tropical heat
- mark my words — If you say 'mark my words' to someone, you are emphasizing that something you have just warned them about is very likely to happen, especially when you think they should change their attitude or behaviour to prevent it.
- mastoidectomy — the removal of part of a mastoid process, usually for draining an infection.
- mcmurdo sound — an inlet of Ross Sea, in Antarctica, N of Victoria Land.
- meadow fescue — a European fescue, Festuca pratensis, of the grass family, grown for pasture in North America.
- measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
- meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
- 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.
- melodiousness — The property of being melodious.
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- melodramatist — A writer of melodramas.
- mend o's ways — If someone who has been behaving badly mends their ways, they begin to behave well.
- 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.
- message board — bulletin board system
- metamorphosed — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- methodistical — Methodistic.
- methodologies — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- methodologist — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- microdiskette — Alternative spelling of micro-diskette.
- microsoft dos — Microsoft Disk Operating System
- middle course — an option or alternative between more extreme alternatives
- middle school — a school intermediate between elementary school and high school, usually encompassing grades five or six through eight.
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
- mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
- miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
- misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
- miscoordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- miscounselled — having bad or incorrect counselling
- misdemeanours — Plural form of misdemeanour.
- mispositioned — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- mispronounced — Said wrongly.
- misrecognized — Simple past tense and past participle of misrecognize.
- misredemption — illegal or fraudulent traffic in consumer product coupons, including mail theft and counterfeiting.
- misunderstood — improperly understood or interpreted.
- mixed doubles — (in tennis) a doubles match with a man and a woman on each side.
- mobile studio — a van, truck, etc equipped as a recording, broadcasting etc studio
- modem session — a period of time during which a computer is connected to another through a modem.
- moderationist — a person who favors, supports, or promotes moderation.
- moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
- modern greats — (at Oxford University) the Honour School of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
- modernisation — Alternative spelling of modernization.
- 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.
- modifications — Plural form of modification.
- modus tollens — the principle that whenever a conditional statement and the negation of its consequent are given to be true, the negation of its antecedent may be validly inferred, as in if it's Tuesday this must be Belgium and this isn't Belgium so it's not Tuesday
- modus vivendi — manner of living; way of life; lifestyle.