13-letter words containing d, r, a, m, s
- modernisation — Alternative spelling of modernization.
- mohave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
- mojave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
- moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
- monosaturated — (organic chemistry, of a glyceride) Having one saturated fatty acid.
- more hands on — characterized by or involved in active personal participation in an activity; individual and direct: a workshop to give children hands-on experience with computers.
- morris dancer — A morris dancer is a person who takes part in morris dancing.
- multigravidas — Plural form of multigravida.
- multistandard — able to process signals from several different systems
- multistranded — having several strands
- muzzleloaders — Plural form of muzzleloader.
- myristic acid — an oily, white crystalline compound, C 1 4 H 2 8 O 2 , insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and ether: used in soaps, cosmetics, and in the synthesis of esters for flavors and perfumes.
- neo-darwinism — the theory of evolution as expounded by later students of Charles Darwin, especially Weismann, holding that natural selection accounts for evolution and denying the inheritance of acquired characters.
- neuraminidase — An enzyme, present in many pathogenic or symbiotic microorganisms, that catalyzes the breakdown of glycosides containing neuraminic acid.
- new amsterdam — a Dutch colony in North America (1613–64), comprising the area along the Hudson River and the lower Delaware River. By 1669 all of the land comprising this colony was taken over by England. Capital: New Amsterdam.
- nonrandomness — the quality or condition of not being random
- of many words — talkative
- osborne, adam — Adam Osborne
- outdoorswoman — a woman devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities.
- overdramatise — Alternative spelling of overdramatize.
- overestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.
- paedomorphism — the continuation of juvenile characteristics in the adult stage
- paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
- parameterised — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- parasitoidism — the feeding by certain insect larvae on host tissues such that the host remains alive until larval development is complete and then usually dies.
- pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
- phase diagram — a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.
- plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
- pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
- primigravidas — a woman pregnant for the first time.
- promised land — Heaven.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
- radio compass — a radio receiver with a directional antenna for determining the bearing of the receiver from a radio transmitter.
- random access — designating or of a volatile memory that allows data to be accessed directly and does not require following a sequence of storage locations
- random sample — a statistical sample that is devised to avoid interference so that its distribution is affected only by, and so can be held to represent, that of the whole population
- random-access — direct-access.
- red sea bream — either of two fish of the family Sparidae, Pagrus major and Pagellus bogaraveo. Pagrus major is a popular food fish in Japan, Taiwan and Spain
- redemonstrate — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- released time — time or a period allotted to a teacher apart from normal duties for a special activity, as personal research.
- retransmitted — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- rhodesian man — an extinct Pleistocene human whose cranial remains were found at Kabwe, in Zambia: formerly in some classifications Homo rhodesiensis but now considered archaic Homo sapiens.
- riding master — a person who teaches equitation.
- roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
- rose mandarin — (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap.
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
- sacred bamboo — nandina.
- salmon ladder — a series of steps in a river designed to enable salmon to bypass a dam and move upstream to their breeding grounds
- scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
- scrambled egg — eggs stirred while cooking