13-letter words containing d, s, m, e
- endosmometric — relating to the measurement of endosmotic action
- endosymbiosis — Symbiosis in which one of the symbiotic organisms lives inside the other.
- endosymbiotic — Of or pertaining to endosymbiosis.
- endotheliomas — Plural form of endothelioma.
- 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.
- eudaemonistic — Of or pertaining to eudaemonism.
- excess demand — a situation in which the market demand for a commodity is greater than its market supply, thus causing its market price to rise
- false diamond — any of a number of semiprecious stones that resemble diamond, such as zircon and white topaz
- fashion model — sb employed to show off designer clothes
- feeder stream — a tributary that feeds into a larger river, canal, etc
- 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.
- field marshal — an officer of the highest military rank in the British and certain other armies, and of the second highest rank in the French army.
- fun and games — frivolously diverting activity.
- garden balsam — a fleshy annual garden impatiens (Impatiens balsamina) with roselike white, lavender, yellow, pink, or red blossoms borne along the main stem in leaf axils
- geodesic dome — a light, domelike structure developed by R. Buckminster Fuller to combine the properties of the tetrahedron and the sphere and consisting essentially of a grid of compression or tension members lying upon or parallel to great circles running in three directions in any given area, the typical form being the projection upon a sphere of an icosahedron, the triangular faces of which are filled with a symmetrical triangular, hexagonal, or quadrangular grid.
- germinal disk — blastodisk.
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- gram's method — a method of staining and distinguishing bacteria, in which a fixed bacterial smear is stained with crystal violet, treated with Gram's solution, decolorized with alcohol, counterstained with safranine, and washed with water.
- grand slammer — Bridge. the winning of all thirteen tricks of a deal. Compare little slam.
- grandma moses — Anna Mary Robertson ("Grandma Moses") 1860–1961, U.S. painter.
- grimes golden — a yellow variety of apple that ripens in late autumn.
- haemodialyses — Plural form of haemodialysis.
- haemodialysis — (medicine) the use of dialysis to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.
- haemodynamics — a branch of physiology that deals with the circulation of the blood
- handsome lake — 1735-1815; Seneca prophet, social reformer, & founder of a North American Indian religion named after him
- head linesman — an official who makes rulings regarding play along the line of scrimmage and who oversees the measurement and marking of yardage gained or lost
- head of steam — momentum; driving power
- headmistressy — typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- hereditaments — Plural form of hereditament.
- hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- homestead act — a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms.
- homestead law — any law exempting homesteads from seizure or sale for debt.
- homoscedastic — having the same variance.
- hybrid system — a way of working, organizing, or doing something that is composed of elements of two separate systems
- hydromedusoid — a jellyfish or something resembling a jellyfish that lives in water
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- idiomaticness — Idiomaticity.
- immediateness — The state of being immediate; immediacy.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- in god's name — If someone uses such expressions as what in God's name, why in God's name, or how in God's name, they are emphasizing how angry, annoyed, or surprised they are.
- in medias res — in the middle of things.
- incommodities — Plural form of incommodity.
- indeterminism — the doctrine that human actions, though influenced somewhat by preexisting psychological and other conditions, are not entirely governed by them but retain a certain freedom and spontaneity.
- indian summer — a period of mild, dry weather, usually accompanied by a hazy atmosphere, occurring usually in late October or early November and following a period of colder weather.
- infomediaries — Plural form of infomediary.
- intermediates — Plural form of intermediate.
- intermodalism — pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving more than one form of carrier, as truck and rail, or truck, ship, and rail.