13-letter words containing e, c, r, i, m
- armistice day — the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War I, on Nov 11, 1918, now kept on Remembrance Sunday
- ascertainment — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- atmospherical — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
- atomic energy — nuclear energy
- atomic number — the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
- atomic theory — any theory in which matter is regarded as consisting of atoms, esp that proposed by John Dalton postulating that elements are composed of atoms that can combine in definite proportions to form compounds
- audience room — a room for holding formal interviews or hearings.
- autoeroticism — the arousal and use of one's own body as a sexual object, as through masturbation
- azurmalachite — a blue-green ornamental stone consisting of a mixture of azurite and malachite.
- barrier cream — a cream used to protect the skin, esp the hands, from dirt and from the action of oils or solvents
- bimolecularly — in a bimolecular fashion
- black skimmer — a black and white New World skimmer, Rynchops nigra, having a bill with a reddish-orange base.
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- bromocriptine — a dopamine agonist drug which blocks the release of prolactin from the pituitary gland, used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease
- bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
- byte compiler — byte-code compiler
- cabinet maker — A cabinet maker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
- cabinet-maker — a person who makes fine furniture and other woodwork.
- cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
- cadmium green — a pigment used in painting, consisting of a mixture of hydrated oxide of chromium with cadmium sulfide, and characterized by its strong green color and slow drying rate.
- caesaropapism — the theory that the state should have authority over the church in ecclesiastical matters; Erastianism
- camel cricket — cave cricket.
- camera lucida — an instrument attached to a microscope, etc to enable an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface to facilitate the sketching of the image
- camp fire boy — a boy who is a member of the Campfire Boys and Girls. Compare Camp Fire Girl.
- candid camera — a small camera that may be used to take informal photographs of people, usually without their knowledge
- cape marigold — any composite plant of the genus Dimorphotheca, having variously colored, daisylike flowers.
- capellmeister — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp in an 18th-century princely household
- carbamazepine — an anticonvulsant drug used in the management of epilepsy
- cardiomegalia — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- cat distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
- categorematic — (of a word) able to stand alone as a term or subject
- cecropia moth — a large North American saturniid moth, Hyalophora (or Samia) cecropia, with brightly coloured wings and feathery antennae
- cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
- ceramic oxide — a compound of oxygen with nonorganic material: recently discovered to act as a high-temperature superconductor
- ceremonialism — A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
- cerium metals — the metals lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, and samarium, forming a sub-group of the lanthanides
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
- cerumenolytic — (pharmacology) A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
- chain measure — measurement of distance using a chain 66 feet (20 meters) long, of which one link equals 7.9 inches (20.1 cm).
- chamber music — Chamber music is classical music written for a small number of instruments.
- chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
- chemin de fer — a gambling game, a variation of baccarat
- chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
- chemistry set — equipment and chemicals that enable a child to do experiments
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
- chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace