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13-letter words containing e, m, a, n

  • berkeleianism — the philosophical system of George Berkeley, holding that objects exist only when perceived, that God's perception sustains the universe, and that there is no independent substratum or substance in which these perceptions inhere
  • bermuda onion — a large white or yellow onion with a mild flavor, grown in Texas, California, etc.
  • betamethasone — a synthetic analogue of a glucocorticoid, C 22 H 29 FO 5 , used in various forms in the treatment of inflammation, allergies, and tumors, and for replacement therapy in adrenal insufficiency.
  • bilinear form — a function or functional of two variables that is linear with respect to each variable when the other variable is held fixed.
  • binary number — a number expressed in binary notation, as 1101.101 = 1 × 23 + 1 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 1 × 20 + 1 × 2–1 + 0 × 2–2 + 1 × 2–3 = 13 5⁄8
  • binary system — a system involving only two elements, as 0 and 1 or yes and no.
  • biomechanical — relating to biomechanics
  • bitonal image — (graphics)   An image consisting only of a foreground colour and a background colour. Compare monochrome.
  • bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
  • black economy — The black economy consists of the buying, selling, and producing of goods or services that goes on without the government being informed, so that people can avoid paying tax on them.
  • blameableness — the quality of being blameable
  • blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
  • blandishments — Blandishments are pleasant things that someone says to another person in order to persuade them to do something.
  • bloomfieldian — Linguistics. influenced by, resembling, or deriving from the linguistic theory and the methods of linguistic analysis advocated by Leonard Bloomfield, characterized especially by emphasis on the classification of overt formal features.
  • blow an eprom — /bloh *n ee'prom/ (Or "blast", "burn") To program a read-only memory, e.g. for use with an embedded system. This term arose because the programming process for the Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM) that preceded present-day Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM) involved intentionally blowing tiny electrical fuses on the chip. The usage lives on (it's too vivid and expressive to discard) even though the write process on EPROMs is nondestructive.
  • board meeting — a meeting of the board of a company or other organization
  • bohr magneton — a unit that is used to indicate the magnetic moment of the electron structure in an atom, equal to 9.27 × 10 −21 erg/gauss.
  • boomerang kid — a young adult who, after having lived on his or her own for a time, returns to live in the parental home, usually due to financial problems caused by unemployment or the high cost of living independently
  • brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
  • brahminy kite — a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.
  • brain-damaged — Someone who is brain-damaged has suffered brain damage.
  • brand manager — the person responsible for the marketing of a particular brand
  • brazing metal — a nonferrous metal, as copper, zinc, or nickel, or an alloy, as hard solder, used for brazing together pieces of metal.
  • bumble around — When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
  • bums on seats — If the organizers of an event such as a concert want to put bums on seats, they want a lot of people to attend it.
  • burnham scale — the salary scale for teachers in English state schools, which is revised periodically
  • bus mastering — bus master
  • businesswoman — A businesswoman is a woman who works in business.
  • 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.
  • cabinetmaking — the manufacture of fine furniture and other woodwork.
  • cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
  • 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.
  • calamity jane — real name Martha Canary. ?1852–1903, US frontierswoman, noted for her skill at shooting and riding
  • call sb names — If someone calls you names, they insult you by saying unpleasant things to you or about you.
  • camerapersons — Plural form of cameraperson.
  • camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
  • candid camera — a small camera that may be used to take informal photographs of people, usually without their knowledge
  • canton enamel — Chinese enamelware similar to Limoges.
  • carbamazepine — an anticonvulsant drug used in the management of epilepsy
  • carpenterworm — the larva of the carpenterworm moth.
  • carpetmuncher — Alternative form of carpet muncher.
  • casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
  • cat and mouse — Also called cat and rat. a children's game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player.
  • cat-and-mouse — denoting a fight or contest in which participants attempt to confuse or deceive each other in a cruel or teasing way, esp before a final act of cruelty or unkindness
  • catecholamine — any of a group of hormones that are catechol derivatives, esp adrenaline and noradrenaline
  • catechumenate — Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
  • caution money — a sum of money deposited as security for good conduct, against possible debts, etc
  • cell membrane — a very thin membrane, composed of lipids and protein, that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell and controls the passage of substances into and out of the cell
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