13-letter words containing e, m, d, i, r
- misunderstood — improperly understood or interpreted.
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- mixed farming — agriculture: raising both crops and livestock
- model railway — a model of a small-scale railway system, often with toy moving trains
- moderationist — a person who favors, supports, or promotes moderation.
- moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
- modernisation — Alternative spelling of modernization.
- modernization — to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize one's ideas; to modernize a kitchen.
- monkey bridge — flying bridge.
- monkey orchid — a European orchid, Orchis simia, rare in Britain, having a short dense flower spike that opens from the top downwards. The flowers are white streaked with pink or violet and have five spurs thought to resemble a monkey's arms, legs, and tail
- monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.
- monoglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of one hydroxyl group with a fatty acid.
- monoterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C10 skeleton.
- monte perdido — a mountain in NE Spain, in the central Pyrenees. Height: 3352 m (10 997 ft)
- mood disorder — any mental disorder, as depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, or cyclothymia, in which a major disturbance of feelings or emotions is predominant.
- mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
- morning dress — formal daytime apparel for men, including striped pants, a cutaway, and a silk hat.
- morris dancer — A morris dancer is a person who takes part in morris dancing.
- mound builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
- mound-builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
- mourning dove — variety of pigeon
- mud wrestling — sport: physical combat in mud
- mud-wrestling — wrestling in an enclosure with a floor or base of wet mud, staged as a public display and competitive event.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- multicoloured — Alternative spelling of multicolored.
- multicultured — Having more than one culture.
- multicylinder — having more than one cylinder, as an internal-combustion or steam engine.
- multiramified — having several branches or branchlike parts
- multistranded — having several strands
- multithreaded — multithreading
- murexide test — a test in which treatment of a substance, usually urine, with nitric acid and ammonia indicates the presence of uric acid by formation of murexide.
- name-dropping — the introduction into one's conversation, letters, etc., of the names of famous or important people as alleged friends or associates in order to impress others.
- narrow-minded — having or showing a prejudiced mind, as persons or opinions; biased.
- 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.
- non-motorized — to furnish with a motor, as a vehicle.
- nondemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- nurse-midwife — a nurse skilled in assisting women in the prenatal period and in childbirth, especially at home or in another nonhospital setting.
- obiter dictum — an incidental or passing remark, opinion, etc.
- old man river — a name for the Mississippi River
- open-timbered — constructed so that the timbers are exposed.
- over-promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
- overcommitted — to commit more than is feasible, desirable, or necessary.
- overdemanding — excessively demanding
- overdetermine — Determine, account for, or cause (something) in more than one way or with more conditions than are necessary.
- overdominance — excessive dominance
- overdramatise — Alternative spelling of overdramatize.
- overdramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- overestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.