13-letter words containing i, m, e, r, s
- armstand dive — a dive starting from a handstand at the end of a springboard or a platform with the diver's back to the water.
- 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.
- autoeroticism — the arousal and use of one's own body as a sexual object, as through masturbation
- baby primrose — a tender primrose, Primula forbesii, native to China and Burma, having white, hairy leaves and rose- or lilac-colored flowers with a yellow center.
- balmer series — a series of lines in the hydrogen spectrum, discovered by Johann Jakob Balmer (1825–98) in 1885
- balsamiferous — yielding or producing balsam
- beam splitter — a system that divides a beam of light, electrons, etc, into two or more paths
- bedroom suite — a set of furniture, including such things as a bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers, cabinet, etc
- bedtime story — a story read or told to a child at bedtime
- 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
- binary system — a system involving only two elements, as 0 and 1 or yes and no.
- bio-terrorism — the use of living organisms and their toxic products to kill or incapacitate, esp as a political weapon
- black skimmer — a black and white New World skimmer, Rynchops nigra, having a bill with a reddish-orange base.
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
- breast timber — wale1 (def 5).
- breast-timber — a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
- bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
- bus mastering — bus master
- butter muslin — a fine loosely woven cotton material originally used for wrapping butter
- cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
- caesaropapism — the theory that the state should have authority over the church in ecclesiastical matters; Erastianism
- capellmeister — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp in an 18th-century princely household
- cat distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- chrematistics — Study of wealth.
- chrestomathic — (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
- christmas eve — Christmas Eve is the 24th of December, the day before Christmas Day.
- christmastide — the festival season from Christmas to after New Year's Day.
- christmastime — the Christmas season, traditionally from Christmas Eve through New Year's Day or to Epiphany (Jan. 6)
- chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
- chromesthesia — (neurology, psychology) sound-to-color synaesthesia.
- chromospheric — Of or pertaining to the chromosphere.
- ciceronianism — imitation of the style of Cicero, especially as practiced by some writers and orators during the Renaissance.
- cinema goers' — filmgoer.
- circumambages — round-about methods