13-letter words containing i, s, m, a, t
- 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.
- aschelminthes — a major grouping (formerly a phylum) of small-to-microscopic pseudocoelomate organisms, as the rotifers, nematodes, and gastrotriches, all of which are now classified as separate phyla.
- assembly time — the time required for a computer to translate symbolic computer language into machine-language instructions.
- assimilations — Plural form of assimilation.
- assumptionist — Augustinian of the Assumption.
- asthmatically — In an asthmatic manner.
- asti spumante — a sweet, sparkling Italian white wine with a muscat flavor.
- astonishments — Plural form of astonishment.
- astrodynamics — the study of the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space
- atamasco lily — any of a genus (Zephyranthes) of bulbous plants of the lily family, with hollow stems, grassy leaves, and funnel-shaped flowers of yellow, pink, red, or purple-tinged white
- atmospherical — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
- atomistically — Also called atomic theory. Philosophy. the theory that minute, discrete, finite, and indivisible elements are the ultimate constituents of all matter.
- augmentations — Plural form of augmentation.
- australianism — the Australian national character or spirit
- autodidactism — Alternative form of autodidacticism.
- autoeroticism — the arousal and use of one's own body as a sexual object, as through masturbation
- automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
- autoschediasm — anything done with little forethought or preparation
- avant-gardism — the attitudes, techniques, etc., of the cultural avant-garde.
- bantamweights — Plural form of bantamweight.
- basidiomycete — any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota (formerly class Basidiomycetes), in which the spores are produced in basidia. The group includes boletes, puffballs, smuts, and rusts
- beam splitter — a system that divides a beam of light, electrons, etc, into two or more paths
- benjamin west — Benjamin, 1738–1820, U.S. painter, in England after 1763.
- biculturalism — the characteristics, or policy, of a two-cultured society
- bimetallistic — relating to bimetallism
- binary system — a system involving only two elements, as 0 and 1 or yes and no.
- biosystematic — relating to biosystematics
- bipartisanism — the quality of being bipartisan
- blacksmithing — the work of a blacksmith.
- 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.
- blastomycosis — a fungal infection particularly affecting the lungs
- bombastically — (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
- boston matrix — a two-dimensional matrix, used in planning the business strategy of a large organization, that identifies those business units in the organization that generate cash and those that use it
- brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
- 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.
- built-up mast — a wooden mast formed of several shaped, longitudinal pieces joined together.
- bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
- bus mastering — bus master
- cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
- campanologist — the principles or art of making bells, bell ringing, etc.
- camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
- camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
- cantus firmus — an existing melody used as the basis for a new polyphonic composition
- capellmeister — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp in an 18th-century princely household
- carcinomatous — a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
- cat distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
- catastrophism — an old doctrine, now discarded, that the earth was created and has subsequently been shaped by sudden divine acts which have no logical connection with each other rather than by gradual evolutionary processes