13-letter words containing i, s, o, d, a, m
- madre de dios — a river in Peru and Bolivia, flowing E to the Beni River. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- magnitudinous — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
- maladroitness — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- mandatoriness — The quality or state of being mandatory.
- mastoidectomy — the removal of part of a mastoid process, usually for draining an infection.
- measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
- medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- melodramatist — A writer of melodramas.
- methodistical — Methodistic.
- mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
- miscoordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- misdemeanours — Plural form of misdemeanour.
- moderationist — a person who favors, supports, or promotes moderation.
- moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
- modernisation — Alternative spelling of modernization.
- modifications — Plural form of modification.
- mohammedanism — Muhammadanism; Islam.
- molluscicidal — relating to a preparation that kills molluscs
- monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
- morris dancer — A morris dancer is a person who takes part in morris dancing.
- mountainsides — Plural form of mountainside.
- 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.
- occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
- oil-based mud — Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid that is an emulsion containing oil as the base fluid.
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- overdramatise — Alternative spelling of overdramatize.
- overestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.
- paedomorphism — the continuation of juvenile characteristics in the adult stage
- pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
- parasitoidism — the feeding by certain insect larvae on host tissues such that the host remains alive until larval development is complete and then usually dies.
- photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
- polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
- promised land — Heaven.
- psychodynamic — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- radio compass — a radio receiver with a directional antenna for determining the bearing of the receiver from a radio transmitter.
- rhodesian man — an extinct Pleistocene human whose cranial remains were found at Kabwe, in Zambia: formerly in some classifications Homo rhodesiensis but now considered archaic Homo sapiens.
- rose mandarin — (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap.
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
- sadomasochism — interaction, especially sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain.
- sadomasochist — interaction, especially sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain.
- santo domingo — a republic in the West Indies, occupying the E part of the island of Hispaniola. 19,129 sq. mi. (49,545 sq. km). Capital: Santo Domingo.
- sedimentation — the deposition or accumulation of sediment.
- semi-nomadism — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- semiautomated — partially automated.
- semidominance — incomplete dominance.
- silla kingdom — an ancient Korean state that unified Korea; flourished in the 7th–10th centuries a.d.
- small holding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- smoking stand — an ashtray mounted on a low pedestal, often placed next to an armchair, sofa, etc.