13-letter words containing l, i, m, e, r
- beam splitter — a system that divides a beam of light, electrons, etc, into two or more paths
- 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
- bible-thumper — an enthusiastic or aggressive exponent of the Bible
- bilinear form — a function or functional of two variables that is linear with respect to each variable when the other variable is held fixed.
- bimolecularly — in a bimolecular fashion
- bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
- 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.
- borage family — any member of the plant family Boraginaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having simple, alternate, hairy leaves and usually blue, five-lobed flowers in a cluster that uncoils as they bloom, including borage, bugloss, and forget-me-not.
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- brazing metal — a nonferrous metal, as copper, zinc, or nickel, or an alloy, as hard solder, used for brazing together pieces of metal.
- butter muslin — a fine loosely woven cotton material originally used for wrapping butter
- byte compiler — byte-code compiler
- camel cricket — cave cricket.
- camera lucida — an instrument attached to a microscope, etc to enable an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface to facilitate the sketching of the image
- cape marigold — any composite plant of the genus Dimorphotheca, having variously colored, daisylike flowers.
- capellmeister — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp in an 18th-century princely household
- cardiomegalia — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
- 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.
- cerumenolytic — (pharmacology) A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
- chlormerodrin — a white, bitter, odorless powder, ClHgN 2 H 11 O 2 , soluble in methanol and ethanol and slightly soluble in water, used in medicine as a diuretic.
- chlorobromide — a chlorine and bromine compound joined to a metal
- chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- chromatophile — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
- circumflexing — Present participle of circumflex.
- circumflexion — The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
- circumlocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumlocute.
- circumspectly — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- circumstellar — surrounding, or revolving around, a star
- circumvallate — to surround with a defensive fortification
- claiming race — a race in which each owner declares beforehand the price at which his or her horse will be offered for sale after the race
- claims farmer — a middleman who encourages people to make compensation claims and who then sells these claims on to a lawyer
- claymore mine — an antipersonnel mine designed to produce a direction-guided, fan-shaped pattern of fragments.
- clearing mark — either of a pair of landmarks or marks on a mariner's chart lying upon a line (clearing line) along which a vessel can sail to avoid navigational hazards.
- climbing fern — any of several chiefly tropical, vinelike ferns of the genus Lygodium, having climbing or trailing stems.
- climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
- cliometrician — An expert at cliometrics.
- clishmaclaver — idle talk; gossip
- cochleariform — having a spoon shape
- columelliform — like a columella.
- commercial at — (character) "@". ASCII code 64. Common names: at sign, at, strudel. Rare: each, vortex, whorl, INTERCAL: whirlpool, cyclone, snail, ape, cat, rose, cabbage, amphora. ITU-T: commercial at. The @ sign is used in an electronic mail address to separate the local part from the hostname. This dates back to July 1972 when Ray Tomlinson was designing the first[?] e-mail program. It is ironic that @ has become a trendy mark of Internet awareness since it is a very old symbol, derived from the latin preposition "ad" (at). Giorgio Stabile, a professor of history in Rome, has traced the symbol back to the Italian Renaissance in a Roman mercantile document signed by Francesco Lapi on 1536-05-04. In Dutch it is called "apestaartje" (little ape-tail), in German "affenschwanz" (ape tail). The French name is "arobase". In Spain and Portugal it denotes a weight of about 25 pounds, the weight and the symbol are called "arroba". Italians call it "chiocciola" (snail). See @-party.
- commercialese — business jargon