13-letter words containing m, a, c, e
- alumosilicate — (inorganic chemistry) The anion [AlSiO4]-1.
- amarantaceous — amaranthine
- ambient music — a style of popular music which aims to create a relaxing atmosphere
- america's cup — an international yachting trophy, first won by the schooner America in 1851 and held as a challenge trophy by the New York Yacht Club until 1983
- american aloe — century plant
- american bond — a brickwork bond having a course of headers between five or six courses of stretchers.
- american curl — a breed of slender cat with curled-back ears and a plumed tail
- american fork — a town in central Utah.
- american plan — a hotel rate in which the charge includes meals
- american wake — an all-night farewell party for a person about to emigrate to America
- amicus curiae — a person not directly engaged in a case who advises the court
- amniocenteses — Plural form of amniocentesis.
- amniocentesis — If a pregnant woman has an amniocentesis, fluid is removed from her womb in order to check that her unborn baby is not affected by certain genetic disorders.
- amphictyonies — Plural form of amphictyony.
- amphitheatric — Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling an amphitheatre.
- amphitrichate — having a single flagellum at each end.
- amphotericins — Plural form of amphotericin.
- amplificative — Amplificatory.
- amygdalaceous — similar to or derived from the almond
- anathematical — of or relating to an anathema
- ancien regime — The ancien regime was the political and social system in France before the revolution of 1789.
- androcentrism — centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests: an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.
- androdioecism — the state of being androdioecious
- angela merici — Saint, 1474–1540, Italian ecclesiastic, founder of the Ursuline order.
- anise camphor — anethole.
- anisometropic — relating to anisometropia
- announcements — Plural form of announcement.
- ante-christum — before Christ. Abbreviation: A.C.
- anthelminthic — Of use against intestinal worms.
- anthelmintics — Plural form of anthelmintic.
- anti-academic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
- anti-american — opposed to anything of or relating to the United States of America
- antiempirical — Going against what is empirically true.
- antimechanist — opposed to mechanistic philosophy
- antimetabolic — inhibiting metabolism
- antimutagenic — capable of reducing the frequency of mutation.
- antirheumatic — acting against rheumatism
- antisepticism — the treatment of sepsis using antiseptics
- antisymmetric — (of a relation) never holding between a pair of arguments x and y when it holds between y and x except when x = y, as "…is no younger than…"
- apicomplexans — Plural form of apicomplexan.
- apologeticism — An instance of the use of apologetics.
- apophlegmatic — having the ability to remove phlegm
- apoplectiform — of or resembling apoplexy or stroke.
- arab-american — a citizen or resident of the U.S. of Arab birth or descent.
- arabian camel — a domesticated camel, Camelus dromedarius, having one hump on its back and used as a beast of burden in the hot deserts of N Africa and SW Asia
- araeometrical — relating to araeometry
- archaeometric — relating to archaeometry
- archaic smile — a conventional representation of the mouth characterized by slightly upturned corners of the lips, found especially on Greek sculpture produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- archeptolemus — (in the Iliad) the son of Iphitus who served as a charioteer for Hector.
- archimandrite — the head of a monastery or a group of monasteries