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13-letter words containing m, a, d, e, s

  • homestead act — a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms.
  • homestead law — any law exempting homesteads from seizure or sale for debt.
  • homoscedastic — having the same variance.
  • ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
  • idiomaticness — Idiomaticity.
  • immediateness — The state of being immediate; immediacy.
  • imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
  • in god's name — If someone uses such expressions as what in God's name, why in God's name, or how in God's name, they are emphasizing how angry, annoyed, or surprised they are.
  • in medias res — in the middle of things.
  • indian summer — a period of mild, dry weather, usually accompanied by a hazy atmosphere, occurring usually in late October or early November and following a period of colder weather.
  • infomediaries — Plural form of infomediary.
  • intermediates — Plural form of intermediate.
  • intermodalism — pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving more than one form of carrier, as truck and rail, or truck, ship, and rail.
  • irredeemables — undated government or debenture stock
  • james douglas — Sir James ("the Black Douglas") 1286–1330, Scottish military leader.
  • james madison — Dolly or Dolley [dol-ee] /ˈdɒl i/ (Show IPA), (Dorothea Payne) 1768–1849, wife of James Madison.
  • judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
  • lady mayoress — the wife of a lord mayor
  • lady's mantle — any of various rosaceous plants of the N temperate genus Alchemilla, having small green flowers
  • last judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • madeira sauce — a savoury sauce made with Madeira wine and served with meat
  • madras states — a former agency of British India, including the Native States of Cochin, Travancore, and Pudukottai.
  • madre de dios — a river in Peru and Bolivia, flowing E to the Beni River. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
  • magnetic disk — Also called disk, hard disk. a rigid disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
  • maiden castle — an ancient fortification in Dorsetshire, England, first erected c250 b.c. over the remains of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements of c2000–c1500 b.c.
  • maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
  • make sb's day — If something makes your day, it makes you feel very happy.
  • maladjustment — bad or unsatisfactory adjustment.
  • maladminister — to administer or manage badly or inefficiently: The mayor was a bungler who maladministered the city budget.
  • maladroitness — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
  • managed bonds — investment in a combination of fixed interest securities, equities, gilts, and property, in which an investment manager, acting on a client's behalf, varies the amount invested in each according to the returns expected
  • managed funds — funds which are managed by a mutual fund manager on behalf of investors
  • mandatoriness — The quality or state of being mandatory.
  • mango madness — the irrational behaviour of a person suffering from the effects of living in tropical heat
  • market trends — changes and developments in buying and selling in the market
  • mass murderer — A mass murderer is someone who deliberately kills a large number of people illegally.
  • masterminding — to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully: Two colonels had masterminded the revolt.
  • mastoidectomy — the removal of part of a mastoid process, usually for draining an infection.
  • meadow fescue — a European fescue, Festuca pratensis, of the grass family, grown for pasture in North America.
  • mean distance — the arithmetic mean of the greatest and least distances of a planet from the sun, used in stating the size of an orbit; the semimajor axis.
  • mean-spirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
  • measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
  • meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
  • media studies — educational subjects or courses relating to the mass media
  • medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
  • melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
  • melodramatist — A writer of melodramas.
  • mend o's ways — If someone who has been behaving badly mends their ways, they begin to behave well.
  • mendel's laws — law of segregation.
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