13-letter words containing m, a, d, e, s
- blandishments — Blandishments are pleasant things that someone says to another person in order to persuade them to do something.
- board measure — a system of units for measuring wood based on the board foot. 1980 board feet equal one standard
- casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- cat and mouse — Also called cat and rat. a children's game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player.
- cat distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
- cat-and-mouse — denoting a fight or contest in which participants attempt to confuse or deceive each other in a cruel or teasing way, esp before a final act of cruelty or unkindness
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- christmastide — the festival season from Christmas to after New Year's Day.
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- coalesced sum — (theory) (Or "smash sum") In domain theory, the coalesced sum of domains A and B, A (+) B, contains all the non-bottom elements of both domains, tagged to show which part of the sum they come from, and a new bottom element. D (+) E = { bottom(D(+)E) } U { (0,d) | d in D, d /= bottom(D) } U { (1,e) | e in E, e /= bottom(E) } The bottoms of the constituent domains are coalesced into a single bottom in the sum. This may be generalised to any number of domains. The ordering is bottom(D(+)E) <= v For all v in D(+)E (i,v1) <= (j,v2) iff i = j & v1 <= v2 "<=" is usually written as LaTeX \sqsubseteq and "(+)" as LaTeX \oplus - a "+" in a circle.
- commandership — a person who commands.
- commendations — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
- commensurated — Simple past tense and past participle of commensurate.
- compactedness — the state of being compacted
- comradeliness — the quality of being comradely
- condemnations — Plural form of condemnation.
- copperheadism — U.S. History. (during the Civil War) the advocacy of peace negotiations to restore the Union to its prewar condition, with continued slavery in the South.
- costardmonger — a costermonger
- costume drama — any theatrical production, film, television presentation, etc, in which the performers wear the costumes of a former age
- côtes-d'armor — a department of W France, on the N coast of Brittany. Capital: St Brieuc. Pop: 553 969 (2003 est). Area: 6878 sq km (2656 sq miles)
- credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
- custard cream — a biscuit consisting of two layers with a filling of vanilla-flavoured paste
- customer data — Customer data is information held on file about customers by a store or other business, usually including names, contact details, and buying habits.
- dalton system — a method of progressive education whereby students contract to carry through on their own responsibility the year's work as divided up into monthly assignments.
- damage survey — an inspection by an insurance company of something that has been damaged and for which an insurance claim has been made, in order to determine the extent and cause of damage
- damaged goods — a person considered to be less than perfect psychologically, as a result of a traumatic experience
- dame's rocket — a Eurasian plant, Hesperis matronalis, of the mustard family, having loose clusters of four-petalled purple or white fragrant flowers.
- dame's violet — a Eurasian hairy perennial plant, Hesperis matronalis, cultivated in gardens for its mauve or white fragrant flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- damson cheese — thick damson jam
- danse macabre — dance of death
- dar es salaam — the chief port of Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean: capital of German East Africa (1891–1916); capital of Tanzania until 1983 when it was officially replaced by Dodoma, though still retaining some functions; university (1963). Pop: 2 683 000 (2005 est)
- de-stigmatize — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- decisionmaker — One who makes decisions.
- decompensated — Simple past tense and past participle of decompensate.
- decompensates — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
- deemphasizing — Present participle of deemphasize.
- defamiliarise — Alternative spelling of defamiliarize.
- delimitations — Plural form of delimitation.
- demandingness — the quality of being demanding
- demasculinise — Alternative spelling of demasculinize.
- demasculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- dematerialise — Alternative spelling of dematerialize.
- demilitarizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demilitarize.
- demimondaines — Plural form of demimondaine.
- demineralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demineralize.
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- demonstrating — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- demonstration — A demonstration is a march or gathering which people take part in to show their opposition to something or their support for something.
- demonstrative — Someone who is demonstrative shows affection freely and openly.