13-letter words containing m, a, i, e
- contemplating — to think studiously; meditate; consider deliberately.
- contemplation — thoughtful or long consideration or observation
- contemplatist — a contemplator
- contemplative — Someone who is contemplative thinks deeply, or is thinking in a serious and calm way.
- contextualism — (in motion-picture criticism) the theory that all incidents in a film must be viewed in the social, political, and cultural context with which the film concerns itself and in which it was made.
- 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.
- copy the mail — letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: Storms delayed delivery of the mail.
- cosmeceutical — a cosmetic that has, or is claimed to have, pharmaceutical properties
- cosmochemical — relating to cosmochemistry
- cosmothetical — cosmothetic
- cost estimate — an estimate of how much something will cost
- cotemporality — The state or characteristic of existing or occurring during the same period of time.
- counter image — the point or set of points in the domain of a function corresponding to a given point or set of points in the range of the function.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
- crack a smile — to break into a smile
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- crape jasmine — a shrub, Tabernaemontana divaricata, native to India, having white flowers that are fragrant at night.
- credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
- creme fraiche — Crème fraiche is a type of thick, slightly sour cream.
- crimean tatar — a member of a Turkic people who lived in the Crimea before emigration to Anatolia in the 18th and 19th centuries and deportations to Soviet central Asia after World War II.
- criminal code — the body of laws regulating how crimes are to be punished
- criminalities — Plural form of criminality.
- cringe-making — causing feelings of acute embarrassment or distaste
- cross-examine — When a lawyer cross-examines someone during a trial or hearing, he or she questions them about the evidence that they have already given.
- cryptoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- cubic measure — a system of units for the measurement of volumes, based on the cubic inch, the cubic centimetre, etc
- customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
- cyberactivism — Activism facilitated by the Internet.
- cymbocephalic — scaphocephaly.
- dame's violet — a Eurasian hairy perennial plant, Hesperis matronalis, cultivated in gardens for its mauve or white fragrant flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- data modeling — (spelling) US spelling of "data modelling".
- daydreamingly — While daydreaming.
- daylight time — time set usually one hour ahead of the local standard time, widely adopted in the summer to provide extra daylight in the evening
- de-motivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- de-stigmatize — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- decamethonium — a drug that is used to relax or loosen the muscles
- decimal place — the position of a digit after the decimal point, each successive position to the right having a denominator of an increased power of ten
- decimal point — A decimal point is the dot in front of a decimal fraction.
- decisionmaker — One who makes decisions.
- decompilation — The act, or the result of decompiling.
- decontaminate — To decontaminate something means to remove all germs or dangerous substances from it.
- decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
- decriminalize — When a criminal offence is decriminalized, the law changes so that it is no longer a criminal offence.
- deemphasizing — Present participle of deemphasize.
- defamiliarise — Alternative spelling of defamiliarize.
- defamiliarize — to make (something well-known or well-established) seem unfamiliar, strange, disconcerting, etc., as in order to reinterpret or subvert it
- deformability — Deformability is the degree to which applying a force can make a particle or solid change shape.
- deformational — of or relating to deformation
- defragmenting — Present participle of defragment.