13-letter words containing m, a, i, s, e
- anagrammatise — To produce an anagram of (a piece of text).
- analphabetism — the inability to read and write, illiteracy
- anathematised — to pronounce an anathema against; denounce; curse.
- androcentrism — centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests: an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.
- androdioecism — the state of being androdioecious
- angiospermous — of or relating to an angiosperm; having enclosed seeds.
- animadversion — criticism or censure
- anise camphor — anethole.
- anisometropia — an imbalance in the power of the two eyes to refract light
- anisometropic — relating to anisometropia
- annexationism — the theory or practice of taking over another country's territory, especially by force.
- ante-christum — before Christ. Abbreviation: A.C.
- anthelmintics — Plural form of anthelmintic.
- anti-feminism — the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
- anti-idealism — the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
- anti-nepotism — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
- anti-semitism — Anti-Semitism is hostility to and prejudice against Jewish people.
- antihistamine — An antihistamine is a drug that is used to treat allergies.
- antimechanist — opposed to mechanistic philosophy
- antimodernism — modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
- antimodernist — opposed to modernism
- antireformers — Plural form of antireformer.
- antisepticism — the treatment of sepsis using antiseptics
- antisubmarine — (of weapons, missiles, etc) designed to combat or destroy submarines
- 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…"
- antiterrorism — opposed to or acting against terrorism; counterterrorist
- apicomplexans — Plural form of apicomplexan.
- apogeotropism — negative geotropism, as shown by plant stems
- apologeticism — An instance of the use of apologetics.
- apothegmatise — to speak in apothegms
- 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.
- arm wrestling — a contest in which two people sit facing each other each with one elbow resting on a table, clasp hands, and each tries to force the other's arm flat onto the table while keeping his own elbow touching the table
- armistice day — the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War I, on Nov 11, 1918, now kept on Remembrance Sunday
- armstand dive — a dive starting from a handstand at the end of a springboard or a platform with the diver's back to the water.
- ascertainment — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- aschelminthes — a major grouping (formerly a phylum) of small-to-microscopic pseudocoelomate organisms, as the rotifers, nematodes, and gastrotriches, all of which are now classified as separate phyla.
- assembly line — An assembly line is an arrangement of workers and machines in a factory, where each worker deals with only one part of a product. The product passes from one worker to another until it is finished.
- assembly time — the time required for a computer to translate symbolic computer language into machine-language instructions.
- asti spumante — a sweet, sparkling Italian white wine with a muscat flavor.
- astonishments — Plural form of astonishment.
- atmospherical — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
- augmentations — Plural form of augmentation.
- autoeroticism — the arousal and use of one's own body as a sexual object, as through masturbation
- automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
- autoschediasm — anything done with little forethought or preparation
- baby primrose — a tender primrose, Primula forbesii, native to China and Burma, having white, hairy leaves and rose- or lilac-colored flowers with a yellow center.
- back emission — the secondary emission of electrons from an anode
- balmer series — a series of lines in the hydrogen spectrum, discovered by Johann Jakob Balmer (1825–98) in 1885
- balsamiferous — yielding or producing balsam
- bantamweights — Plural form of bantamweight.