13-letter words containing m, a, l, s
- critical mass — In physics, the critical mass of a substance is the minimum amount of it that is needed for a nuclear chain reaction.
- custom-tailor — to modify to fit a specific use or need; tailor-make.
- 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.
- dame's violet — a Eurasian hairy perennial plant, Hesperis matronalis, cultivated in gardens for its mauve or white fragrant flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- 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)
- decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
- defamiliarise — Alternative spelling of defamiliarize.
- delimitations — Plural form of delimitation.
- 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.
- demineralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demineralize.
- dermatologies — Plural form of dermatology.
- dermatologist — A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in the study of skin and the treatment of skin diseases.
- dermatoplasty — any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
- desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- dilettanteism — The condition of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature.
- dimensionally — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- dipsomaniacal — Pertaining to or suffering from dipsomania.
- dirty realism — a style of writing, originating in the US in the 1980s, which depicts in great detail the seamier or more mundane aspects of ordinary life
- disassembling — Present participle of disassemble.
- disassimilate — to break down (a complex molecule or substance) into simple ones through catabolism
- discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
- discriminably — So as to be discriminable; distinguishably.
- disentailment — The action of freeing property from entail.
- disilluminate — to darken
- dismantlement — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
- displacements — Plural form of displacement.
- dissimilarity — unlikeness; difference.
- dissimilating — Present participle of dissimilate.
- dissimilation — the act of making or becoming unlike.
- dissimilative — to modify by dissimilation.
- dissimilatory — to modify by dissimilation.
- dissimulating — Present participle of dissimulate.
- dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- dolman sleeve — a sleeve tapered from a very large armhole to fit closely at the wrist, used on women's garments.
- dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
- domiciliaries — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
- doomsday cult — A doomsday cult is a religious cult whose members believe that the world is about to end.
- dreamlessness — The state or condition of being dreamless; lack of dreams.
- drilling mast — A drilling mast is a structure over an oil well which supports the drilling equipment and allows it to be lifted into and out of the wellbore.
- dyslipidaemia — Alternative spelling of dyslipidemia.
- dysmenorrheal — painful menstruation.
- ease the helm — to relieve the pressure on the rudder of a vessel, esp by bringing the bow into the wind
- east malaysia — part of Malaysia, consisting of the states of Sabah and Sarawak, which occupy the N part of the island of Borneo
- economy class — a low-priced type of accommodation for travel, especially on an airplane.
- ectocommensal — Biology. (of an organism) living in a commensal relationship on the exterior of another organism.