13-letter words containing m, a, n, s, r
- dijon mustard — a medium-hot mustard, originally made in Dijon.
- disaffirmance — to deny; contradict.
- disagreements — Plural form of disagreement.
- discordianism — (recreation) /dis-kor'di-*n-ism/ The veneration of Eris, also known as Discordia; widely popular among hackers. Discordianism was popularised by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's novel "Illuminatus!" as a sort of self-subverting Dada-Zen for Westerners - it should on no account be taken seriously but is far more serious than most jokes. Consider, for example, the Fifth Commandment of the Pentabarf, from "Principia Discordia": "A Discordian is Prohibited of Believing What he Reads." Discordianism is usually connected with an elaborate conspiracy theory/joke involving millennia-long warfare between the anarcho-surrealist partisans of Eris and a malevolent, authoritarian secret society called the Illuminati. See Religion, Church of the SubGenius, and ha ha only serious.
- discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
- discriminably — So as to be discriminable; distinguishably.
- discriminants — Plural form of discriminant.
- discriminated — Simple past tense and past participle of discriminate.
- discriminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discriminate.
- discriminator — a person or thing that discriminates.
- disembarkment — to go ashore from a ship.
- disharmonious — inharmonious; discordant.
- disharmonized — Simple past tense and past participle of disharmonize.
- disparagement — the act of disparaging.
- disseminators — Plural form of disseminator.
- doctrinairism — Doctrinaire attitudes generally.
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
- dome fastener — a fastening device consisting of one part with a projecting knob that snaps into a hole on another like part, used esp in closures in clothing
- draftsmanship — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, as of machines, structures, etc.
- drama student — a student who is training to become an actor
- dramatisation — Alternative spelling of dramatization.
- draughtswoman — Alternative spelling of draftswoman.
- 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.
- dysmenorrheal — painful menstruation.
- dysmenorrhoea — painful menstruation.
- earnest money — money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract.
- east germanic — a branch of the Germanic languages no longer extant, comprising Gothic and probably others of which there are no written records. Abbreviation: EGmc.
- easter monday — the day after Easter, observed as a holiday in some places.
- edmund andros — Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- edwardsianism — a modified form of Calvinism taught by Jonathan Edwards.
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- elgin marbles — a group of 5th-century bc Greek sculptures originally decorating the Parthenon in Athens, brought to England by Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl of Elgin (1766–1841), and now at the British Museum
- embarrassment — A feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness.
- embracingness — the quality of something that embraces
- embranchments — Plural form of embranchment.
- emigrationist — a person who promotes emigration
- empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
- enantiomorphs — Plural form of enantiomorph.
- encroachments — Plural form of encroachment.
- encumbrancers — Plural form of encumbrancer.
- entomostracan — any small crustacean of the group (formerly subclass) Entomostraca, including the branchiopods, ostracods, and copepods
- ephemeralness — The quality of being ephemeral or transitory.
- equestrianism — The skill or sport of horse riding . As an Olympic sport it is divided into three disciplines: show jumping, dressage, and the three-day event (combining show jumping, dressage, and cross-country riding).
- estrangements — Plural form of estrangement.
- ex-serviceman — An ex-serviceman is a man who used to be in a country's army, navy, or air force.
- exemplariness — The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
- exterminators — Plural form of exterminator.