13-letter words containing m, a, n, s
- antimodernist — opposed to modernism
- antinomianism — a person who maintains that Christians are freed from the moral law by virtue of grace as set forth in the gospel.
- antireformers — Plural form of antireformer.
- antiritualism — opposed to ritualism
- antisepticism — the treatment of sepsis using antiseptics
- antismuggling — acting to prevent or reduce smuggling
- antisocialism — the quality of being antisocial
- antispasmodic — preventing or arresting spasms, esp in smooth muscle
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- as much again — twice as much
- 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.
- assemblywoman — In the United States, an assemblywoman is a female elected member of an assembly of people who make decisions and laws.
- assemblywomen — Plural form of assemblywoman.
- assimilations — Plural form of assimilation.
- assumptionist — Augustinian of the Assumption.
- asti spumante — a sweet, sparkling Italian white wine with a muscat flavor.
- astonishments — Plural form of astonishment.
- astrodynamics — the study of the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space
- augmentations — Plural form of augmentation.
- aum shinrikyo — a syncretistic Japanese cult combining elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity, founded by Shoko Asahara in 1986; responsible for a number of murders and in particular a nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995
- australianism — the Australian national character or spirit
- automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
- autumn crocus — a liliaceous plant, Colchicum autumnale, of Europe and N Africa having pink or purplish autumn flowers
- avant-gardism — the attitudes, techniques, etc., of the cultural avant-garde.
- back emission — the secondary emission of electrons from an anode
- bail bondsman — an individual or firm that lends bail money to defendants awaiting trial
- band spectrum — a spectrum consisting of a number of bands of closely spaced lines that are associated with emission or absorption of radiation by molecules
- bantamweights — Plural form of bantamweight.
- basement flat — a flat below the ground floor of a building
- basement-rock — the undifferentiated assemblage of rock (basement rock) underlying the oldest stratified rocks in any region: usually crystalline, metamorphosed, and mostly, but not necessarily, Precambrian in age.
- bass trombone — the lower-pitched of the two main types of trombone
- beaked salmon — sandfish (def 2).
- beaked-salmon — sandfish (def 2).
- benjamin west — Benjamin, 1738–1820, U.S. painter, in England after 1763.
- benjamin-bush — Also called spice-wood. a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
- berkeleianism — the philosophical system of George Berkeley, holding that objects exist only when perceived, that God's perception sustains the universe, and that there is no independent substratum or substance in which these perceptions inhere
- betamethasone — a synthetic analogue of a glucocorticoid, C 22 H 29 FO 5 , used in various forms in the treatment of inflammation, allergies, and tumors, and for replacement therapy in adrenal insufficiency.
- bildungsroman — a novel concerned with a person's formative years and development
- binary system — a system involving only two elements, as 0 and 1 or yes and no.
- bipartisanism — the quality of being bipartisan
- blacksmithing — the work of a blacksmith.
- blameableness — the quality of being blameable
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.