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13-letter words containing m, a, s, r, n

  • antiritualism — opposed to ritualism
  • 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
  • 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.
  • ascertainment — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
  • astrodynamics — the study of the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
  • bosman ruling — an EU ruling that allows out-of-contract footballers to leave their clubs without the clubs receiving a transfer fee
  • boston matrix — a two-dimensional matrix, used in planning the business strategy of a large organization, that identifies those business units in the organization that generate cash and those that use it
  • bowman's root — an eastern U.S. plant, Gillenia trifoliata, of the rose family, having terminal clusters of white flowers.
  • brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
  • brinksmanship — the technique or practice of maneuvering a dangerous situation to the limits of tolerance or safety in order to secure the greatest advantage, especially by creating diplomatic crises.
  • brown mustard — black mustard. See under mustard (def 2).
  • burnham scale — the salary scale for teachers in English state schools, which is revised periodically
  • bus mastering — bus master
  • cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
  • camerapersons — Plural form of cameraperson.
  • cantus firmus — an existing melody used as the basis for a new polyphonic composition
  • carcinomatous — a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
  • casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
  • centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
  • ceremonialism — A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.
  • ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
  • ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
  • chain measure — measurement of distance using a chain 66 feet (20 meters) long, of which one link equals 7.9 inches (20.1 cm).
  • chairmanships — Plural form of chairmanship.
  • cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
  • chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
  • chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
  • chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
  • chrysanthemum — A chrysanthemum is a large garden flower with many long, thin petals.
  • churchmanship — The craft or skill of being a churchman. (from 17th c.).
  • ciceronianism — imitation of the style of Cicero, especially as practiced by some writers and orators during the Renaissance.
  • cinema goers' — filmgoer.
  • circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
  • circumstances — someone's financial situation
  • clamorousness — The state or quality of being clamorous.
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