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13-letter words containing m, a, t, r, i, l

  • direct-mailer — a person or firm engaged in direct-mail advertising.
  • dirty old man — a mature or elderly man with lewd or obscene preoccupations.
  • 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
  • dissimilarity — unlikeness; difference.
  • dissimilatory — to modify by dissimilation.
  • documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
  • dramaturgical — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
  • 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.
  • dumb terminal — (hardware)   A type of terminal that consists of a keyboard and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is connected. A dumb terminal, in contrast to an intelligent terminal, has no independent processing capability or auxiliary storage and thus cannot function as a stand-alone device. The dumbest kind of terminal is a glass tty. The next step up has a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by an intelligent terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
  • enumerability — The condition of being enumerable.
  • environmental — Relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition.
  • examinatorial — of or having to do with an examiner or examination
  • exploratorium — A museum or similar institution that encourages visitors to explore the exhibits in a hands-on manner.
  • extemporarily — In an extemporary manner.
  • extra-marital — An extra-marital affair is a sexual relationship between a married person and another person who is not their husband or wife.
  • extrafamilial — Outside a family.
  • extralimitary — outside the limits or borders of an area
  • extrametrical — exceeding the number of syllables normally used in a given metre
  • familiarities — Plural form of familiarity.
  • family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
  • family doctor — a general practitioner.
  • fleet admiral — the highest ranking naval officer, ranking next above admiral.
  • fleet air arm — the aviation branch of the Royal Navy
  • flunitrazepam — a powerful benzodiazepine sedative, C 16 H 12 FN 3 O 3 , that causes semiconsciousness and memory blackouts: has been implicated in date rapes and is illegal in the U.S.
  • formalisation — Alternative spelling of formalization.
  • formalization — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
  • formidability — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
  • formularistic — relating to formularization
  • fractionalism — the state of being separate or inharmonious
  • fragmentarily — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
  • fusarium wilt — a disease of plants, characterized by damping-off, wilting, and a brown dry rot, caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium.
  • galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
  • gastronomical — the art or science of good eating.
  • geometrically — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
  • germinability — the degree of ability of a seed to germinate or sprout.
  • glamorisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
  • glamorization — to make glamorous.
  • glutamatergic — (biochemistry, neurology) Of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.
  • grammatically — of or relating to grammar: grammatical analysis.
  • half-timbered — (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.
  • halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
  • hellgrammites — Plural form of hellgrammite (Alternative spelling of hellgramites).
  • hermeneutical — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
  • homoiothermal — having a body temperature that is relatively constant and mostly independent of the temperature of the environment; warm-blooded (opposed to poikilothermic).
  • hydrated lime — a soft, white, crystalline, very slightly water-soluble powder, Ca(OH) 2 , obtained by the action of water on lime: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements.
  • hygrometrical — Alternative form of hygrometric.
  • hypermetrical — Hypermetric.
  • hypermorality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
  • hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
  • iatrochemical — relating to iatrochemistry or iatrochemists
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