13-letter words containing m, a, u, s, o
- desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
- diathermanous — the property of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation.
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- dijon mustard — a medium-hot mustard, originally made in Dijon.
- disaccustomed — Simple past tense and past participle of disaccustom.
- disambiguator — Anything that serves to disambiguate.
- disharmonious — inharmonious; discordant.
- dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
- document case — a flat, portable case, often of leather, for carrying papers, documents etc.
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- documentaries — Plural form of documentary.
- documentarist — Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
- dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
- doomsday cult — A doomsday cult is a religious cult whose members believe that the world is about to end.
- draughtswoman — Alternative spelling of draftswoman.
- dromaeosaurid — A carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of a late Cretaceous family that included deinonychus and the velociraptors. They had a large slashing claw on each hind foot.
- eccremocarpus — any plant of the evergreen climbing genus Eccremocarpus, esp E. scaber, grown for its decorative pinnate foliage and bright orange-red bell flowers: family Bignoniaceae
- edmund andros — Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.
- emphysematous — (medicine) Related, similar to or involving emphysema; swollen, bloated.
- entomophagous — feeding mainly on insects; insectivorous
- erythematosus — (pathology) An eruption of red lesions.
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- eudaemonistic — Of or pertaining to eudaemonism.
- exanthematous — Of or pertaining to exanthem.
- fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
- formularising — Present participle of formularise.
- formularistic — relating to formularization
- fractocumulus — low ragged slightly bulbous cloud, often appearing below nimbostratus clouds during rain
- frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
- frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
- functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
- gallows humor — humor that treats serious, frightening, or painful subject matter in a light or satirical way.
- gametothallus — a gamete-producing thallus.
- gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
- geitonogamous — of or relating to geitonogamy
- glamour stock — a popular stock that rises quickly or continuously in price and attracts large numbers of investors.
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- grain sorghum — any of several varieties of sorghum, as durra or milo, having starchy seeds, grown for grain and forage.
- graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
- graminivorous — feeding or subsisting on grass: a graminivorous bird.
- granulomatous — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
- grass sorghum — any of several varieties of sorghum, as Sudan grass, grown for pasturage and hay.
- guesstimation — (pejorative) An estimation made without good justification and often biased.
- haematogenous — producing blood
- harbourmaster — (British, Canada, nautical) An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
- harvest mouse — an Old World field mouse, Micromys minutus, that builds a spherical nest among the stems of grains and other plants.
- he's your man — he's the person needed (for a particular task, role, job, etc)
- hematophagous — feeding on blood, as the vampire bat.
- homosexualism — A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) individuals of the same sex.
- homosexuality — sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex.