13-letter words containing m, c, n, e, r
- incrementally — increasing or adding on, especially in a regular series: small, incremental tax hikes.
- indeterminacy — the condition or quality of being indeterminate; indetermination.
- indirect jump — (programming) A jump via an indirect address, i.e. the jump instruction contains the address of a memory location that contains the address of the next instruction to execute. The location containing the address to jump to is sometimes called a vector. Indirect jumps make normal code hard to understand because the jump target is a run-time property of the program that depends on the execution history. They are useful for, e.g. allowing user code to replace operating system code or setting up event handlers.
- indo-germanic — Indo-European
- inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
- informercials — Plural form of informercial.
- inner sanctum — sanctum (def 2).
- inter-company — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- intercommunal — used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
- interepidemic — Also, epidemical. (of a disease) affecting many persons at the same time, and spreading from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent.
- interlacement — to cross one another, typically passing alternately over and under, as if woven together; intertwine: Their hands interlaced.
- intermetallic — (inorganic chemistry) of, relating to, acting between, or comprising two or more metals.
- intermittence — stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again: an intermittent pain.
- intermittency — stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again: an intermittent pain.
- intermuscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- interpandemic — occurring between two pandemics
- introducement — (obsolete) introduction.
- king mackerel — a game fish, Scomberomorus cavalla, found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
- lacrimal bone — a small, thin, membrane bone forming the front part of the inner wall of each orbit.
- lamellibranch — bivalve.
- laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
- latin america — the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.
- lectisternium — (in ancient Rome) a religious rite in which the images of the gods were placed upon couches around a table, upon which was set a feast
- line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
- lowerclassman — underclassman.
- lowerclassmen — underclassman.
- maccheroncini — thin pasta tubes made from wheat flour
- machine error — an error caused by a fault or defect in a machine rather than by human error
- machine screw — a threaded fastener, either used with a nut or driven into a tapped hole, usually having a diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or less and a slotted head for tightening by a screwdriver.
- macrencephaly — The presence of an abnormally large brain.
- macro-mineral — any mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts, especially calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.
- macro-segment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- macroeconomic — the branch of economics dealing with the broad and general aspects of an economy, as the relationship between the income and investments of a country as a whole.
- macronucleate — having a macronucleus.
- macronutrient — Nutrition. any of the nutritional components of the diet that are required in relatively large amounts: protein, carbohydrate, fat, and the macrominerals.
- magazine rack — shelf for storing periodicals
- magic lantern — a device having an enclosed lamp and a lenslike opening, formerly used for projecting and magnifying images mounted on slides or films.
- magna graecia — the ancient colonial cities and settlements of Greece in S Italy.
- magnetic core — Computers. core1 (def 12a).
- magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
- magnetic star — a star having a strong magnetic field.
- magnetic wire — a fine wire made from a magnetizable metal and used for wire recording.
- magnetometric — Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, 'magnetometric' instruments; 'magnetometric' measurements.
- mangrove jack — a predatory food and game fish, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, of Australian rivers and tidal creeks dominated by mangroves
- manhole cover — a removable metal plate covering a shaft that leads down to a sewer or drain
- manicure case — a case for holding small tools designed to care for the fingernails
- manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
- manufacturers — Plural form of manufacturer.
- many-coloured — having many colours
- map reference — information that identifies the point on a map where a particular place is located