13-letter words containing m, e, i, o, n
- remonstrative — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- response time — Psychology. the time consumed in making a response.
- restimulation — the act or process of stimulating again; reactivation
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- retromingency — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
- revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
- rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
- rhodesian man — an extinct Pleistocene human whose cranial remains were found at Kabwe, in Zambia: formerly in some classifications Homo rhodesiensis but now considered archaic Homo sapiens.
- romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- rooming house — a house with furnished rooms to rent; lodging house.
- rose geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium graveolens, cultivated for its fragrant, lobed or narrowly divided leaves.
- rose mandarin — (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap.
- royal marines — a corps of soldiers specially trained in amphibious warfare
- rum rebellion — the deposition of Governor William Bligh in 1808 by officers of the New South Wales Corps, caused by his interference in their trading activities, esp in the trafficking of rum
- rumelgumption — commonsense
- rumlegumption — commonsense
- saint-émilion — a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
- salmonellosis — food poisoning caused by consumption of food contaminated with bacteria of the genus Salmonella, characterized by the sudden onset of abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- second coming — the coming of Christ on Judgment Day.
- second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
- sedimentation — the deposition or accumulation of sediment.
- sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
- selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
- self-luminous — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- semi-autonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- semi-nomadism — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- semicarbazone — a product that occurs as a result of aldehyde or ketone reacting with semicarbazide
- semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
- semiconscious — half-conscious; not fully conscious.
- semidominance — incomplete dominance.
- seminole wars — a series of conflicts in 1818–19 between American forces under Andrew Jackson and the Seminole Indians in Spanish-controlled eastern Florida.
- semipalmation — the state of being semipalmate
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- senior airman — a noncommissioned officer ranking between a staff sergeant and airman first class. Abbreviation: SrA.
- senior master — a male teacher in a senior position
- senior moment — a brief lapse in memory or a moment of confusion, especially in an older person.
- sensitometric — of or relating to sensitometry
- set in motion — prompt, cause to begin
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- siege economy — an economy in which the export of capital is limited and import controls are imposed
- sierra morena — a mountain range in SW Spain, between the Guadiana and Guadalquivir Rivers. Highest peak: Estrella, 1299 m (4262 ft)
- silver salmon — coho salmon.
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
- sociocentrism — oriented toward or focused on one's own social group.
- socioeconomic — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and economic factors: socioeconomic study; socioeconomic status.
- solemnization — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).