13-letter words containing m, e, n, i, g, s
- self-emptying — containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
- self-limiting — limiting oneself or itself: a self-limiting authority.
- self-managing — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- semievergreen — retaining green, unwithered leaves for part of the winter or through comparatively mild winters.
- semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
- sempstressing — the profession of being a seamstress
- shaving cream — a preparation, as of soap and free fatty acid, that is lathered and applied to the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving.
- sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
- siege economy — an economy in which the export of capital is limited and import controls are imposed
- sigmund freud — Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
- signed number — Mathematics. a number preceded by a plus sign (+) to indicate a positive quantity or by a minus sign (−) to indicate a negative quantity.
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- single market — a market consisting of a number of nations, esp those of the European Union, in which goods, capital, and currencies can move freely across borders without tariffs or restrictions
- single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single-family — designed or suitable for one family of average size: single-family homes.
- single-masted — (of a boat) having a single mast
- single-minded — having or showing a single aim or purpose: a single-minded program.
- skin magazine — a magazine containing pornographic images
- slimming diet — a diet with the aim of losing weight
- slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- specimen page — a page regarded as typical of pages of its type, esp one produced by a typesetter or designer to show an example of the typesetting for a book
- speech making — act of addressing the public formally
- sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
- spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
- spinning mule — mule1 (def 7).
- staff meeting — company gathering of employees
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- steam heating — a heating system utilizing steam circulated through radiators and pipes.
- strong-minded — having a forceful and independent mind.
- suggestionism — the art of hypnotic suggestion
- superorganism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- supplementing — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- supreme being — God.
- swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
- syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
- televangelism — Christian preaching on TV
- thermogenesis — the production of heat, especially in an animal body by physiological processes.
- thermosetting — pertaining to a type of plastic, as the urea resins, that sets when heated and cannot be remolded.
- thermostating — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- tumorigenesis — the production or development of tumors.
- unbeseemingly — in an unbeseeming or unbefitting manner
- unstigmatized — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- vaginal smear — a smear sample taken from vaginal mucous for cytological analysis
- vegetarianism — the beliefs or practices of a vegetarian.
- visiting team — sports team playing away from home ground
- west germanic — a subbranch of Germanic that includes English, Frisian, Flemish, Dutch, Plattdeutsch, Yiddish, and German. Abbreviation: WGmc.
- whitesmithing — The trade of a whitesmith.
- yestermorning — yesterday morning.