13-letter words containing m, e, n, s
- androdioecism — the state of being androdioecious
- angiospermous — of or relating to an angiosperm; having enclosed seeds.
- animadversion — criticism or censure
- anise camphor — anethole.
- anisometropia — an imbalance in the power of the two eyes to refract light
- anisometropic — relating to anisometropia
- annexationism — the theory or practice of taking over another country's territory, especially by force.
- announcements — Plural form of announcement.
- anonymousness — without any name acknowledged, as that of author, contributor, or the like: an anonymous letter to the editor; an anonymous donation.
- ante-christum — before Christ. Abbreviation: A.C.
- anthelmintics — Plural form of anthelmintic.
- anti-feminism — the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
- anti-idealism — the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
- anti-nepotism — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
- anti-semitism — Anti-Semitism is hostility to and prejudice against Jewish people.
- antihistamine — An antihistamine is a drug that is used to treat allergies.
- antimechanist — opposed to mechanistic philosophy
- antimodernism — modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
- antimodernist — opposed to modernism
- antireformers — Plural form of antireformer.
- antisepticism — the treatment of sepsis using antiseptics
- antisubmarine — (of weapons, missiles, etc) designed to combat or destroy submarines
- antisymmetric — (of a relation) never holding between a pair of arguments x and y when it holds between y and x except when x = y, as "…is no younger than…"
- antiterrorism — opposed to or acting against terrorism; counterterrorist
- apicomplexans — Plural form of apicomplexan.
- arm wrestling — a contest in which two people sit facing each other each with one elbow resting on a table, clasp hands, and each tries to force the other's arm flat onto the table while keeping his own elbow touching the table
- armstand dive — a dive starting from a handstand at the end of a springboard or a platform with the diver's back to the water.
- ascertainment — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- aschelminthes — a major grouping (formerly a phylum) of small-to-microscopic pseudocoelomate organisms, as the rotifers, nematodes, and gastrotriches, all of which are now classified as separate phyla.
- assembly line — An assembly line is an arrangement of workers and machines in a factory, where each worker deals with only one part of a product. The product passes from one worker to another until it is finished.
- assemblywoman — In the United States, an assemblywoman is a female elected member of an assembly of people who make decisions and laws.
- assemblywomen — Plural form of assemblywoman.
- asti spumante — a sweet, sparkling Italian white wine with a muscat flavor.
- astonishments — Plural form of astonishment.
- augmentations — Plural form of augmentation.
- automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
- back emission — the secondary emission of electrons from an anode
- band spectrum — a spectrum consisting of a number of bands of closely spaced lines that are associated with emission or absorption of radiation by molecules
- bantamweights — Plural form of bantamweight.
- basement flat — a flat below the ground floor of a building
- basement-rock — the undifferentiated assemblage of rock (basement rock) underlying the oldest stratified rocks in any region: usually crystalline, metamorphosed, and mostly, but not necessarily, Precambrian in age.
- bass trombone — the lower-pitched of the two main types of trombone
- beaked salmon — sandfish (def 2).
- beaked-salmon — sandfish (def 2).
- bedroom scene — a scene in which lovers are in bed
- benjamin west — Benjamin, 1738–1820, U.S. painter, in England after 1763.
- benjamin-bush — Also called spice-wood. a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
- berkeleianism — the philosophical system of George Berkeley, holding that objects exist only when perceived, that God's perception sustains the universe, and that there is no independent substratum or substance in which these perceptions inhere
- beseemingness — a quality or state that is beseeming
- betamethasone — a synthetic analogue of a glucocorticoid, C 22 H 29 FO 5 , used in various forms in the treatment of inflammation, allergies, and tumors, and for replacement therapy in adrenal insufficiency.