13-letter words containing m, e, s, t
- informalities — Plural form of informality.
- infringements — Plural form of infringement.
- inner sanctum — sanctum (def 2).
- instrumentals — Plural form of instrumental.
- instrumenting — Present participle of instrument.
- inter-segment — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- intermediates — Plural form of intermediate.
- intermissions — Plural form of intermission.
- intermodalism — pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving more than one form of carrier, as truck and rail, or truck, ship, and rail.
- intermuscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- interstimulus — being, or relating to, the interval between the occurrence of two stimuli in a psychological experiment
- islamic state — an Islamist terrorist organization, formed in the early 21st century, whose aim is to create a caliphate in the Middle East and N Africa
- ismaticalness — the quality of following isms or fashionable doctrines
- isobarometric — isobaric
- isobathytherm — a line on a chart or diagram of a body of water, connecting depths having the same temperature.
- isodrosotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having an equal dew point.
- isomerization — (chemistry) the conversion of a compound into a different isomeric form.
- isometrically — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- isothermobath — a line drawn on a diagram of a vertical section of the ocean connecting all points having equal temperature.
- jejunostomies — Plural form of jejunostomy.
- judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
- just a minute — wait, stop
- just a moment — an expression requesting the hearer to wait or pause for a brief period of time
- just the same — identical with what is about to be or has just been mentioned: This street is the same one we were on yesterday.
- kapellmeister — a choirmaster.
- katharometers — Plural form of katharometer.
- kathenotheism — Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
- katzenjammers — Plural form of katzenjammer.
- keratomycosis — Fungal infection of the cornea.
- kidderminster — an ingrain carpet 36 inches (91 cm) wide.
- kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
- lady's mantle — any of various rosaceous plants of the N temperate genus Alchemilla, having small green flowers
- lamb's tongue — a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.
- lambert's law — the law that the luminous intensity of a perfectly diffusing surface in any direction is proportional to the cosine of the angle between that direction and the normal to the surface, for which reason the surface will appear equally bright from all directions.
- laminectomies — Plural form of laminectomy.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- last judgment — judgment (def 8).
- 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
- legacy system — (jargon) A computer system or application program which continues to be used because of the cost of replacing or redesigning it and often despite its poor competitiveness and compatibility with modern equivalents. The implication is that the system is large, monolithic and difficult to modify. If legacy software only runs on antiquated hardware the cost of maintaining this may eventually outweigh the cost of replacing both the software and hardware unless some form of emulation or backward compatibility allows the software to run on new hardware.
- leiomyomatous — a benign tumor composed of nonstriated muscular tissue.
- leptomeninges — The inner two meninges, the arachnoid and the pia mater, between which circulates the cerebrospinal fluid.
- let off steam — a blast of air or wind: to clean machinery with a blow.
- let us assume — You can use let us assume or let's assume when you are considering a possible situation or event, so that you can think about the consequences.
- libel tourism — the act of suing a writer for alleged defamation in a foreign jurisdiction where there are weak libel laws.
- liberationism — the principles of liberationists
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
- lightsomeness — (archaic) The quality of being lightsome.
- limbic system — a ring of interconnected structures in the midline of the brain around the hypothalamus, involved with emotion and memory and with homeostatic regulatory systems.
- limitlessness — Property of being limitless, infiniteness, boundlessness.
- line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.