13-letter words containing m, e, t, l, s
- hellgrammites — Plural form of hellgrammite (Alternative spelling of hellgramites).
- helminthiasis — a disease caused by parasitic worms in the intestines.
- hematologists — Plural form of hematologist.
- hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
- hemocytoblast — a primordial cell capable of developing into any type of blood cell.
- heterostylism — the condition of being heterostyled
- hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
- histochemical — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- homestead law — any law exempting homesteads from seizure or sale for debt.
- homosexuality — sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex.
- hothouse lamb — a lamb born in the fall or early winter, usually reared indoors, specially fed, and marketed when from 9 to 16 weeks of age.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- ileocolostomy — the surgical formation of an artificial opening between the ileum and the colon.
- illegitimizes — illegitimatize.
- immaterialise — Alt form immaterialize.
- immaterialism — the doctrine that there is no material world, but that all things exist only in and for minds.
- immaterialist — A supporter of the philosophy of immaterialism.
- immutableness — The state of being immutable; unchangeableness.
- impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
- impartialness — The quality of being impartial.
- imperialistic — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- imputrescible — not liable to decomposition or putrefaction; incorruptible: a tanning process to make skins imputrescible.
- in real terms — You can also talk about the cost or value of something in real terms.
- inclinometers — Plural form of inclinometer.
- incombustible — not combustible; incapable of being burned; fireproof.
- incompatibles — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- inertial mass — the mass of a body as determined by the second law of motion from the acceleration of the body when it is subjected to a force that is not due to gravity.
- infinitesimal — indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute: infinitesimal vessels in the circulatory system.
- informalities — Plural form of informality.
- instrumentals — Plural form of instrumental.
- 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
- isometrically — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
- kapellmeister — a choirmaster.
- 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.