13-letter words containing m, i, n, a, l
- analphabetism — the inability to read and write, illiteracy
- anathematical — of or relating to an anathema
- angela merici — Saint, 1474–1540, Italian ecclesiastic, founder of the Ursuline order.
- animal rights — People who are concerned with animal rights believe very strongly that animals should not be exploited or harmed by humans.
- animal starch — glycogen.
- animal warden — dogcatcher.
- animalization — to excite the animal passions of; brutalize; sensualize.
- annona family — the plant family Annonaceae, characterized by tropical trees and shrubs bearing simple alternate leaves, solitary or clustered dull-colored flowers, and edible fruit, and including the cherimoya, custard apple, and sweetsop.
- anomalistical — relating to a planet's angular distance from its last perihelion or orbital point nearest to the sun
- antepenultima — (poetry) The last syllable of a word except two; an antepenult.
- anthelminthic — Of use against intestinal worms.
- anthelmintics — Plural form of anthelmintic.
- anti-idealism — the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
- anti-monopoly — exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. Compare duopoly, oligopoly.
- anti-morality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- anti-populism — (lowercase) any of various, often antiestablishment or anti-intellectual political movements or philosophies that offer unorthodox solutions or policies and appeal to the common person rather than according with traditional party or partisan ideologies.
- anticlimactic — of, having, or like an anticlimax
- anticlinorium — a vast elongated anticline with its strata further folded into anticlines and synclines
- antiempirical — Going against what is empirically true.
- antiformalist — opposed to formalism
- antilogarithm — a number whose logarithm to a given base is a given number
- antimetabolic — inhibiting metabolism
- antimicrobial — capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microbes
- antiritualism — opposed to ritualism
- antismuggling — acting to prevent or reduce smuggling
- antisocialism — the quality of being antisocial
- apicomplexans — Plural form of apicomplexan.
- arabian camel — a domesticated camel, Camelus dromedarius, having one hump on its back and used as a beast of burden in the hot deserts of N Africa and SW Asia
- 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
- armor-plating — The armor-plating on a vehicle or building is the hard metal covering that is intended to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
- 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.
- assimilations — Plural form of assimilation.
- atlantic time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
- australianism — the Australian national character or spirit
- automatonlike — Like an automaton; robotic.
- autonomically — autonomous.
- bail bondsman — an individual or firm that lends bail money to defendants awaiting trial
- banana family — the plant family Musaceae, characterized by large treelike herbaceous plants of tropical regions, having a trunk formed by spiraling leaf sheaths, and bearing large leaves, flower clusters above leathery red-to-purple bracts, and fleshy fruit in clusters, including the banana and plantain.
- bathylimnetic — (of an organism) living in the depths of lakes and marshes
- benzimidazole — a crystalline growth-inhibiting compound
- 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
- bildungsroman — a novel concerned with a person's formative years and development
- bilinear form — a function or functional of two variables that is linear with respect to each variable when the other variable is held fixed.
- biomechanical — relating to biomechanics
- bitonal image — (graphics) An image consisting only of a foreground colour and a background colour. Compare monochrome.
- bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
- black diamond — coal (sense 1)
- blacksmithing — the work of a blacksmith.
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.