13-letter words containing m, i, n, a, l
- establishment — The action of establishing something or being established.
- estimableness — The quality of deserving esteem or regard.
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- examinability — The quality or state of being examinable.
- examinatorial — of or having to do with an examiner or examination
- exclamational — Relating to, or having the form of, an exclamation.
- exemplariness — The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
- false diamond — any of a number of semiprecious stones that resemble diamond, such as zircon and white topaz
- familiarising — Present participle of familiarise.
- familiarizing — Present participle of familiarize.
- family friend — intimate acquaintance of one's family
- family-minded — devoted to one's family
- fashion model — sb employed to show off designer clothes
- fellow inmate — sb in same prison
- ferroaluminum — a ferroalloy containing up to 80 percent aluminum.
- filamentation — The growth of filaments.
- flagellomania — enthusiasm for whipping or being whipped
- flame cutting — a method of cutting ferrous metals in which the metal is heated by a torch to about 800°C and is oxidized by a stream of oxygen from the torch
- flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
- flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
- flaminian way — an ancient Roman road extending N from Rome to what is now Rimini. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- fleming valve — (formerly) a diode.
- flemish giant — one of a breed of large domestic rabbits of Belgian origin, having a solid gray, white, or black coat, and raised for its meat and fur.
- flunitrazepam — a powerful benzodiazepine sedative, C 16 H 12 FN 3 O 3 , that causes semiconsciousness and memory blackouts: has been implicated in date rapes and is illegal in the U.S.
- fly fisherman — one who fishes by fly-casting
- foraminiferal — Of, pertaining to, or resembling the foraminifers; foraminiferous.
- formalisation — Alternative spelling of formalization.
- formalization — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formularising — Present participle of formularise.
- formularizing — Present participle of formularize.
- fractionalism — the state of being separate or inharmonious
- fragmentarily — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
- fulani empire — a powerful W African Muslim state that flourished in the 19th century in the area of present-day Nigeria.
- fulminic acid — an unstable acid, CNOH, isomeric with cyanic acid, and known only in the form of its salts.
- funambulation — the act of walking on a tightrope; funambulism
- functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
- galactosamine — an amino sugar that is a major component of glycolipids and chondroitin.
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- gastronomical — the art or science of good eating.
- general magic — A software company based in Mountain View, California. Products released in 1994 after four years in development include: Telescript - a communications-oriented programming language; Magic Cap - an OOPS designed for PDAs; and a new, third generation GUI. Motorola's Envoy, due for release in the third quarter of 1994, will use Magic Cap as its OS. What PostScript did for cross-platform, device-independent documents, Telescript aims to do for cross-platform, network-independent messaging. Telescript protects programmers from many of the complexities of network protocols. Competitors for Magic Cap include Microsoft's Windows for Pens/Winpad, PenPoint, Apple Computer's Newton Intelligence and GEOS by GeoWorks.
- generalissimo — the supreme commander of the armed forces.
- gentlemanlike — a man of good family, breeding, or social position.
- german silver — any of various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel, usually white and used for utensils, drawing instruments, etc.; nickel silver.
- germinability — the degree of ability of a seed to germinate or sprout.
- germinal disk — blastodisk.
- gill filament — one of the threadlike processes forming the respiratory surface of a gill.
- ginger family — the plant family Zingiberaceae, characterized by tropical, often aromatic herbaceous plants having rhizomes, long sheathing leaves, and clusters of tubular flowers, and including cardamon, ginger, and turmeric.
- giulio romano — (Giulio Pippi de' Giannuzzi) 1492?–1546, Italian painter and architect.
- glamorisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- glamorization — to make glamorous.