13-letter words containing m, i, s, c, l
- cosmopolitism — The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.
- cosmothetical — cosmothetic
- costimulation — Alternative spelling of co-stimulation.
- costimulatory — Of or pertaining to co-stimulation.
- coterminously — having the same border or covering the same area.
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- crack a smile — to break into a smile
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
- criminalising — Present participle of criminalise.
- criminalities — Plural form of criminality.
- criminologist — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.
- critical mass — In physics, the critical mass of a substance is the minimum amount of it that is needed for a nuclear chain reaction.
- custom-tailor — to modify to fit a specific use or need; tailor-make.
- declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
- decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
- demasculinise — Alternative spelling of demasculinize.
- demasculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- dichotomously — divided or dividing into two parts.
- dipsomaniacal — Pertaining to or suffering from dipsomania.
- discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
- discriminably — So as to be discriminable; distinguishably.
- displacements — Plural form of displacement.
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- domestic fowl — a chicken.
- domiciliaries — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
- ecumenicalism — the doctrines and practices of the ecumenical movement.
- elastic limit — the greatest stress that can be applied to a material without causing permanent deformation
- electromerism — a type of tautomerism in which the isomers (electromers) differ in the distribution of charge in their molecules
- empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
- encomiastical — Alternative form of encomiastic.
- encyclopedism — Comprehensive learning or knowledge.
- epistemically — In a manner that pertains to knowledge.
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- excimer laser — a type of gas laser that emits powerful pulses of ultraviolet radiation used in weapons, industrial, or medical research: this radiation is emitted as the short-lived excimers, dimeric molecules that can only exist when a component is energized into an excited state, return to their ground states
- fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
- film sequence — a short piece of film or extract from a film, depicting a specific action or event
- firmer chisel — a narrow-bladed chisel for paring and mortising, driven by hand pressure or with a mallet.
- force a smile — to make oneself smile
- formularistic — relating to formularization
- fractionalism — the state of being separate or inharmonious
- 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).
- galactosaemia — Alternative spelling of galactosemia.
- galactosaemic — of, relating to, or affected by galactosaemia
- galactosamine — an amino sugar that is a major component of glycolipids and chondroitin.
- gastronomical — the art or science of good eating.
- glamis castle — a castle near Glamis in Angus, Scotland: ancestral seat of the Lyons family, forebears of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; famous for its legend of a secret chamber
- glossectomies — Plural form of glossectomy.
- gossip column — newspaper: celebrity news article