13-letter words containing m, i, s, t
- butter muslin — a fine loosely woven cotton material originally used for wrapping butter
- cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
- campanologist — the principles or art of making bells, bell ringing, etc.
- camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
- camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
- cantus firmus — an existing melody used as the basis for a new polyphonic composition
- capellmeister — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp in an 18th-century princely household
- carcinomatous — a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
- cat distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
- catastrophism — an old doctrine, now discarded, that the earth was created and has subsequently been shaped by sudden divine acts which have no logical connection with each other rather than by gradual evolutionary processes
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- cerium metals — the metals lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, and samarium, forming a sub-group of the lanthanides
- chapman stick — an electronically amplified musical instrument with ten or twelve strings and a fretted neck, which is played by striking the strings against the frets with the fingers
- chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
- chastisements — severe criticism; a rebuke or strong reprimand.
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
- chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
- chemistry set — equipment and chemicals that enable a child to do experiments
- chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
- chimney swift — a North American swift, Chaetura pelagica, that nests in chimneys and similar hollows
- chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
- chloroformist — a person who is skilled in the use of or who dispenses or provides chloroform as part of their job
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- chrematistics — Study of wealth.
- chrestomathic — (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use.
- christmas box — a tip or present given at Christmas, esp to postmen, tradesmen, etc
- christmas day — Christmas Day is the 25th of December, when Christmas is celebrated.
- christmas eve — Christmas Eve is the 24th of December, the day before Christmas Day.
- christmastide — the festival season from Christmas to after New Year's Day.
- christmastime — the Christmas season, traditionally from Christmas Eve through New Year's Day or to Epiphany (Jan. 6)
- chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
- chromatolysis — the dissolution of stained material, such as chromatin in injured cells
- chromesthesia — (neurology, psychology) sound-to-color synaesthesia.
- cinematheques — Plural form of cinematheque.
- circumlocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumlocute.
- circumspatial — Of or pertaining to the surrounding space.
- circumspectly — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- circumstances — someone's financial situation
- circumstellar — surrounding, or revolving around, a star
- city chambers — (in Scotland) the municipal building of a city; town hall
- cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- climatologist — A climatologist is someone who studies climates.
- clistothecium — cleistothecium.
- cns stimulant — A CNS stimulant is any substance that stimulates the central nervous system.
- combativeness — The state of being combative.
- combinatorics — a branch of mathematics dealing with combinations and permutations
- come to grips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
- commendations — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.