13-letter words containing m, i, t, r
- bio-terrorism — the use of living organisms and their toxic products to kill or incapacitate, esp as a political weapon
- bipartisanism — the quality of being bipartisan
- bird dismount — Hecht1 (def 1).
- birthing room — a section of a hospital or an outpatient facility set aside and equipped for childbirth and usually simulating a home environment in which family members or friends may be present during the delivery.
- bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
- board meeting — a meeting of the board of a company or other organization
- borrowed time — an uncertain, usually limited period of time extending beyond or postponing the occurrence of something inevitable.
- boston matrix — a two-dimensional matrix, used in planning the business strategy of a large organization, that identifies those business units in the organization that generate cash and those that use it
- botryomycosis — a disease, usually of horses, caused by a bacterial infection (usually, Staphylococcus aureus) producing tumorous growths esp. after castration or a wound or injury
- brahminy kite — a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.
- brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
- brazing metal — a nonferrous metal, as copper, zinc, or nickel, or an alloy, as hard solder, used for brazing together pieces of metal.
- breast timber — wale1 (def 5).
- breast-timber — a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
- bring home to — to convince of
- bring to mind — recall
- bromocriptine — a dopamine agonist drug which blocks the release of prolactin from the pituitary gland, used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease
- bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
- bus mastering — bus master
- butter muslin — a fine loosely woven cotton material originally used for wrapping butter
- byte compiler — byte-code compiler
- cabinet maker — A cabinet maker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
- cabinet-maker — a person who makes fine furniture and other woodwork.
- cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
- camel cricket — cave cricket.
- camp-drafting — a competitive test, esp at an agricultural show, of horsemen's skill in drafting cattle
- 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
- categorematic — (of a word) able to stand alone as a term or subject
- cecropia moth — a large North American saturniid moth, Hyalophora (or Samia) cecropia, with brightly coloured wings and feathery antennae
- cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
- 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
- cerumenolytic — (pharmacology) A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
- chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
- 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
- chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
- chiromantical — Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
- chloroformist — a person who is skilled in the use of or who dispenses or provides chloroform as part of their job
- chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
- 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