13-letter words containing m, o, i, r, a
- atmospherical — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
- atomic energy — nuclear energy
- atomic number — the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
- atomic theory — any theory in which matter is regarded as consisting of atoms, esp that proposed by John Dalton postulating that elements are composed of atoms that can combine in definite proportions to form compounds
- audience room — a room for holding formal interviews or hearings.
- aum shinrikyo — a syncretistic Japanese cult combining elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity, founded by Shoko Asahara in 1986; responsible for a number of murders and in particular a nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995
- autapomorphic — (biology) Describing any characteristic that has evolved in only a single species (or other taxon).
- autoeroticism — the arousal and use of one's own body as a sexual object, as through masturbation
- autoradiogram — autoradiograph
- baby primrose — a tender primrose, Primula forbesii, native to China and Burma, having white, hairy leaves and rose- or lilac-colored flowers with a yellow center.
- backformation — Alternative spelling of back-formation.
- balsamiferous — yielding or producing balsam
- barium yellow — a yellow, crystalline compound, BaCrO 4 , used as a pigment (barium yellow)
- bartholomew i — (Dimitrios Archontonis) born 1940, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church since 1991.
- bergamot mint — an aromatic herb, Mentha piperita citrata, having a lemonlike odor when crushed.
- bermuda onion — a large white or yellow onion with a mild flavor, grown in Texas, California, etc.
- 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.
- billiard room — a room in a house, club, etc., where billiards is played.
- bimolecularly — in a bimolecular fashion
- 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.
- block diagram — a diagram showing the interconnections between the parts of an industrial process
- board meeting — a meeting of the board of a company or other organization
- boomerang kid — a young adult who, after having lived on his or her own for a time, returns to live in the parental home, usually due to financial problems caused by unemployment or the high cost of living independently
- borage family — any member of the plant family Boraginaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having simple, alternate, hairy leaves and usually blue, five-lobed flowers in a cluster that uncoils as they bloom, including borage, bugloss, and forget-me-not.
- bosman ruling — an EU ruling that allows out-of-contract footballers to leave their clubs without the clubs receiving a transfer fee
- 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
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
- brigham young — Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
- broad-brimmed — (of a hat) having a broad brim
- bromide paper — a type of photographic paper coated with an emulsion of silver bromide usually containing a small quantity of silver iodide
- caesaropapism — the theory that the state should have authority over the church in ecclesiastical matters; Erastianism
- camp fire boy — a boy who is a member of the Campfire Boys and Girls. Compare Camp Fire Girl.
- campaniliform — Alternative form of campaniform.
- cape marigold — any composite plant of the genus Dimorphotheca, having variously colored, daisylike flowers.
- carbonium ion — type of positively charged organic ion
- carcinomatous — a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
- cardiomegalia — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- 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.
- ceramic oxide — a compound of oxygen with nonorganic material: recently discovered to act as a high-temperature superconductor
- ceremonialism — A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- changing room — A changing room is a room where you can change your clothes and usually have a shower, for example at a sports centre.
- chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.