13-letter words containing m, o, n, e, c
- romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
- scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
- screen memory — a childhood memory, perhaps recalled falsely, that screens out a more distressing recollection.
- second coming — the coming of Christ on Judgment Day.
- second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
- self-contempt — the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
- semicarbazone — a product that occurs as a result of aldehyde or ketone reacting with semicarbazide
- semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
- semiconscious — half-conscious; not fully conscious.
- semidominance — incomplete dominance.
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- sensitometric — of or relating to sensitometry
- sex chromatin — Barr body.
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- siege economy — an economy in which the export of capital is limited and import controls are imposed
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
- sociocentrism — oriented toward or focused on one's own social group.
- socioeconomic — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and economic factors: socioeconomic study; socioeconomic status.
- somniloquence — sleep-talking
- specimen copy — a copy of a document regarded as typical of that type of document
- spectinomycin — an antibiotic drug, C 1 4 H 2 4 N 2 O 7 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces spectabilis, used in the treatment of susceptible gonorrhea.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- splenectomize — to remove the spleen from
- stagecoachman — the driver or operator of a stagecoach
- sub-component — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
- syndesmectomy — excision of part of a ligament.
- telecommuting — working at home by using a computer terminal electronically linked to one's place of employment.
- the decameron — title of collection of stories written in Italian in the early Renaissance by Boccaccio
- the-decameron — a collection of 100 tales (1353) by Boccaccio.
- thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
- thermocurrent — a thermoelectric current.
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
- tiger economy — an economy that maintains a high growth rate, originally referring to the relatively small economies of South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in East Asia.
- time constant — the time required for a changing quantity in a circuit, as voltage or current, to rise or fall approximately 0.632 of the difference between its old and new value after an impulse has been applied that induces such a change: equal in seconds to the inductance of the circuit in henries divided by its resistance in ohms.
- time discount — a discount allowed for payment of an invoice or bill before it falls due.
- token economy — a method of encouraging desirable behavior, especially in a hospital setting, by offering rewards of token money that can be exchanged for special food, access to television, and other bonuses.
- tonsillectomy — the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- trench mortar — a portable, muzzle-loaded mortar, usually having a smooth bore, fired at high angles of elevation to reach concealed enemy targets.
- triamcinolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid drug, C 21 H 27 FO 6 , used in the symptomatic treatment of inflammation.
- truman capote — Truman, 1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.