13-letter words containing m, o, n, r, i
- anti-morality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- anti-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- anticlinorium — a vast elongated anticline with its strata further folded into anticlines and synclines
- antiformalist — opposed to formalism
- antilogarithm — a number whose logarithm to a given base is a given number
- antimicrobial — capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microbes
- antimodernism — modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
- antimodernist — opposed to modernism
- antireformers — Plural form of antireformer.
- antiterrorism — opposed to or acting against terrorism; counterterrorist
- apportionment — the act of apportioning
- approximating — Present participle of approximate.
- approximation — An approximation is a fact, object, or description which is similar to something else, but which is not exactly the same.
- argumentation — Argumentation is the process of arguing in an organized or logical way, for example in philosophy.
- armor-plating — The armor-plating on a vehicle or building is the hard metal covering that is intended to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
- aromatization — the conversion of aliphatic or alicyclic compounds to aromatic hydrocarbons.
- astrodynamics — the study of the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space
- atomic energy — nuclear energy
- atomic number — the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
- 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
- backformation — Alternative spelling of back-formation.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- campaniliform — Alternative form of campaniform.
- 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.
- ceremonialism — A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
- cerumenolytic — (pharmacology) A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
- 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.