13-letter words containing n, o, r, m, a
- irrationalism — irrationality in thought or action.
- isomerization — (chemistry) the conversion of a compound into a different isomeric form.
- jamon serrano — a variety of Spanish cured ham
- john marshall — Alfred, 1842–1924, English economist.
- john mccarthy — (person, artificial intelligence) A pioneer of artificial intelligence (he coined ther term). He invented Lisp at MIT in the late 1950s and later worked at SAIL. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- joint manager — sb who shares authority and responsibility for sth
- jordan almond — a large, hard-shelled, Spanish almond used especially in confectionery.
- kerosene lamp — light fuelled by paraffin
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- king's ransom — an extremely large amount of money: The painting was sold for a king's ransom.
- komodo dragon — the largest monitor lizard, Varanus komodoensis, of Komodo and other East Indian islands: grows to a length of 3 m (about 10 ft) and a weight of 135 kilograms (about 300 lbs.)
- krishna menon — Vengalil Krishnan [ven-gah-leel krish-nuh n] /vɛnˈgɑ lil ˈkrɪʃ nən/ (Show IPA), 1897–1974, Indian politician and statesman.
- lacrimal bone — a small, thin, membrane bone forming the front part of the inner wall of each orbit.
- lambeosaurine — Any crested hadrosaurid dinosaur of the subfamily Lambeosaurinae.
- laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- laundry-woman — laundress.
- lemon verbena — a plant, Aloysia triphylla, having long, slender leaves with a lemonlike fragrance.
- liberationism — the principles of liberationists
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- low churchman — a person who advocates or follows Low Church practices.
- lower abdomen — lowest part of the belly
- lowerclassman — underclassman.
- lowerclassmen — underclassman.
- luxembourgian — of or relating to Luxembourg, its people, or their language.
- maccheroncini — thin pasta tubes made from wheat flour
- machine error — an error caused by a fault or defect in a machine rather than by human error
- macro-mineral — any mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts, especially calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.
- macro-segment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- macrodiagonal — the longer of two diagonals
- macrodynamics — Large-scale dynamics.
- macroeconomic — the branch of economics dealing with the broad and general aspects of an economy, as the relationship between the income and investments of a country as a whole.
- macroglobulin — A plasma globulin of high molecular weight.
- macromutation — a mutation that has a profound effect on the resulting organism, as a change in a regulatory gene that controls the expression of many structural genes.
- macronucleate — having a macronucleus.
- macronutrient — Nutrition. any of the nutritional components of the diet that are required in relatively large amounts: protein, carbohydrate, fat, and the macrominerals.
- macroorganism — an organism that can be seen with the naked eye.
- macropinacoid — a crystalline pinacoid which runs parallel to the longer horizontal axis
- macroplankton — planktonic organisms of about 1 mm in length.
- magnesiferous — (geology) Containing magnesium.
- magnetic core — Computers. core1 (def 12a).
- magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
- magnetographs — Plural form of magnetograph.
- magnetometers — Plural form of magnetometer.
- magnetometric — Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, 'magnetometric' instruments; 'magnetometric' measurements.
- magnetosphere — the outer region of the earth's ionosphere, where the earth's magnetic field controls the motion of charged particles, as in the Van Allen belts. Compare magnetopause.
- maid of honor — an unmarried woman who is the chief attendant of a bride. Compare matron of honor.
- major element — any chemical found in great quantity in the rocks of the earth's crust. Compare minor element (def 1).
- major general — a military officer ranking next below a lieutenant general and next above a brigadier general.
- major penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player for five minutes from play, no substitute for the player being permitted.