13-letter words containing o, n, s, m, e
- informercials — Plural form of informercial.
- inhomogeneous — lack of homogeneity.
- inner mission — a movement, originating in the early 19th century within the evangelical churches of Germany and later spreading through Europe and America, that ministered chiefly to the material and spiritual needs of the poor and of social outcasts.
- intermissions — Plural form of intermission.
- intermodalism — pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving more than one form of carrier, as truck and rail, or truck, ship, and rail.
- ironmongeries — a hardware store or business.
- isomerization — (chemistry) the conversion of a compound into a different isomeric form.
- james gosling — (person) The software engineer who wrote GOSMACS, and served as Sun Microsystems, Inc. project leader for both NeWS, and Java. He is currently (1997) a Vice President and "Distinguished Engineer" at Sun.
- james madison — Dolly or Dolley [dol-ee] /ˈdɒl i/ (Show IPA), (Dorothea Payne) 1768–1849, wife of James Madison.
- jamon serrano — a variety of Spanish cured ham
- jejunostomies — Plural form of jejunostomy.
- jumping mouse — any of several primitive, mouselike rodents of the family Zapodidae, having long hind legs, common in the woodlands of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- just a moment — an expression requesting the hearer to wait or pause for a brief period of time
- kathenotheism — Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
- kerosene lamp — light fuelled by paraffin
- kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
- krishna menon — Vengalil Krishnan [ven-gah-leel krish-nuh n] /vɛnˈgɑ lil ˈkrɪʃ nən/ (Show IPA), 1897–1974, Indian politician and statesman.
- lamb's tongue — a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.
- lambeosaurine — Any crested hadrosaurid dinosaur of the subfamily Lambeosaurinae.
- lamellaphones — Plural form of lamellaphone.
- laminectomies — Plural form of laminectomy.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- leishmaniosis — Alt form leishmaniasis.
- leptomeninges — The inner two meninges, the arachnoid and the pia mater, between which circulates the cerebrospinal fluid.
- liberationism — the principles of liberationists
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
- lightsomeness — (archaic) The quality of being lightsome.
- lithesomeness — the quality of being flexible and supple
- loathsomeness — The property or nature that gives rise to revulsion, that inspires loathing.
- lowerclassman — underclassman.
- lowerclassmen — underclassman.
- macro-segment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- magnesiferous — (geology) Containing magnesium.
- magnet school — a public school with special programs and instruction that are not available elsewhere in a school district and that are specially designed to draw students from throughout a district, especially to aid in desegregation.
- magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
- magnetisation — Alternative spelling of magnetization.
- magnetographs — Plural form of magnetograph.
- magnetometers — Plural form of magnetometer.
- magnetooptics — the branch of physics that deals with magnetooptic phenomena.
- magnetosheath — the region between the magnetopause of the earth or of some other planet and the shock front caused by the solar wind.
- 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.
- magnetostatic — Of or pertaining to magnetostatics.
- magnoliaceous — belonging to the plant family Magnoliaceae.
- make no bones — If you make no bones about something, you talk openly about it, rather than trying to keep it a secret.
- make position — the situation in which a short vowel may be regarded as long, that is, when it occurs before two or more consonants
- maladroitness — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- maliciousness — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- managed bonds — investment in a combination of fixed interest securities, equities, gilts, and property, in which an investment manager, acting on a client's behalf, varies the amount invested in each according to the returns expected
- mandatoriness — The quality or state of being mandatory.
- manganiferous — containing manganese.