13-letter words containing r, i, e, m
- aluminothermy — a process for reducing metallic oxides using finely divided aluminium powder. The mixture of aluminium and the oxide is ignited, causing the aluminium to be oxidized and the metal oxide to be reduced to the metal
- amateur night — an entertainment featuring amateur performers, often in competition for prizes.
- ambidexterity — ambidextrous ease, skill, or facility.
- ambidexterous — ambidextrous
- ambroise pare — Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- america's cup — an international yachting trophy, first won by the schooner America in 1851 and held as a challenge trophy by the New York Yacht Club until 1983
- american aloe — century plant
- american bond — a brickwork bond having a course of headers between five or six courses of stretchers.
- american curl — a breed of slender cat with curled-back ears and a plumed tail
- american fork — a town in central Utah.
- american plan — a hotel rate in which the charge includes meals
- american wake — an all-night farewell party for a person about to emigrate to America
- amicus curiae — a person not directly engaged in a case who advises the court
- aminotriazole — a white, crystalline, soluble powder, NHNC(NH2)NCH, used for killing weeds or other undesired vegetation: a carcinogen
- amitriptyline — a tricyclic antidepressant drug. Formula: C20H23N
- amitryptyline — a drug with several uses, most commonly prescribed to treat depression
- ammonia water — ammonia (def 2).
- amor asteroid — one of a small group of asteroids whose orbits approach but do not cross that of the earth: named after the first such asteroid discovered (1932).
- amphiprostyle — (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends but not at the sides
- amphitheaters — Plural form of amphitheater.
- amphitheatral — relating to an amphitheatre, taking place in an amphitheatre
- amphitheatres — Plural form of amphitheatre.
- amphitheatric — Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling an amphitheatre.
- amphitrichate — having a single flagellum at each end.
- amphotericins — Plural form of amphotericin.
- anagrammatise — To produce an anagram of (a piece of text).
- anagrammatize — to arrange into an anagram
- anathematizer — One who anathematizes; a severe critic.
- ancien regime — The ancien regime was the political and social system in France before the revolution of 1789.
- andrei markov — (person) 1856-1922. The Russian mathematician, after who Markov chains were named.
- androcentrism — centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests: an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.
- androdioecism — the state of being androdioecious
- angela merici — Saint, 1474–1540, Italian ecclesiastic, founder of the Ursuline order.
- angiokeratoma — a skin disease characterized by clusters of dilated blood vessels and by thickened skin, forming warty growths, especially on the scrotum, fingers, and toes.
- angiospermous — of or relating to an angiosperm; having enclosed seeds.
- animadversion — criticism or censure
- animadverting — Present participle of animadvert.
- animal warden — dogcatcher.
- anise camphor — anethole.
- anisometropia — an imbalance in the power of the two eyes to refract light
- anisometropic — relating to anisometropia
- ante meridiem — before noon
- ante-christum — before Christ. Abbreviation: A.C.
- ante-meridian — occurring before noon.
- anti-american — opposed to anything of or relating to the United States of America
- antiempirical — Going against what is empirically true.
- antimarketeer — a person who was opposed to the United Kingdom joining the European Union
- antimodernism — modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
- antimodernist — opposed to modernism
- antireformers — Plural form of antireformer.