13-letter words containing s, c, a, m, i, l
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- domiciliaries — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
- ecumenicalism — the doctrines and practices of the ecumenical movement.
- elastic limit — the greatest stress that can be applied to a material without causing permanent deformation
- empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
- encomiastical — Alternative form of encomiastic.
- epistemically — In a manner that pertains to knowledge.
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- excimer laser — a type of gas laser that emits powerful pulses of ultraviolet radiation used in weapons, industrial, or medical research: this radiation is emitted as the short-lived excimers, dimeric molecules that can only exist when a component is energized into an excited state, return to their ground states
- fibromuscular — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to both fibrous and muscular tissue.
- force a smile — to make oneself smile
- formularistic — relating to formularization
- fractionalism — the state of being separate or inharmonious
- functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
- galactosaemia — Alternative spelling of galactosemia.
- galactosaemic — of, relating to, or affected by galactosaemia
- galactosamine — an amino sugar that is a major component of glycolipids and chondroitin.
- gastronomical — the art or science of good eating.
- glamis castle — a castle near Glamis in Angus, Scotland: ancestral seat of the Lyons family, forebears of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; famous for its legend of a secret chamber
- graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
- gymnastically — In a gymnastic manner.
- hemispherical — having the form of a hemisphere.
- hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
- histochemical — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- imagistically — (often initial capital letter) a theory or practice of a group of poets in England and America between 1909 and 1917 who believed that poetry should employ the language of common speech, create new rhythms, have complete freedom in subject matter, and present a clear, concentrated, and precise image.
- immarcescible — (rare) Permanent, enduring; that does not perish.
- impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
- imperialistic — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- inclusion map — a map of a set to itself in which each element of a given subset of the set is mapped to itself.
- incompatibles — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- informercials — Plural form of informercial.
- intermuscular — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- intramuscular — located or occurring within a muscle.
- islamic state — an Islamist terrorist organization, formed in the early 21st century, whose aim is to create a caliphate in the Middle East and N Africa
- islamofascism — an ideology promoted by some Islamists, the aims of which are to establish Islamic orthodoxy and to resist western secularism
- ismaticalness — the quality of following isms or fashionable doctrines
- isometrically — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- isosmotically — With the same osmotic pressure.
- kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
- laminectomies — Plural form of laminectomy.
- lapsus calami — a slip of the pen.
- lymphoblastic — (US, cytology, immunology) Of or pertaining to a lymphoblast.
- machiavellism — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- machine-steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
- macroclimates — Plural form of macroclimate.
- macroscopical — Macroscopic.
- magic realism — a style of painting and literature in which fantastic or imaginary and often unsettling images or events are depicted in a sharply detailed, realistic manner.
- magistratical — Of, pertaining to, or proceeding from, a magistrate; having the authority of a magistrate.
- magnetic lens — Physics. an electron lens using magnetic fields for focusing an electron beam.