13-letter words containing s, e, a, m, n
- monosaturated — (organic chemistry, of a glyceride) Having one saturated fatty acid.
- monosyllables — Plural form of monosyllable.
- monotherapies — Plural form of monotherapy.
- monotrematous — of or relating to a monotreme.
- mons serratus — a mountain in NE Spain, northwest of Barcelona: famous Benedictine monastery. Height: 1235 m (4054 ft)
- monstre sacré — a venerable or popular public figure who is considered above criticism or attack despite eccentricity, controversy, etc.
- monte cassino — a monastery at Cassino, Italy: founded a.d. c530 by St. Benedict and destroyed by Allied bombings in 1944.
- montefiascone — a town in central Italy: wine-growing area.
- montes claros — a city in E Brazil.
- monumentalise — Alt form monumentalize.
- monumentalism — resembling a monument; massive or imposing.
- more hands on — characterized by or involved in active personal participation in an activity; individual and direct: a workshop to give children hands-on experience with computers.
- morris dancer — A morris dancer is a person who takes part in morris dancing.
- morse signals — signals encoded using the Morse Code
- most mainline — a fashionable residential district west of Philadelphia.
- mount stanley — a mountain in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo: the highest peak of the Ruwenzori range. Height: 5109 m (16 763 ft)
- mountainsides — Plural form of mountainside.
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- mucocutaneous — Of or pertaining to the mucous membranes and the skin.
- mulligan stew — a stew made of odd bits of meat and vegetables, esp. as prepared by hobos
- multistranded — having several strands
- munsell scale — a standard chromaticity scale used in specifying colour. It gives approximately equal changes in visual hue
- myelin sheath — a wrapping of myelin around certain nerve axons, serving as an electrical insulator that speeds nerve impulses to muscles and other effectors.
- myelinisation — Alt form myelinization.
- naive realism — the theory that the world is perceived exactly as it is.
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- nanocomposite — Denoting a composite material that has a grain size measured in nanometers.
- nanomaterials — Plural form of nanomaterial.
- neo-darwinism — the theory of evolution as expounded by later students of Charles Darwin, especially Weismann, holding that natural selection accounts for evolution and denying the inheritance of acquired characters.
- neo-platonism — a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance
- neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
- neoclassicism — (often initial capital letter) Architecture. the trend or movement prevailing in the architecture of Europe, America, and various European colonies at various periods during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, characterized by the introduction and widespread use of Greek orders and decorative motifs, the subordination of detail to simple, strongly geometric overall compositions, the presence of light colors or shades, frequent shallowness of relief in ornamental treatment of façades, and the absence of textural effects.
- neoliberalism — an outgrowth of the U.S. liberal movement, beginning in the late 1960s, that modified somewhat its traditional endorsement of all trade unions and opposition to big business and military buildup.
- neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- neosurrealism — a revival of the 20th-century surrealism movement in art, especially painting and sculpture, depicting the imagery of dreams and the subconscious mind.
- nervomuscular — (physiology) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles.
- neuraminidase — An enzyme, present in many pathogenic or symbiotic microorganisms, that catalyzes the breakdown of glycosides containing neuraminic acid.
- neurilemmomas — Plural form of neurilemmoma.
- neuroblastoma — a malignant tumor of immature nerve cells that usually starts in the autonomic nervous system or adrenal gland and spreads quickly, most often affecting young children.
- neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
- neuromuscular — pertaining to or affecting both nerves and muscles.
- new age music — a type of gentle melodic popular music originating in the US in the late 1980s, which takes in elements of jazz, folk, and classical music and is played largely on synthesizers and acoustic instruments
- new amsterdam — a Dutch colony in North America (1613–64), comprising the area along the Hudson River and the lower Delaware River. By 1669 all of the land comprising this colony was taken over by England. Capital: New Amsterdam.
- new hampshire — a state in the NE United States. 9304 sq. mi. (24,100 sq. km). Capital: Concord. Abbreviation: NH (for use with zip code), N.H.
- new jerusalem — heaven regarded as the prototype of the earthly Jerusalem; the heavenly city
- new testament — the collection of the books of the Bible that were produced by the early Christian church, comprising the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and the Revelation of St. John the Divine.
- news magazine — periodical about current affairs
- night jasmine — Also called hursinghar, sad tree, tree of sadness. a jasminelike, Indian shrub or small tree, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, of the verbena family, having fragrant, white and orange flowers that bloom at night.
- noise masking — the use of noise to cancel out another sound, as with a white noise machine.
- nomenclatures — Plural form of nomenclature.