13-letter words containing s, e, i, m, c
- monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.
- mononucleosis — the presence of an abnormally large number of mononuclear leukocytes, or monocytes, in the blood.
- monosymmetric — zygomorphic.
- monte cassino — a monastery at Cassino, Italy: founded a.d. c530 by St. Benedict and destroyed by Allied bombings in 1944.
- monte cenisio — a pass over the Graian Alps in SE France, between Lanslebourg (France) and Susa (Italy): nearby tunnel, opened in 1871. Highest point: 2082 m (6831 ft)
- montefiascone — a town in central Italy: wine-growing area.
- mooring screw — a broad, augerlike anchor used for securing buoys in soft-bottomed lakes, rivers, etc.
- morphometrics — a technique of taxonomic analysis using measurements of the form of organisms
- morris dancer — A morris dancer is a person who takes part in morris dancing.
- mortise block — a block having a shell cut from a single piece of wood.
- motorbicycles — Plural form of motorbicycle.
- movie actress — a female who acts in films or movies
- multi-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- multipresence — the quality or state of being multipresent
- multisectoral — Involving multiple sectors.
- multispectral — (of an airborne camera or scanner) capable of sensing and recording radiation from invisible as well as visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- multisystemic — Of, pertaining to or affecting more than one system or organ of the body.
- multitheistic — Of or relating to multitheism.
- muscle tissue — cell tissue that muscles are made of
- music theatre — a modern musical-dramatic work that is performed on a smaller scale than, and without the conventions of, traditional opera
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- myrmecophiles — Plural form of myrmecophile.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- nephrectomies — Plural form of nephrectomy.
- 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 criticism — (often initial capital letters) an approach to the critical study of literature that concentrates on textual explication and rejects historical and biographical study as irrelevant to an understanding of the total formal organization of a work.
- new economics — Keynesianism.
- nice-nellyism — excessive modesty; prudishness.
- nominal scale — a discrete classification of data, in which data are neither measured nor ordered but subjects are merely allocated to distinct categories: for example, a record of students' course choices constitutes nominal data which could be correlated with school results
- non-composite — Nautical. noting a vessel having frames of one material and shells and decking of another, especially one having iron or steel frames with shells and decks planked.
- non-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- nonsystematic — Not systematic.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- nutrigenomics — the study of how individual genetic makeup interacts with diet, especially the effects of this interaction on a person's health.
- occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
- olympic games — international sports event
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- orchiectomies — Plural form of orchiectomy.
- oscillometric — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.
- ovariectomies — Plural form of ovariectomy.
- paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
- pentatonicism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
- perspectivism — the doctrine that reality is known only in terms of the perspectives of it seen by individuals or groups at particular moments.
- pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
- physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude