13-letter words containing s, e, m, a, i
- mammoplasties — Plural form of mammoplasty.
- manage a risk — If you manage a risk, you analyze how much you are in danger from a particular risk or hazard, and decide how to best deal with it.
- managerialism — Belief in or reliance on the use of professional managers in administering or planning an activity.
- mandatoriness — The quality or state of being mandatory.
- manganiferous — containing manganese.
- manicure case — a case for holding small tools designed to care for the fingernails
- manifestation — an act of manifesting.
- manifestative — manifesting; showing clearly or conclusively.
- manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- mansion house — the residence of the Lord Mayor of London
- manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
- maple heights — a city in NE Ohio.
- marchionesses — Plural form of marchioness.
- mare frigoris — (Sea of Cold) a dark plain in the northern hemisphere, in the first and second quadrants of the face of the moon: about 55 miles (90 km) wide at its narrowest width and 750 miles (1200 km) long: about 67,000 sq. mi. (174,000 sq. km).
- mare nectaris — (Sea of Nectar) a dark plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 26,000 sq. mi. (67,000 sq. km).
- marginal seat — a seat in which elections tend to be won by small margins
- maria theresa — 1717–80, archduchess of Austria; queen of Hungary and Bohemia 1740–80 (wife of Francis II; mother of Joseph II, Leopold II, Marie Antoinette).
- maritime alps — a range of the W Alps in SE France and NW Italy. Highest peak: Argentera, 3297 m (10 817 ft)
- marketisation — Alternative spelling of marketization.
- marlinespikes — Plural form of marlinespike.
- marriage vows — promises made as part of wedding ceremony
- marsh harrier — a European harrier, Circus aeruginosus, that frequents marshy regions
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
- masculineness — The state or condition of being masculine.
- masculinities — Plural form of masculinity.
- masking frame — easel (def 2).
- masking piece — a flat, curtain, or other piece of scenery for concealing a part of a stage from the audience.
- mass catering — the trade of supplying food and drink to large numbers of customers at the same time
- mass hysteria — a condition affecting a group of persons, characterized by excitement or anxiety, irrational behavior or beliefs, or inexplicable symptoms of illness.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- master switch — a switch that can be used to turn on or off the supply of electricity to a building or to certain equipment
- masterminding — to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully: Two colonels had masterminded the revolt.
- mastersingers — Plural form of mastersinger.
- masticatories — Plural form of masticatory.
- mastoidectomy — the removal of part of a mastoid process, usually for draining an infection.
- match fitness — the condition of being match-fit
- materfamilias — the mother of a family.
- materialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- maternalistic — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- mathematicism — the belief that everything can be explained in mathematical terms
- mating season — the period during each year when a particular bird, animal, or fish mates
- matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
- matt emulsion — a water-based paint which is not shiny when it dries
- matthew paris — Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- mean business — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- mean distance — the arithmetic mean of the greatest and least distances of a planet from the sun, used in stating the size of an orbit; the semimajor axis.
- mean-spirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- meaninglessly — In a meaningless manner; nonsensically.
- measurability — capable of being measured.