13-letter words containing s, e, m, l
- basement flat — a flat below the ground floor of a building
- basic plumage — the plumage assumed by an adult bird at its complete, usually annual, molt.
- beaked salmon — sandfish (def 2).
- beaked-salmon — sandfish (def 2).
- beam splitter — a system that divides a beam of light, electrons, etc, into two or more paths
- belief system — The belief system of a person or society is the set of beliefs that they have about what is right and wrong and what is true and false.
- berkeleianism — the philosophical system of George Berkeley, holding that objects exist only when perceived, that God's perception sustains the universe, and that there is no independent substratum or substance in which these perceptions inhere
- bessel method — a method of ascertaining position by the use of a map showing prominent features of the terrain and enabling one to sight through them to obtain a fix.
- bestsellerdom — the state or accomplishment of being a bestseller
- biased sample — a statistical sample in which the items selected share some property which influences their distribution
- bimetallistic — relating to bimetallism
- black measles — a severe form of measles characterized by dark eruptions caused by bleeding under the skin
- black skimmer — a black and white New World skimmer, Rynchops nigra, having a bill with a reddish-orange base.
- blameableness — the quality of being blameable
- blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
- blandishments — Blandishments are pleasant things that someone says to another person in order to persuade them to do something.
- blasphemously — uttering, containing, or exhibiting blasphemy; irreverent; profane.
- blepharospasm — spasm of the muscle of the eyelids, causing the eyes to shut tightly, either as a response to painful stimuli or occurring as a form of dystonia
- brewer's mole — hairy-tailed mole.
- bromo-seltzer — a compound containing a bromide, sodium bicarbonate, etc., used for relief from headaches and upset stomachs, and as a sedative
- bumblebeefish — any of several gobies of the genus Brachygobius, inhabiting waters of the Malay Archipelago and having brown and yellow bands on the body that resemble the markings of a bumblebee.
- burmese glass — an American art glass of the late 19th century, ranging from greenish-yellow to pink.
- burnham scale — the salary scale for teachers in English state schools, which is revised periodically
- butter muslin — a fine loosely woven cotton material originally used for wrapping butter
- caesium clock — a type of atomic clock that uses the frequency of radiation absorbed in changing the spin of electrons in caesium atoms
- call sb names — If someone calls you names, they insult you by saying unpleasant things to you or about you.
- campus police — police officers, security guards or students employed by a college or university to patrol the campus and to protect students, staff, and visitors
- capellmeister — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp in an 18th-century princely household
- cashew family — the plant family Anacardiaceae, typified by trees, shrubs, or vines having resinous and sometimes poisonous juice, alternate leaves, small flowers, and a nut or fleshy fruit, and including the cashew, mango, pistachio, poison ivy, and sumac.
- cellulose-gum — a white, water-soluble polymer derived from cellulose, used as a coating and sizing for paper and textiles, a stabilizer for various foods, and an appetite suppressor.
- cement slurry — Cement slurry is a mixture of Portland cement, water, and additives.
- centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
- ceremonialism — A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
- cerium metals — the metals lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, and samarium, forming a sub-group of the lanthanides
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
- checkerblooms — Plural form of checkerbloom.
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
- chestnut clam — Astarte (def 2).
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- cholesteatoma — A destructive and expanding keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process.
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- circumlocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumlocute.
- circumspectly — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- circumstellar — surrounding, or revolving around, a star
- claims farmer — a middleman who encourages people to make compensation claims and who then sells these claims on to a lawyer
- clamorousness — The state or quality of being clamorous.
- class meaning — the meaning of a grammatical category or a form class, common to all forms showing the category or to all members of the form class, as in the meaning of number common to all Latin nouns or the meaning of singular common to all Latin singular noun and verb forms.