13-letter words containing s, i, m, a, n
- maternalistic — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- mating season — the period during each year when a particular bird, animal, or fish mates
- matt emulsion — a water-based paint which is not shiny when it dries
- 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.
- measuring cup — a graduated cup used especially in cooking for measuring ingredients.
- measuring jug — a graduated jug used in cooking to measure ingredients
- measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
- measuringworm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
- mechanisation — Alternative spelling of mechanization.
- medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
- megalomaniacs — Plural form of megalomaniac.
- megasporangia — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
- melanogenesis — the production of melanin
- memorialising — Present participle of memorialise.
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- mental strain — a state of worry and tension caused by a situation
- mercenariness — The state or condition of being mercenary.
- mercer island — a city in W central Washington, on Mercer Island in Lake Washington, east of Seattle.
- mercerisation — A process of treating cotton with sodium hydroxide in order to make it more lustrous.
- merchandisers — Plural form of merchandiser.
- merchandising — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchant ship — law: commercial vessel
- mercurialness — Quality of being mercurial; mercuriality.
- mesencephalic — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- mesmerization — to hypnotize.
- messianically — the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
- meta-analysis — a research study that combines and analyzes statistics gathered from multiple independent studies
- metafunctions — Plural form of metafunction.
- metallic lens — an arrangement of louvres used to direct and focus electromagnetic or sound waves
- metamagnetism — (physics) Any of several effects in which a small change in an applied magnetic field causes a sharp change in magnetization.
- metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metasemantics — (linguistics) The part of metalanguage that deals with semantics.
- metastasising — Present participle of metastasise.
- metastasizing — Present participle of metastasize.
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- miami springs — a town in SE Florida, near Miami.
- michelin star — a mark of distinction awarded by the Michelin travel guides to a restaurant in recognition of the high quality of its cooking. A restaurant may receive one, two, or three stars, representing very good, exceptional, or exquisite cuisine, respectively
- microanalyses — Plural form of microanalysis.
- microanalysis — Chemistry. the analysis of very small samples of substances.
- microaneurysm — An extremely small aneurysm.
- microbalances — Plural form of microbalance.
- micrognuemacs — (text, tool) (mg) A Public Domain Emacs-style editor modified from MicroEmacs to be more compatible with GNU Emacs. mg is essentially free, it is not associated with the GNU project, and does not have the GNU copyright restrictions. It is a small, fast, portable editor for people who can't run real Emacs thing for one reason or another. It has few if any of the MicroEmacs features that were incompatible with GNU Emacs and adds missing features that seemed essential. MicroGnuEmacs is derived from, and aims to replace, v30 of MicroEmacs, the latest version from the original MicroEmacs author Dave Conroy. The chief contributors were Mike Meyer <[email protected]>, Mic Kaczmarczik <[email protected]>, Bob Larson, and Dave Brower <[email protected]>. mg version 1a of 1986-11-16 works with 4.2BSD, 4.3BSD, Ultrix-32, OS9/68k, VMS, Amiga, System V, Eunice. It is included in base OpenBSD. It should also support MS-DOS, PC-DOS and the Rainbow.
- micronisation — The process by which a material is reduced in size, often to micrometer proportions.
- microorganism — any organism too small to be viewed by the unaided eye, as bacteria, protozoa, and some fungi and algae.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- microtonalism — The use of microtones in music.