13-letter words containing s, m, a, l, t
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- credentialism — a tendency to value formal qualifications, esp at the expense of competence and experience
- criminalities — Plural form of criminality.
- critical mass — In physics, the critical mass of a substance is the minimum amount of it that is needed for a nuclear chain reaction.
- custom-tailor — to modify to fit a specific use or need; tailor-make.
- dalton system — a method of progressive education whereby students contract to carry through on their own responsibility the year's work as divided up into monthly assignments.
- dame's violet — a Eurasian hairy perennial plant, Hesperis matronalis, cultivated in gardens for its mauve or white fragrant flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- delimitations — Plural form of delimitation.
- dematerialise — Alternative spelling of dematerialize.
- demilitarizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demilitarize.
- dermatologies — Plural form of dermatology.
- dermatologist — A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in the study of skin and the treatment of skin diseases.
- dermatoplasty — any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
- desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
- dilettanteism — The condition of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature.
- dirty realism — a style of writing, originating in the US in the 1980s, which depicts in great detail the seamier or more mundane aspects of ordinary life
- disassimilate — to break down (a complex molecule or substance) into simple ones through catabolism
- disentailment — The action of freeing property from entail.
- disilluminate — to darken
- dismantlement — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
- displacements — Plural form of displacement.
- dissimilarity — unlikeness; difference.
- dissimilating — Present participle of dissimilate.
- dissimilation — the act of making or becoming unlike.
- dissimilative — to modify by dissimilation.
- dissimilatory — to modify by dissimilation.
- dissimulating — Present participle of dissimulate.
- dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- doomsday cult — A doomsday cult is a religious cult whose members believe that the world is about to end.
- drilling mast — A drilling mast is a structure over an oil well which supports the drilling equipment and allows it to be lifted into and out of the wellbore.
- ease the helm — to relieve the pressure on the rudder of a vessel, esp by bringing the bow into the wind
- east malaysia — part of Malaysia, consisting of the states of Sabah and Sarawak, which occupy the N part of the island of Borneo
- ectocommensal — Biology. (of an organism) living in a commensal relationship on the exterior of another organism.
- elastic limit — the greatest stress that can be applied to a material without causing permanent deformation
- emotionalists — Plural form of emotionalist.
- emotionalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emotionalize.
- emotionalness — The state or quality of being emotional.
- encomiastical — Alternative form of encomiastic.
- endotheliomas — Plural form of endothelioma.
- entanglements — Plural form of entanglement.
- epistemically — In a manner that pertains to knowledge.
- establishment — The action of establishing something or being established.
- estimableness — The quality of deserving esteem or regard.
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- familiarities — Plural form of familiarity.
- fast telegram — a type of domestic telegram sent at full rate with a minimum charge for 10 words or less and accepted for immediate delivery.
- feudal system — the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal.
- film festival — a festival devoted to film