13-letter words containing s, p, e, c, m
- imperialistic — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- impertinences — Plural form of impertinence.
- impreciseness — The quality of being imprecise, or of lacking precision.
- imputrescible — not liable to decomposition or putrefaction; incorruptible: a tanning process to make skins imputrescible.
- incompatibles — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incompossible — incompatible; mutually exclusive
- jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
- kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
- line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- macroparasite — (biology) Any parasite that is visible to the naked eye.
- magnetooptics — the branch of physics that deals with magnetooptic phenomena.
- maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
- make-up class — a course of teaching in the application of make-up
- masking piece — a flat, curtain, or other piece of scenery for concealing a part of a stage from the audience.
- mass spectrum — a spectrum of charged particles, arranged in order of mass or mass-to-charge ratios.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- measuring cup — a graduated cup used especially in cooking for measuring ingredients.
- meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
- medicine shop — (in Malaysia) a Chinese chemist's shop where traditional herbs are sold as well as modern drugs. It is not, however, a dispensary for prescribed medicines
- megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
- merchant ship — law: commercial vessel
- mesaticephaly — the state or condition of being mesaticephalic or mesocephalic
- mesencephalic — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- mesencephalon — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- mesi protocol — (processor) Modified, Exclusive, Shared, Invalid. A cache coherency protocol where each cache line is marked with one of the four states. The MESI protocol is used by the Pentium processor.
- mesocephalism — mesocephaly
- mesocephalous — Alternative form of mesocephalic.
- metallic soap — any usually water-insoluble salt formed by the interaction of a fatty acid and a metal, especially lead or aluminum: used chiefly as a drier in paints and varnishes and for waterproofing textiles.
- metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicist — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicize — to think, write, etc, metaphysically
- metoposcopist — someone who practises metoposcopy
- microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- microfloppies — 3.5-inch floppies, as opposed to 5.25-inch vanilla or mini-floppies and the now-obsolete 8-inch variety. This term may be headed for obsolescence as 5.25-inchers pass out of use, only to be revived if anybody floats a sub-3-inch floppy standard. See stiffy, minifloppies.
- microparasite — a parasitic microorganism.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- micropipettes — Plural form of micropipette.
- microprocesor — (spelling) It's spelled microprocessor.
- milk saucepan — a type of small saucepan often used for heating milk
- milos process — The MILOS process is a process that uses an additional riser in the FCC, which gives the refiner options to simultaneously maximize production of diesel and propylene.
- minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- misappreciate — to fail to appreciate fully or properly
- miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
- misconception — an erroneous conception; mistaken notion.
- mise en place — (in a restaurant kitchen) the preparation of equipment and food before service begins
- misperceiving — Present participle of misperceive.
- misperception — to understand or perceive incorrectly; misunderstand.
- mispronounced — Said wrongly.