13-letter words containing t, a, c, i, e
- magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
- magnetic flux — the total magnetic induction crossing a surface, equal to the integral of the component of magnetic induction perpendicular to the surface over the surface: usually measured in webers or maxwells.
- magnetic head — head (def 33).
- magnetic lens — Physics. an electron lens using magnetic fields for focusing an electron beam.
- magnetic mine — an underwater mine set off by any disturbance of its magnetic field, as by the metal hull of a ship.
- magnetic pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
- magnetic star — a star having a strong magnetic field.
- magnetic tape — strip sensitive to electromagnets
- magnetic wire — a fine wire made from a magnetizable metal and used for wire recording.
- magnetic wood — wood containing fine particles of nickel-zinc ferrite which absorb microwave radio signals, used to line rooms where mobile phone use is undesirable
- magnetic-tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
- magnetometric — Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, 'magnetometric' instruments; 'magnetometric' measurements.
- magnetooptics — the branch of physics that deals with magnetooptic phenomena.
- magnetostatic — Of or pertaining to magnetostatics.
- magnificently — making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.: a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.
- maiden castle — an ancient fortification in Dorsetshire, England, first erected c250 b.c. over the remains of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements of c2000–c1500 b.c.
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
- 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).
- masculinities — Plural form of masculinity.
- mass catering — the trade of supplying food and drink to large numbers of customers at the same time
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- mathematician — an expert or specialist in mathematics.
- mathematicism — the belief that everything can be explained in mathematical terms
- 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.
- mechanisation — Alternative spelling of mechanization.
- mechanization — to make mechanical.
- medical audit — a review of the professional standards of doctors, usually within a hospital, conducted by a medical committee
- medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
- medium octavo — a size of book, about 6 × 9½ inches (15 × 24 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: medium 8vo.
- meeting place — A meeting place is a place where people meet.
- megaloblastic — an abnormally large, immature, and dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood of persons with pernicious anemia or certain other disorders.
- mellification — the production of honey from nectar
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- mercerisation — A process of treating cotton with sodium hydroxide in order to make it more lustrous.
- mercerization — to treat (cotton yarns or fabric) with caustic alkali under tension, in order to increase strength, luster, and affinity for dye.
- merchant ship — law: commercial vessel
- meritocracies — Plural form of meritocracy.
- mesaticephaly — the state or condition of being mesaticephalic or mesocephalic
- message stick — a stick bearing carved symbols, carried by a native Australian as identification
- metabolically — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- metacercariae — the encysted larva of a trematode, usually found in or on an aquatic intermediate host.
- metacercarial — relating to, involving, or caused by a metacercaria or metacercariae
- metachromasia — A characteristic change in the colour of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain aniline dyes when they bind to particular substances present in these tissues, called chromotropes.