13-letter words containing t, o, r, e, a, s
- lonely-hearts — of or for people seeking counseling or companionship to bring love or romance into their lives: a lonely-hearts column in the newspaper.
- lose track of — to fail to follow the passage, course, or progress of
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- loss adjuster — A loss adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money should be paid to a person making a claim.
- louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- lower austria — a province in NE Austria. 7092 sq. mi. (18,370 sq. km).
- macro-segment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- macroclimates — Plural form of macroclimate.
- macroparasite — (biology) Any parasite that is visible to the naked eye.
- magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
- magnetographs — Plural form of magnetograph.
- magnetometers — Plural form of magnetometer.
- magnetosphere — the outer region of the earth's ionosphere, where the earth's magnetic field controls the motion of charged particles, as in the Van Allen belts. Compare magnetopause.
- make sport of — to mock or ridicule; poke fun at
- maladroitness — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- maltese cross — a cross having four equal arms that expand in width outward.
- mandatoriness — The quality or state of being mandatory.
- manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
- margaret rose — 1930–2002, English princess (daughter of George VI; sister of Elizabeth II).
- market forces — factors driving the economy
- marketisation — Alternative spelling of marketization.
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
- marx brothers — the. a US family of film comedians, esp Arthur Marx, known as Harpo (1888–1964), Herbert Marx, known as Zeppo (1901–79), Julius Marx, known as Groucho (1890–1977), and Leonard Marx, known as Chico (1886–1961). Their films include Animal Crackers (1930), Monkey Business (1931), Horsefeathers (1932), Duck Soup (1933), and A Day at the Races (1937)
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- master-stroke — a masterly action or achievement; an extremely skillful or effective action: War was avoided by a masterstroke of diplomacy.
- masterstrokes — Plural form of masterstroke.
- masticatories — Plural form of masticatory.
- matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
- measure up to — to fulfil (expectations, standards, etc)
- meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
- megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- melodramatist — A writer of melodramas.
- memorabiliast — a person who collects mementos or souvenirs, as postcards or playbills.
- mercerisation — A process of treating cotton with sodium hydroxide in order to make it more lustrous.
- meritocracies — Plural form of meritocracy.
- mesmerization — to hypnotize.
- 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.
- metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
- metamorphosed — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- metamorphoses — a series of mythological tales or legends in verse (a.d. 7–8) by Ovid.
- metamorphosis — Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Compare complete metamorphosis.
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- microcassette — a very small audio tape cassette smaller than a minicassette, for use with a pocket-size tape recorder.
- microclimates — Plural form of microclimate.
- microparasite — a parasitic microorganism.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- miscategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- miscoordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.