13-letter words containing em
- belief system — The belief system of a person or society is the set of beliefs that they have about what is right and wrong and what is true and false.
- beseemingness — a quality or state that is beseeming
- binary system — a system involving only two elements, as 0 and 1 or yes and no.
- biochemically — the science dealing with the chemistry of living matter.
- biosystematic — relating to biosystematics
- blasphemously — uttering, containing, or exhibiting blasphemy; irreverent; profane.
- bubble memory — a method of storing high volumes of data by the use of minute pockets of magnetism (bubbles) in a semiconducting material. The bubbles may be caused to migrate past a read head or to a buffer area for storage
- buffer memory — a temporary holding area for data
- casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- cat distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
- categorematic — (of a word) able to stand alone as a term or subject
- caveat emptor — Caveat emptor means 'let the buyer beware', and is a warning to someone buying something that it is their responsibility to identify and accept any faults in it.
- cell membrane — a very thin membrane, composed of lipids and protein, that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell and controls the passage of substances into and out of the cell
- cement slurry — Cement slurry is a mixture of Portland cement, water, and additives.
- ceremonialism — A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
- chastisements — severe criticism; a rebuke or strong reprimand.
- cheesemongers — Plural form of cheesemonger.
- chemautotroph — an organism, such as a bacterium, that obtains its energy from inorganic reactions using simple compounds, such as ammonia or hydrogen sulphide
- chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
- chemical peel — a cosmetic treatment used to eliminate wrinkles, blemishes, etc., in which an acid is applied to the face, neck, or hands, causing a layer of skin to peel off.
- chemical pulp — wood pulp made from chemically treated and cooked wood fibers and used in the manufacture of better grades of paper.
- chemin de fer — a gambling game, a variation of baccarat
- chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
- chemistry set — equipment and chemicals that enable a child to do experiments
- chemoreceptor — a sensory receptor in a biological cell membrane to which an external molecule binds to generate a smell or taste sensation
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
- chemotaxonomy — the taxonomy of species of organisms based on biochemical characteristics
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- chrematistics — Study of wealth.
- chrysanthemum — A chrysanthemum is a large garden flower with many long, thin petals.
- cinema goers' — filmgoer.
- cinema verite — films characterized by subjects, actions, etc, that have the appearance of real life
- cinematheques — Plural form of cinematheque.
- cinematically — Chiefly British. motion picture.
- cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
- closed system — a region that is isolated from its surroundings by a boundary that admits no transfer of matter or energy across it.
- clown anemone — a widely distributed anemone fish, Amphiprion ocellaris, having broad bands of orange and white: popular in home aquariums.
- co-management — the practice of managing something jointly
- coleman stove — a portable kerosene camp stove
- colour scheme — In a room or house, the colour scheme is the way in which colours have been used to decorate it.
- commaundement — Obsolete spelling of commandment.
- commemorating — Present participle of commemorate.
- commemoration — the act or an instance of commemorating
- commemorative — A commemorative object or event is intended to make people remember a particular event or person.
- commemoratory — commemorative (def 1).
- commencements — Plural form of commencement.
- complementary — Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination.
- complementing — something that completes or makes perfect: A good wine is a complement to a good meal.