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13-letter words containing n, a, m, t

  • battering-ram — an ancient military device with a heavy horizontal ram for battering down walls, gates, etc.
  • beleaguerment — a blockade or siege
  • benefit match — a sports match organized to raise money for charity, or for a particular player
  • benjamin west — Benjamin, 1738–1820, U.S. painter, in England after 1763.
  • bergamot mint — an aromatic herb, Mentha piperita citrata, having a lemonlike odor when crushed.
  • betamethasone — a synthetic analogue of a glucocorticoid, C 22 H 29 FO 5 , used in various forms in the treatment of inflammation, allergies, and tumors, and for replacement therapy in adrenal insufficiency.
  • bharat natyam — a form of Indian classical ballet
  • binary system — a system involving only two elements, as 0 and 1 or yes and no.
  • bipartisanism — the quality of being bipartisan
  • bitonal image — (graphics)   An image consisting only of a foreground colour and a background colour. Compare monochrome.
  • bitter almond — a variety of almond whose bitter seeds yield hydrocyanic acid upon hydrolysis
  • blacksmithing — the work of a blacksmith.
  • blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
  • blandishments — Blandishments are pleasant things that someone says to another person in order to persuade them to do something.
  • board meeting — a meeting of the board of a company or other organization
  • bohr magneton — a unit that is used to indicate the magnetic moment of the electron structure in an atom, equal to 9.27 × 10 −21 erg/gauss.
  • boom-and-bust — characteristic of a period of economic prosperity followed by a depression.
  • boston matrix — a two-dimensional matrix, used in planning the business strategy of a large organization, that identifies those business units in the organization that generate cash and those that use it
  • bowling match — a game of bowls
  • bowman's root — an eastern U.S. plant, Gillenia trifoliata, of the rose family, having terminal clusters of white flowers.
  • brahminy kite — a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.
  • brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
  • brazing metal — a nonferrous metal, as copper, zinc, or nickel, or an alloy, as hard solder, used for brazing together pieces of metal.
  • brown mustard — black mustard. See under mustard (def 2).
  • bums on seats — If the organizers of an event such as a concert want to put bums on seats, they want a lot of people to attend it.
  • bus mastering — bus master
  • cabinet maker — A cabinet maker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
  • cabinet-maker — a person who makes fine furniture and other woodwork.
  • cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
  • cabinetmaking — the manufacture of fine furniture and other woodwork.
  • calamity jane — real name Martha Canary. ?1852–1903, US frontierswoman, noted for her skill at shooting and riding
  • callithumpian — relating to or resembling a callithump
  • camp-drafting — a competitive test, esp at an agricultural show, of horsemen's skill in drafting cattle
  • campanologist — the principles or art of making bells, bell ringing, etc.
  • camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
  • camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
  • canton enamel — Chinese enamelware similar to Limoges.
  • cantus firmus — an existing melody used as the basis for a new polyphonic composition
  • carcinomatous — a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
  • carpenterworm — the larva of the carpenterworm moth.
  • carpetmuncher — Alternative form of carpet muncher.
  • casement door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
  • cat and mouse — Also called cat and rat. a children's game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player.
  • cat-and-mouse — denoting a fight or contest in which participants attempt to confuse or deceive each other in a cruel or teasing way, esp before a final act of cruelty or unkindness
  • catecholamine — any of a group of hormones that are catechol derivatives, esp adrenaline and noradrenaline
  • catechumenate — Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
  • caution money — a sum of money deposited as security for good conduct, against possible debts, etc
  • centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
  • ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
  • cetane number — a measure of the quality of a diesel fuel expressed as the percentage of cetane in a mixture of cetane and 1-methylnapthalene of the same quality as the given fuel
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