14-letter words containing a, s, m, n
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
- microsporangia — Plural form of microsporangium.
- microsporidian — Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, that are very small fungi.
- middle eastern — Also called Mideast. (loosely) the area from Libya E to Afghanistan, usually including Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the other countries of the Arabian peninsula.
- middle persian — the Persian language at a stage that begins c300 b.c. and includes Pahlavi (attested from the 3rd to the 7th centuries a.d.) as well as the West Iranian literatures (3rd–10th centuries a.d.) of religions carried outside Persia. Abbreviation: MPers.
- midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
- midway islands — an atoll in the central Pacific, about 2100 km (1300 miles) northwest of Honolulu: annexed by the US in 1867: scene of a decisive battle (June, 1942), in which the US combined fleets destroyed Japan's carrier fleet. Pop: 40 (2013 est). Area: 5 sq km (2 sq miles)
- mie scattering — the scattering of light by particles that are large relative to the wavelength of the light.
- militarisation — The process by which something such as an area of land or a function of government becomes dependent on or subordinate to the military, or military in its attributes or practices.
- millenarianism — a belief in the millennium.
- millennialists — Plural form of millennialist.
- mills-and-boon — of or relating to novels by the British publisher Mills and Boon, esp in being romantic or sexual in nature
- miner's anemia — hookworm (def 2).
- mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land
- mineral spring — a spring of water that contains a significant amount of dissolved minerals.
- mineralisation — Alternative spelling of mineralization.
- minicoy island — a small island in the S Laccadive Islands, off the SW coast of India. 1.25 sq. mi. (3.24 sq. km).
- ministerialist — A supporter of the ministers, or the party in power.
- minor seminary — a Roman Catholic preparatory school where persons planning to enter the priesthood follow a course of secondary education.
- minus quantity — a quantity less than zero
- miraculousness — performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency: a miraculous cure.
- mis-assessment — the act of assessing; appraisal; evaluation.
- mis-coordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- mis-estimation — to estimate wrongly or inadequately.
- misacceptation — misinterpretation
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misadvisedness — the state of being ill-advised or misguided
- misallocations — Plural form of misallocation.
- misanthropical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- misanthropists — Plural form of misanthropist.
- misapplication — to make a wrong application or use of.
- misapprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of misapprehend.
- misarrangement — incorrect or poor arrangement
- misattribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
- miscalculating — Present participle of miscalculate.
- miscalculation — An act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgment.
- miscellanarian — a person who writes miscellanies
- misclassifying — Present participle of misclassify.
- miscommunicate — (ambitransitive) To communicate incorrectly.
- miscomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- miscorrelation — mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc.: Studies find a positive correlation between severity of illness and nutritional status of the patients. Synonyms: similarity, correspondence, matching; parallelism, equivalence; interdependence, interrelationship, interconnection.
- misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- misinformation — to give false or misleading information to.
- misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
- mismanagements — Plural form of mismanagement.
- mismeasurement — an inaccurate or incorrect measurement
- misorientation — a bad or incorrect orientation
- misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- mispunctuation — incorrect punctuation