14-letter words containing d, c, m, s
- misconstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstruct.
- misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
- misdescription — an incorrect or misleading description
- mistranscribed — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- monocotyledons — Plural form of monocotyledon.
- monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
- monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
- morris dancing — Morris dancing is a type of old English country dancing which is performed by people wearing special costumes.
- mosaic disease — a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- mucoviscidosis — cystic fibrosis.
- muscle spindle — Cell Biology. a proprioceptor in skeletal muscle, composed of striated muscle fibers and sensory nerve endings in a connective tissue sheath, that conveys information via the spinal nerves on the state of muscle stretch, important in the reflex mechanism that maintains body posture.
- mushroom cloud — mushroom (def 4).
- music director — The music director of an orchestra or other group of musicians is the person who decides what they will play and where, and usually conducts them as well.
- musical comedy — musical (def 5).
- non-customized — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- old-man cactus — a Mexican cactus, Cephalocereus senilis, having a columnar body from 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12 meters) high with thatchlike, long, white hairs on the top, and red flowers with white centers.
- osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
- period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- precision-made — made to precise specifications
- pseudo-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- psychodynamics — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
- quasi-academic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
- reach-me-downs — trousers
- residence time — Also called residence. Chemistry. the length of time a substance remains in the adsorbed, suspended, or dissolved state.
- sacred monster — a celebrity whose eccentricities or indiscretions are easily forgiven by admirers.
- sado-masochism — Sado-masochism is the enjoyment of hurting people and being hurt.
- scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
- scapular medal — a medal that has been blessed and may be substituted for a scapular (sense 3)
- schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
- schmidt system — a wide-angle optical system having a concave, spherical mirror whose aberration is neutralized by a correcting lens: often used in special, photographic reflecting telescopes to obtain clear pictures of large areas of the celestial sphere
- school of mind — (in Chinese philosophy) a Neo-Confucian school asserting the original unity of all things, to be grasped through the perfect attainment of jen.
- scrambled eggs — scrambled eggs are eggs that are mixed together and then cooked in butter.
- scream and die — Synonym cough and die, but connotes that an error message was printed or displayed before the program crashed.
- second baseman — the player whose position is second base.
- second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
- sedimentologic — of or relating to sedimentology
- self-condemned — to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- self-impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
- semantic field — an area of human experience or perception, as color, that is delimited and subcategorized by a set of interrelated vocabulary items in a language.
- semi-dominance — incomplete dominance.
- semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
- service module — (often initial capital letters) U.S. Aerospace. the section of an Apollo spacecraft containing the principal propulsion system, electrical system, water, and other supplies.