14-letter words containing d, s, m, e
- mater dolorosa — the sorrowful mother.
- mature student — sb enrolled in study after usual age
- meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
- meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
- meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
- mean solar day — day (def 3a).
- measure swords — to duel with swords
- meddlesomeness — The qualities of being meddlesome; officiousness, intrusiveness.
- mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
- medical ethics — the code of behaviour considered to be correct for members of the medical profession
- medical school — university where medical degrees are taught
- medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
- medicine chest — bathroom cabinet
- medieval welsh — the Welsh language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from about 1150 through the early 15th century.
- meditativeness — The quality of being meditative.
- mendaciousness — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- mental disease — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
- merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
- merritt island — a town in E Florida.
- mesdemoiselles — a plural of mademoiselle.
- method actress — an actress who bases her role on the inner motivation of the character she plays, following the theories of Stanislavsky
- methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
- methodologists — Plural form of methodologist.
- metric madness — excessive devotion to metrication
- middle chinese — the Chinese language of the 7th and 8th centuries a.d. Abbreviation: MChin.
- 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 english — the English language of the period c1150–c1475. Abbreviation: ME.
- middle flemish — the Flemish language of the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
- middle passage — the part of the Atlantic Ocean between the west coast of Africa and the West Indies: the longest part of the journey formerly made by slave ships.
- 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.
- middle western — of or relating to the Middle West.
- middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
- midlife crisis — a period of psychological stress occurring in middle age, thought to be triggered by a physical, occupational, or domestic event, as menopause, diminution of physical prowess, job loss, or departure of children from the home.
- midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
- mind the store — to tend to business
- mis-coordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misadvisedness — the state of being ill-advised or misguided
- misapprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of misapprehend.
- miscategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- misconstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstruct.
- misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
- misdescription — an incorrect or misleading description
- misidentifying — Present participle of misidentify.
- misinterpreted — Simple past tense and past participle of misinterpret.
- misrepresented — Simple past tense and past participle of misrepresent.
- missed'em-five — (operating system, abuse) (Or "SysVile" /sis-vi:l'/) A pejorative hackerism for AT&T System V Unix, generally used by BSD partisans in a bigoted mood. See software bloat, Berzerkeley.
- mistletoe bird — a small Australian flower-pecker, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, that feeds on mistletoe berries
- mistranscribed — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- misunderstands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misunderstand.