13-letter words containing e, y, a, m
- methylglyoxal — pyruvic aldehyde.
- methylparaben — a fine, white, needlelike substance, C 8 H 8 O 3 , used chiefly as a preservative in foods and pharmaceuticals.
- methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
- methylsulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- metonymically — In a metonymic fashion; using metonymy.
- metric martyr — a shopkeeper or trader willing to be prosecuted for continuing to use only imperial measures as a protest against the perceived imposition of metric measures by the European Union
- mexican poppy — any tropical American poppy of the genus Argemone, especially A. mexicana (Mexican poppy) having prickly pods and leaves and yellow or white, poppylike flowers.
- microanalyses — Plural form of microanalysis.
- microaneurysm — An extremely small aneurysm.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- midday prayer — the fourth of the seven canonical hours; sext
- midsummer day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
- miliary fever — an acute infectious fever characterized by profuse sweating and the formation on the skin of minute fluid-filled vesicles
- military base — a facility for the storage of military equipment and the training of soldiers
- military pace — a pace, equal to a single step, used to coordinate the marching of soldiers, equal in the U.S. to 2½ feet (76 cm) for quick time and 3 feet (91 cm) for double time.
- military time — 24-hour clock
- milky disease — a bacterial disease of scarab beetle larvae and grubs, especially the Japanese beetle, which turns the larvae white.
- mineral jelly — a gelatinous product made from petroleum, used to stabilize certain explosives.
- ministerially — In the character or capacity of a minister.
- minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- mixed ability — A mixed ability class or teaching system is one in which pupils of different abilities are taught together in the same class.
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- model railway — a model of a small-scale railway system, often with toy moving trains
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- molly maguire — Irish History. a member of a secret terrorist society organized in Ireland in 1843 to prevent evictions by the government: so called because the members disguised themselves as women.
- monetary unit — the standard unit of value of the currency of a country, as the dollar in the U.S. and the franc in France.
- money matters — issues concerning finances or money, esp your own finances or money
- money-changer — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- moneychangers — Plural form of moneychanger.
- monkey around — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
- monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
- monkey jacket — a short, close-fitting jacket or coat, formerly worn by sailors.
- monogenically — In a monogenic manner.
- monogynoecial — (of a fruit) developing from a single pistil.
- monosyllables — Plural form of monosyllable.
- monterey jack — a mild, light-yellow, semisoft cheese
- monterey park — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- monumentality — resembling a monument; massive or imposing.
- moreno valley — city in S Calif.: pop. 142,000
- morgan le fay — the fairy sister of King Arthur.
- morphemically — By means of, or in terms, of morphemes.
- moseley's law — the observed law that the square root of the frequencies of lines in atomic x-ray spectra depends linearly on the atomic number of the emitting atom.
- mount stanley — a mountain in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo: the highest peak of the Ruwenzori range. Height: 5109 m (16 763 ft)
- mountebankery — The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
- multicategory — (mathematics) A generalization of the concept of category that allows morphisms of multiple arity.
- multiliteracy — The ability to be literate in terms of text in media other than paper.
- multisyllable — polysyllable.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mutagenically — in a mutagenic manner
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.