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13-letter words containing l, y, a, m

  • marketability — readily salable.
  • martagon lily — Turk's-cap lily.
  • martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
  • master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
  • matriculatory — relating to matriculation
  • matrifocality — The state or condition of being matrifocal; matriarchy.
  • matrilineally — In matrilineal fashion.
  • matrimonially — In a matrimonial way.
  • mealy-mouthed — avoiding the use of direct and plain language, as from timidity, excessive delicacy, or hypocrisy; inclined to mince words; insincere, devious, or compromising.
  • meaninglessly — In a meaningless manner; nonsensically.
  • measurability — capable of being measured.
  • medullary ray — (in the stems of woody plants) one of the vertical bands or plates of unspecialized tissue that radiate between the pith and the bark.
  • megalocephaly — Cephalometry, Craniometry. macrocephalic.
  • melrose abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey in Melrose in Scottish Borders: founded in 1136 and sacked by the English in 1385 and 1547: repaired in 1822 by Sir Walter Scott
  • melvin conway — (person)   An early proto-hacker who wrote an assembler for the Burroughs 220 called SAVE and (probably) formulated Conway's Law.
  • mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
  • meridionality — the quality or state of being on the meridian
  • merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
  • mesaticephaly — the state or condition of being mesaticephalic or mesocephalic
  • messianically — the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
  • meta-analysis — a research study that combines and analyzes statistics gathered from multiple independent studies
  • metabolically — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
  • metalloenzyme — (enzyme) Any enzyme that contains a metal atom which is essential for its biological activity.
  • metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
  • metamerically — In a metameric manner.
  • metastability — An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.
  • methyl oleate — an oily, clear to amber, water-insoluble liquid, C 1 9 H 3 6 O 2 , used chiefly as an intermediate for detergents, wetting agents, and emulsifiers.
  • 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.
  • microanalyses — Plural form of microanalysis.
  • microanalysis — Chemistry. the analysis of very small samples of substances.
  • microcrystals — Plural form of microcrystal.
  • microtonality — any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.
  • miliary fever — an acute infectious fever characterized by profuse sweating and the formation on the skin of minute fluid-filled vesicles
  • military band — a musical band, usually made up of players of wind, percussion and some brass instruments, that play at military functions, etc
  • military base — a facility for the storage of military equipment and the training of soldiers
  • military coup — a coup organized and carried out by members of the armed forces
  • 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.
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