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13-letter words containing m, a, o, s

  • movable feast — a religious feast that does not occur on the same date each year.
  • movie actress — a female who acts in films or movies
  • mucocutaneous — Of or pertaining to the mucous membranes and the skin.
  • multihospital — comprising or relating to several hospitals
  • multiorgasmic — Capable of multiple orgasms without a refractory period.
  • multisectoral — Involving multiple sectors.
  • muscle shoals — former rapids of the Tennessee River in SW Alabama, changed into a lake by Wilson Dam: part of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
  • musculospiral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; applied especially to a large nerve of the arm.
  • musicological — Of or pertaining to musicology.
  • musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
  • musquash root — spotted cowbane.
  • mutation stop — an organ pipe sounding the harmonic of the note normally produced
  • muzzleloaders — Plural form of muzzleloader.
  • mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
  • mycoplasmosis — a disease in animals and humans caused by mycoplasma
  • myelinisation — Alt form myelinization.
  • myofibroblast — (cytology) A cell that is intermediate between a fibroblast and smooth muscle.
  • myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
  • mystification — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
  • mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
  • nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
  • nanocomposite — Denoting a composite material that has a grain size measured in nanometers.
  • nanomaterials — Plural form of nanomaterial.
  • neo-darwinism — the theory of evolution as expounded by later students of Charles Darwin, especially Weismann, holding that natural selection accounts for evolution and denying the inheritance of acquired characters.
  • neo-platonism — a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance
  • neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
  • neoclassicism — (often initial capital letter) Architecture. the trend or movement prevailing in the architecture of Europe, America, and various European colonies at various periods during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, characterized by the introduction and widespread use of Greek orders and decorative motifs, the subordination of detail to simple, strongly geometric overall compositions, the presence of light colors or shades, frequent shallowness of relief in ornamental treatment of façades, and the absence of textural effects.
  • neoliberalism — an outgrowth of the U.S. liberal movement, beginning in the late 1960s, that modified somewhat its traditional endorsement of all trade unions and opposition to big business and military buildup.
  • neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
  • neosurrealism — a revival of the 20th-century surrealism movement in art, especially painting and sculpture, depicting the imagery of dreams and the subconscious mind.
  • nervomuscular — (physiology) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles.
  • neurilemmomas — Plural form of neurilemmoma.
  • neuroblastoma — a malignant tumor of immature nerve cells that usually starts in the autonomic nervous system or adrenal gland and spreads quickly, most often affecting young children.
  • neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
  • neuromuscular — pertaining to or affecting both nerves and muscles.
  • no man's land — an area between opposing armies, over which no control has been established.
  • no-man's land — No-man's land is an area of land that is not owned or controlled by anyone, for example the area of land between two opposing armies.
  • noise masking — the use of noise to cancel out another sound, as with a white noise machine.
  • nomenclatures — Plural form of nomenclature.
  • nominal scale — a discrete classification of data, in which data are neither measured nor ordered but subjects are merely allocated to distinct categories: for example, a record of students' course choices constitutes nominal data which could be correlated with school results
  • nominal wages — minimum pay
  • non-customary — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
  • non-malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
  • non-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • non-racialism — racism.
  • nonautonomous — Not autonomous.
  • noncombatants — Plural form of noncombatant.
  • nonconsumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
  • nonhomosexual — a person who is not homosexual
  • nonimmigrants — Plural form of nonimmigrant.
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