14-letter words containing m, a, r, n, i, s
- arms inspector — a person who carries out an arms inspection
- arrondissement — the largest administrative subdivision of a department
- asian-american — of or connected with Americans of Asian ancestry
- asthenospermia — (medicine) Loss or reduction in the strength or energy of sperm cells, hence infertility. Not always infertile many are subfertile.
- asthenospermic — (medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile.
- astronomically — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- bedside manner — A doctor's bedside manner is the way in which they talk to their patients.
- bildungsromane — a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist.
- bioinformatics — the branch of information science concerned with large databases of biochemical or pharmaceutical information
- bioregionalism — the conviction that environmental and social policies should be determined by the bioregion rather than economics or politics
- breast implant — an object such as a sachet filled with gel introduced surgically into a woman's breast to enlarge it
- bring onstream — To bring onstream a plant, mine, oilfield, etc. is to start production there.
- cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
- calamine brass — an alloy of zinc carbonate and copper, formerly used to imitate gold.
- caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
- carcinomatosis — a condition characterized by widespread dissemination of carcinomas or by a carcinoma that affects a large area
- carcinosarcoma — a malignant tumour composed of carcinoma and sarcoma
- castrametation — the art of designing and laying out an encampment
- centenarianism — the situation or condition of being a centenarian
- centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
- chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
- chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
- china syndrome — a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
- cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
- chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
- christian name — Some people refer to their first names as their Christian names.
- christmas fern — an evergreen fern, Polystichum acrostichoides, having dense clusters of stiff fronds growing from a central rootstock.
- chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
- chromodynamics — a theory that describes how gluons and their forces bind quarks together to form protons, neutrons, etc.
- circumstancing — Present participle of circumstance.
- circumstantial — Circumstantial evidence is evidence that makes it seem likely that something happened, but does not prove it.
- cisnormativity — (LGBT, neologism) The assumption that all human beings are cisgender, i.e. have a gender identity which matches the sex they were assigned at birth.
- cochairmanship — the position of being one of the two chairmen of an organization
- coma berenices — a faint constellation in the N hemisphere between Ursa Major and Boötes containing the Coma Cluster a cluster of approximately 1000 galaxies, at a mean distance of 300 million light years
- commemorations — Plural form of commemoration.
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- commensuration — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commiserations — Plural form of commiseration.
- commissionaire — a uniformed doorman at a hotel, theatre, etc
- communitarians — Plural form of communitarian.
- companion star — companion1 (def 6).
- compromisation — The act of compromising.
- conservativism — Alternative form of conservatism.
- contemporaries — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- contractualism — any of various theories that justify moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty.
- creme anglaise — a custardlike cream sauce, often flavored with vanilla, served with fresh fruit, rich chocolate desserts, etc.
- criminalistics — the scientific study of criminal evidence
- cross matching — the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.
- decision-maker — a person who makes decisions
- decriminalised — to eliminate criminal penalties for or remove legal restrictions against: to decriminalize marijuana.