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14-letter words containing m, a, r, s, i

  • manic disorder — a type of affective disorder characterized by euphoric mood, excessive activity and talkativeness, impaired judgment, and sometimes psychotic symptoms, as grandiose delusions.
  • maraging steel — a low-carbon steel that has been heated and quenched to form martensite: contains up to 25 percent nickel.
  • margaritaceous — resembling mother-of-pearl; pearly.
  • marginal hacks — (humour)   Margaret Jacks Hall, a building into which the Stanford AI Lab was moved near the beginning of the 1980s (from the D.C. Power Lab).
  • mariano arista — Mariano [mah-ryah-naw] /mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1802–55, Mexican general: president of Mexico 1851–53.
  • marine science — the branch of science concerned with the sea
  • mariotte's law — Boyle's law.
  • marital status — whether or not one is married
  • marking scheme — a plan or guidelines used in the marking of school children's or students' written work by teaching staff
  • marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
  • marsh marigold — a yellow-flowered plant, Caltha palustris, of the buttercup family, growing in marshes and meadows; cowslip.
  • marsupial bone — epipubis.
  • marsupial mole — a burrowing Australian marsupial of the genus Notoryctes, resembling a common mole in form and behavior.
  • martial artist — a person who practises a martial art
  • mass marketing — the organization of the sale of a product to a large number of people
  • massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.
  • master aircrew — a warrant rank in the Royal Air Force, equal to but before a warrant officer
  • master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
  • master mariner — a sailor who has achieved a level of competence and experience to be qualified to act as captain of a merchant ship
  • masterplanning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
  • mastigophorous — carrying a cane or whip
  • mastocarcinoma — carcinoma of the breast.
  • material cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • matjes herring — young herring that have not spawned, often prepared with vinegar, sugar, salt, and spices.
  • mauritius hemp — a tropical American plant, Furcraea foetida, having large, fleshy leaves, cultivated as a source of a hemplike fiber.
  • maxis software — The developers of SimCity and SimCity 2000. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS.
  • mazar-e-sharif — a city in N Afghanistan, reputed burial place of the caliph Ali; trading, agricultural, and military centre. Pop: 254 000 (2005 est)
  • mazar-i-sharif — a city in N Afghanistan.
  • mcclure strait — an arm of the Beaufort Sea between Banks Island in the south and Melville Island and Eglinton Island to the north, in the Northwest Territories, Canada. About 170 miles (270 km) long and 60 miles (90 km) wide.
  • meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
  • measuring worm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
  • megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
  • melamine resin — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the interaction of melamine and formaldehyde: used chiefly as adhesives for laminated materials and as coatings for paper, plastics, and textiles.
  • memorabilities — Plural form of memorability.
  • menage a trois — a domestic arrangement in which three people having sexual relations occupy the same household.
  • mensural music — polyphonic music of the 13th century in which each note has a strictly determined value.
  • mercalli scale — a measure of earthquake intensity with 12 divisions ranging from I (felt by very few) to XII (total destruction).
  • mercantilistic — Relating to, or characteristic of mercantilism.
  • merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
  • merritt island — a town in E Florida.
  • metachromatism — change of color, especially that due to variation in the temperature of a body.
  • metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
  • metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • metamorphosise — (UK, nonstandard) To metamorphose.
  • metamorphosize — (US, nonstandard) To undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose.
  • metanarratives — Plural form of metanarrative.
  • metaphosphoric — applied to an acid (HPO3) containing a molecule less of water than orthophosphoric acid
  • metapragmatics — Language that characterizes or describes the pragmatic function of some speech.
  • methane series — alkane series.
  • metric madness — excessive devotion to metrication
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