15-letter words containing m, a, r, t, y, s
- machinery steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
- main royal mast — the part of the mainmast situated immediately above, and generally formed as a single spar with, the main topgallantmast.
- manorial system — manorialism.
- market analysis — the process of determining factors, conditions, and characteristics of a market.
- martensitically — in a martensitic manner
- master cylinder — the hydraulic pump of an automotive braking system that contains a cylinder and one or two pistons, is actuated by the brake pedal, and supplies hydraulic fluid under pressure to the brakes at each wheel.
- maternity dress — a dress worn by a pregnant woman and which is designed to allow for the changes in body size which take place during pregnancy
- maundy thursday — the Thursday of Holy Week, commemorating Jesus' Last Supper and His washing of the disciples' feet upon that day.
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- menstrual cycle — (in women of reproductive age) the cycle of physiological changes affecting the reproductive organs that takes place typically over a month and includes ovulation, thickening of the lining of the womb and menstruation if fertilization of the egg has not occurred
- merry christmas — well-wishes for Christmas season
- military school — military academy.
- monkey, scratch — scratch monkey
- moreton bay ash — an Australian eucalyptus tree, E. tessellaris, having drooping branches and grey bark
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- moving stairway — escalator (def 1).
- myofibroblastic — Relating to myofibroblasts.
- noncompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- pamprodactylous — having all four toes directed forward, as in swifts and colies.
- parasympathetic — pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves and ganglia that arise from the cranial and sacral regions and function in opposition to the sympathetic system, as in inhibiting heartbeat or contracting the pupil of the eye.
- plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
- poststimulatory — following stimulation
- presbyterianism — church government by presbyters or elders, equal in rank and organized into graded administrative courts.
- primary storage — main memory
- prismatic layer — the middle layer of the shell of certain mollusks, consisting chiefly of crystals of calcium carbonate.
- proximity talks — a diplomatic process whereby an impartial representative acts as go-between for two opposing parties who are willing to attend the same conference but unwilling to meet face to face
- proxy statement — a statement containing information, frequently exhaustive, about a corporation, its officers, and any propositions to be voted on, sent to stockholders when their proxies are being solicited for an annual or a special stockholders' meeting.
- pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- radar astronomy — the branch of astronomy that uses radar to map the surfaces of planetary bodies, as the moon and Venus, and to determine periods of rotation.
- radial symmetry — a basic body plan in which the organism can be divided into similar halves by passing a plane at any angle along a central axis, characteristic of sessile and bottom-dwelling animals, as the sea anemone and starfish.
- radio astronomy — the branch of astronomy that utilizes extraterrestrial radiation in radio wavelengths rather than visible light for the study of the universe.
- remonstratingly — in an remonstrating or dissenting manner
- remonstratively — in a remonstrative or expostulatory manner
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
- saccharomycetes — a collective name for yeasts
- salem secretary — a tall cabinet having a recessed upper part fitted with drawers and shelves and a lower part with doors and a section falling or pulling out to serve as a writing surface.
- sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
- secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
- security camera — closed-circuit TV camera
- semantic memory — the recollection of facts and concepts
- semicrystalline — partly or imperfectly crystalline.
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- silent majority — the U.S. citizens who supported President Nixon's policies but who were not politically vocal, outspoken, or active: considered by him to constitute a majority.
- simple majority — less than half of the total votes cast but more than the minimum required to win, as when there are more than two candidates or choices.
- slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
- somatic therapy — any of a group of treatments presumed to act on biological factors leading to mental illness.
- statutory crime — a wrong punishable under a statute, rather than at common law.
- strawberry mark — a small, reddish, slightly raised birthmark.
- strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words