13-letter words containing m, a, s, e, y
- legacy system — (jargon) A computer system or application program which continues to be used because of the cost of replacing or redesigning it and often despite its poor competitiveness and compatibility with modern equivalents. The implication is that the system is large, monolithic and difficult to modify. If legacy software only runs on antiquated hardware the cost of maintaining this may eventually outweigh the cost of replacing both the software and hardware unless some form of emulation or backward compatibility allows the software to run on new hardware.
- leiomyomatous — a benign tumor composed of nonstriated muscular tissue.
- levy en masse — the conscription of the civilian population in large numbers in the face of impending invasion
- lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
- magisterially — In a magisterial manner; authoritatively.
- make sb's day — If something makes your day, it makes you feel very happy.
- marcus garvey — Marcus (Moziah) [moh-zahy-uh] /moʊˈzaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1940, Jamaican black-rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of black Americans to Africa.
- martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
- mass hysteria — a condition affecting a group of persons, characterized by excitement or anxiety, irrational behavior or beliefs, or inexplicable symptoms of illness.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- mastoidectomy — the removal of part of a mastoid process, usually for draining an infection.
- meaninglessly — In a meaningless manner; nonsensically.
- measurability — capable of being measured.
- megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
- 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
- mend o's ways — If someone who has been behaving badly mends their ways, they begin to behave well.
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- merry dancers — the aurora borealis
- 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
- metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicist — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicize — to think, write, etc, metaphysically
- metastability — An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.
- methylsulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- microanalyses — Plural form of microanalysis.
- microaneurysm — An extremely small aneurysm.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- midsummer day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
- military base — a facility for the storage of military equipment and the training of soldiers
- milky disease — a bacterial disease of scarab beetle larvae and grubs, especially the Japanese beetle, which turns the larvae white.
- ministerially — In the character or capacity of a minister.
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- 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.
- money matters — issues concerning finances or money, esp your own finances or money
- moneychangers — Plural form of moneychanger.
- monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
- monosyllables — Plural form of monosyllable.
- moseley's law — the observed law that the square root of the frequencies of lines in atomic x-ray spectra depends linearly on the atomic number of the emitting atom.
- mount stanley — a mountain in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo: the highest peak of the Ruwenzori range. Height: 5109 m (16 763 ft)
- multisyllable — polysyllable.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- myelin sheath — a wrapping of myelin around certain nerve axons, serving as an electrical insulator that speeds nerve impulses to muscles and other effectors.
- myelinisation — Alt form myelinization.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- nonsystematic — Not systematic.
- nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.