14-letter words containing m, a, s, o
- monopolisation — Alternative spelling of monopolization.
- monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
- monotransitive — In grammar, pertaining to a transitive verb that takes a single mandatory object, either a direct object or a primary object depending on the language.
- monounsaturate — a monounsaturated fat or fatty acid, as olive oil.
- mont-de-marsan — a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- moosehead lake — a lake in central Maine. 42 miles (68 km) long; 300 sq. mi. (780 sq. km).
- morale booster — You can refer to something that makes people feel more confident and cheerful as a morale booster.
- moralistically — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- morris dancing — Morris dancing is a type of old English country dancing which is performed by people wearing special costumes.
- morse alphabet — the set of symbols used to represent letters in Morse code
- mortifications — Plural form of mortification.
- mosaic disease — a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- mosquito coast — a coastal region in Central America bordering on the Caribbean Sea, E of Honduras and Nicaragua.
- motor-assisted — mechanically assisted by a motor
- mount pleasant — a city in central Michigan.
- mountain avens — either of two trailing evergreen white-flowered rosaceous shrubs of the genus Dryas that grow on mountains in N temperate regions and in the Arctic
- mountain sheep — wild sheep in mountainous area
- mountain state — any of the eight states of the W U.S. through which the Rocky Mountains pass; Mont., Ida., Wyo., Nev., Utah, Colo., Ariz., or N.Mex.
- movable system — a system of solmization which assigns the names re, mi, fa, sol, la to the major scale in any key
- moveable feast — a religious festival that occurs on a different date each year
- multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
- multinationals — Plural form of multinational.
- multisectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- multivibrators — Plural form of multivibrator.
- musca volitans — floater (def 6).
- museologically — In a museological manner.
- musical comedy — musical (def 5).
- musicalization — the adaptation of a novel, play, etc into a musical form
- mustard powder — Mustard powder is a yellow powder. You add hot water to it in order to make mustard.
- muster station — the place on a ship where passengers should assemble in the event of an emergency
- mutton snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus analis, inhabiting the warmer parts of the western Atlantic Ocean, valued as food and game.
- mutual society — co-operative organization
- myelodysplasia — (medicine) Any of various conditions characterized by the faulty or inadequate production of bone marrow or blood cells.
- myofibroblasts — Plural form of myofibroblast.
- myopsychopathy — myopathy associated with mental weakness or change.
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- narcoterrorism — terrorist tactics employed by dealers in illicit drugs, as against competitors or government agents.
- neil armstrong — (Daniel) Louis ("Satchmo") 1900–71, U.S. jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
- nelson mandela — Nelson (Rolihlahla) [raw-lee-lah-luh] /ˌrɔ liˈlɑ lə/ (Show IPA), 1918–2013, South African black antiapartheid activist: president of South Africa 1994–99.
- nematodiriasis — the condition, esp in sheep, of having parasitic nematode worms of the genus Nematodirus in the small intestine
- neo-kantianism — Kantianism as modified by various philosophers.
- neo-lamarckism — Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold especially that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution.
- neo-malthusian — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
- neo-melanesian — a pidgin language based on English and spoken in Melanesia, New Guinea, and NE Australia.
- neo-surrealism — a revival of the 20th-century surrealism movement in art, especially painting and sculpture, depicting the imagery of dreams and the subconscious mind.
- neocolonialism — the policy of a strong nation in seeking political and economic hegemony over an independent nation or extended geographical area without necessarily reducing the subordinate nation or area to the legal status of a colony.
- neoromanticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) Fine Arts. a style of painting developed in the 20th century, chiefly characterized by forms or images that project a sense of nostalgia and fantasy.
- nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
- neuroanatomist — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.