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14-letter words containing m, a, t, e, y

  • methylcatechol — guaiacol.
  • methylxanthine — a compound formed through the methylation of xanthine, such as caffeine or theophylline
  • metronomically — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
  • metrosexuality — The quality of being metrosexual.
  • milieu therapy — a type of inpatient therapy, used in psychiatric hospitals, involving prescription of particular activities and social interactions according to a patient's emotional and interpersonal needs.
  • mononeuropathy — A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy).
  • moral theology — the branch of theology dealing with principles of moral conduct.
  • morbidity rate — a measure of the relative incidence of a particular disease in a specific locality
  • mortality rate — number of deaths in a population
  • movable system — a system of solmization which assigns the names re, mi, fa, sol, la to the major scale in any key
  • multi-part key — compound key
  • multilaterally — In a multilateral manner.
  • multispecialty — (US) Exhibiting or possessing multiple specialties (especially medical specialties).
  • mutual society — co-operative organization
  • myrtle warbler — a common North American wood warbler, Dendroica coronata, having yellow spots on the rump, crown, and sides, including a white-throated eastern subspecies (myrtle warbler) and a yellow-throated western subspecies (Audubon's warbler)
  • no easy matter — If something is no easy matter, it is difficult to do it.
  • nondocumentary — a film or television programme not reflecting real life
  • nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
  • numeral system — any notation for the representation of numerals or numbers.
  • oesophagectomy — (surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of all, or part of the oesophagus.
  • oligocythaemia — a condition in which a person lacks red blood cells
  • ophthalmometry — the measurement and determination of the eye's defects and powers of refraction
  • osmoregulatory — Of or pertaining to osmoregulation.
  • oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
  • parametrically — in terms of a parameter
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • parent company — a corporation or other business enterprise that owns controlling interests in one or more subsidiary companies (distinguished from holding company).
  • payment system — a system used to pay or settle financial transactions
  • pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
  • pentamethylene — cyclopentane.
  • performability — the quality of being performable
  • petty criminal — someone who commits petty crime or a petty crime
  • photogrammetry — the process of making surveys and maps through the use of photographs, especially aerial photographs.
  • plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
  • plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
  • plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
  • pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
  • polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
  • postmastectomy — of or relating to the period after a mastectomy
  • poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
  • prayer meeting — a meeting chiefly for prayer.
  • premeditatedly — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
  • premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
  • presymptomatic — relating to or describing a symptom that occurs before the typical symptoms of a disease
  • primacy effect — the process whereby the first few items on a list are learnt more rapidly than the middle items
  • primal therapy — a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to relive traumatic events, often screaming or crying, in order to achieve catharsis and a breakdown of psychological defenses.
  • primary accent — the principal or strongest stress of a word.
  • primary letter — a lowercase character having neither a descender nor an ascender, as a, c, e, i, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, x, z.
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