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

  • crystal system — any of six, or sometimes seven, classifications of crystals depending on their symmetry. The classes are cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic. Sometimes an additional system, trigonal, is distinguished, although this is usually included in the hexagonal system
  • cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
  • cyberterrorism — the illegal use of computers and the internet to achieve some goal
  • cytophotometer — an instrument for examining cells by determining the intensity or wavelengths of light transmitted through them.
  • cytophotometry — the use of a photometer in order to study the chemical compounds of a cell
  • debt repayment — the action of repaying debts, or a single payment made to wards paying off a debt
  • democratically — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • demythologizer — a person who removes mythical elements from something
  • denumerability — the quality of being countable
  • departmentally — In a departmental manner; affecting departments.
  • dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
  • dermatomycoses — a superficial fungal infection of the skin.
  • dermatomycosis — a superficial fungal infection of the skin.
  • detrimentality — causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.
  • deuteromycetes — any fungus of the class Fungi Imperfecti.
  • diathermaneity — the quality of being diathermanous
  • diffractometry — The elucidation of the structures of crystalline materials by the use of X-ray diffraction.
  • dimenhydrinate — a synthetic, crystalline, antihistamine powder, C 17 H 22 NO⋅C 7 H 6 ClN 4 O 2 , used in the treatment of allergic disorders and as a preventive for seasickness and airsickness.
  • dimethyl ether — Dimethyl ether is a compound used as a propellant in aerosol canisters.
  • direct primary — a primary in which members of a party nominate its candidates by direct vote.
  • discriminately — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
  • dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
  • ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
  • electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
  • electromyogram — A record or display produced by electromyography.
  • emergency exit — door, way out
  • emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
  • empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
  • endarterectomy — Surgical removal of part of the inner lining of an artery, together with any obstructive deposits, most often carried out on the carotid artery or on vessels supplying the legs.
  • enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
  • exothermically — In an exothermic manner.
  • experimentally — In the manner of an experiment.
  • extemporaneity — the quality of being extemporaneous
  • extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
  • extrapyramidal — Relating to or denoting nerves concerned with motor activity that descend from the cortex to the spine and are not part of the pyramidal system.
  • family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
  • family therapy — the psychotherapeutic treatment of more than one member of a family simultaneously at the same session, based on the assumption that problems can best be understood and corrected by observing the interaction of family members and identifying methods for improving their interrelationships.
  • femoral artery — the main artery of the thigh, supplying blood to the leg.
  • femtochemistry — (chemistry) the study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers.
  • ferry terminal — docking area for passenger boats
  • fiery-tempered — easily angered
  • fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
  • friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
  • geochronometry — the determination of the absolute age of earth materials, as by radiometric dating.
  • governmentally — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • great yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
  • gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
  • gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
  • haemocytometer — an apparatus for counting the number of cells in a quantity of blood, typically consisting of a graduated pipette for drawing and diluting the blood and a ruled glass slide on which the cells are counted under a microscope
  • hammer away at — persist
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