14-letter words containing m, i, n, y, a
- normoglycaemic — Alt form normoglycemic.
- nuclear family — a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.
- numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
- numismatically — Of or relating to coins or currency.
- nymphomaniacal — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
- one-way mirror — a sheet of glass that can be seen through from one side and is a mirror on the other, used especially for observation of criminal suspects by law-enforcement officials or witnesses.
- oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
- oxymoronically — in an oxymoronic way
- oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
- paleolimnology — the study of ancient lakes from their sediments and fossils.
- pantomimically — in the manner of a pantomime character or performance
- parsimoniously — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
- petty criminal — someone who commits petty crime or a petty crime
- pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- prayer meeting — a meeting chiefly for prayer.
- praying mantis — mantis.
- primary accent — the principal or strongest stress of a word.
- psychodynamics — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
- pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- retirement pay — a pension; the pay a retired person gets
- runoff primary — (especially in the southern U.S.) a second primary between the two leading candidates of the first primary to provide nomination by majority rather than by plurality.
- sacramentality — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- salvation army — an international Christian organization founded in England in 1865 by William Booth, organized along quasi-military lines and devoted chiefly to evangelism and to providing social services, especially to the poor.
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
- ship's company — company (def 11).
- simultaneously — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- snowy mountain — of or relating to the Snowy Mountains of Australia or their inhabitants
- sodium cyanide — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaCN, prepared by heating sodium amide with charcoal: used chiefly in casehardening alloys, in the leaching and flotation of ore, and in electroplating.
- storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
- sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
- surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
- synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
- syntactic foam — any of several buoyant materials made up of tiny hollow spheres embedded in a surrounding plastic
- syrian hamster — golden hamster.
- systematicness — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- talismanically — in a talismanic manner
- tandem bicycle — a bicycle for two or more persons, having seats and corresponding sets of pedals arranged in tandem, especially popular in the 19th century.
- testamentarily — in a testamentary manner
- thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- transit system — public transport service
- transmissivity — a measure of the ability of a material or medium to transmit electromagnetic energy, as light.
- transmittivity — the transmittance of unit thickness of a substance, neglecting any scattering effects