17-letter words containing m, i, r, y
- microphanerophyte — any shrub or tree having a height of 2 to 8 metres
- midmorning prayer — the third of the seven canonical hours; terce
- military covenant — the supposed understanding that members of the armed forces and their families will be supported by the state in the event of injury or death in the course of duty
- military governor — the military officer in command of a military government.
- military training — drilling in army discipline and techniques
- minamoto yoritomo — 1147–99, Japanese nobleman; the first shogun (1192–99) of the feudal era
- mind-body problem — the problem of explaining the relation of the mind to the body.
- miss lonelyhearts — a novel (1933) by Nathanael West.
- molecular biology — the branch of biology that deals with the nature of biological phenomena at the molecular level through the study of DNA and RNA, proteins, and other macromolecules involved in genetic information and cell function, characteristically making use of advanced tools and techniques of separation, manipulation, imaging, and analysis.
- monochromatically — of or having one color.
- motorcycle engine — the engine of a motorcycle
- motorcycle racing — sport: competing on motorcycles
- mullerian mimicry — the resemblance in appearance of two or more unpalatable species, which are avoided by predators to a greater degree than any one of the species would be otherwise.
- multicollinearity — (statistics) A phenomenon in which two or more predictor variables in a multiple regression model are highly correlated, so that the coefficient estimates may change erratically in response to small changes in the model or data.
- multidisciplinary — composed of or combining several usually separate branches of learning or fields of expertise: a multidisciplinary study of the 18th century.
- munitions factory — a factory where munitions are made
- muscle dysmorphia — a mental disorder primarily affecting males, characterized by obsessions about a perceived lack of muscularity, leading to compulsive exercising, use of anabolic steroids, etc. Compare body dysmorphic disorder.
- myasthenia gravis — a disease of impaired transmission of motor nerve impulses, characterized by episodic muscle weakness and easy fatigability, especially of the face, tongue, neck, and respiratory muscles: caused by autoimmune destruction of acetylcholine receptors. Abbreviation: MG.
- national cemetery — a cemetery, maintained by the U.S. government, for persons who have served honorably in the armed forces.
- nephelometrically — By means of nephelometry.
- nondiscriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
- nuclear chemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with nuclear reactions
- one-parent family — A one-parent family is a family that consists of one parent and his or her children living together.
- optical astronomy — the branch of observational astronomy using telescopes to observe or photograph celestial objects in visible light.
- organic chemistry — the branch of chemistry, originally limited to substances found only in living organisms, dealing with the compounds of carbon.
- oyer and terminer — (in some U.S. states) any of various higher criminal courts.
- paleobiochemistry — the study of biochemical processes that occurred in fossil life forms.
- parathyroidectomy — the excision of a parathyroid gland.
- parliamentary law — the body of rules, usages, and precedents that governs proceedings of legislative and deliberative assemblies.
- persistent memory — non-volatile storage
- pharmacologically — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- phenylformic acid — benzoic acid.
- primary dentition — the deciduous dentition
- primary education — junior, elementary schooling
- primary intention — Logic. See under intention (def 5a).
- primary processes — the generally unorganized mental activity characteristic of the unconscious and occurring in dreams, fantasies, and related processes.
- primary qualities — any of the qualities inherent in an object, namely quantity, extent, figure, solidity, and motion or rest.
- primary structure — Biochemistry. the basic sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide or protein.
- primary-intention — an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
- production system — (programming) A production system consists of a collection of productions (rules), a working memory of facts and an algorithm, known as forward chaining, for producing new facts from old. A rule becomes eligible to "fire" when its conditions match some set of elements currently in working memory. A conflict resolution strategy determines which of several eligible rules (the conflict set) fires next. A condition is a list of symbols which represent constants, which must be matched exactly; variables which bind to the thing they match and "<> symbol" which matches a field not equal to symbol. Example production systems are OPS5, CLIPS, flex.
- professional army — an army of trained soldiers
- property mistress — a female member of the stage crew in charge of the stage properties
- protective system — protectionism (def 1).
- psychometric test — a test designed to test a person's mental state, personality and thought processes
- purely and simply — You use purely and simply to emphasize that the thing you are mentioning is the only thing involved.
- quantum chemistry — the application of quantum mechanics to the study of chemical phenomena.
- radial keratotomy — a surgical technique for correcting nearsightedness by making a series of spokelike incisions in the cornea to change its shape and focusing properties.
- railway timetable — a list of railway journeys arranged according to the time when they begin and end
- read-write memory — a type of computer memory that you can write to as well as read from
- recumbent bicycle — a type of bicycle that is ridden in a reclining position