14-letter words containing m, i, s, e, y
- fairy primrose — a tender primrose, Primula malacoides, of China, having hairy leaves and small, pink or lilac-colored flowers.
- femtochemistry — (chemistry) the study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers.
- fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
- ginseng family — the plant family Araliaceae, characterized by often prickly herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having alternate leaves and dense clusters of small, whitish or greenish flowers, and including the devil's-club, ginseng, ivy, schefflera, and wild sarsaparilla.
- gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
- gynomonoecious — having both female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant.
- happy families — a card game in which the object is to collect the cards (which display images of people) until you have a complete family
- heating system — a system that provides heat to a building or number of buildings
- hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
- histochemistry — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- honey mesquite — a thorny drought-resistant tree, Prosopis glandulosa, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers.
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hypercriticism — criticism that is carping or unduly harsh.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hypermicrosoma — dwarfishness.
- hypermodernism — a hypermodern approach or theory
- hypermodernist — a person who adheres to hypermodernism
- hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- hyperuricemias — Plural form of hyperuricemia.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
- hypopotassemia — hypokalemia.
- hysterectomies — Plural form of hysterectomy.
- hysterectomise — Alt form hysterectomize.
- hysterectomize — to remove the uterus from by surgery.
- iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
- impassionately — filled with passion; impassioned.
- impressibility — The quality of being impressible.
- impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
- impulse buying — the buying of retail merchandise prompted by a whim on seeing the product displayed
- incomes policy — a government policy to curb inflation that relies on voluntary compliance rather than on mandatory wage, price, or profit controls.
- indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
- instrumentally — By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
- intempestively — in an intempestive manner
- intempestivity — the state or quality of being intempestive
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- leiomyosarcoma — (pathology) A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- major seminary — a Roman Catholic theological college devoted to training for the priesthood and usually offering a six-year program emphasizing philosophy and theology.
- make it snappy — apt to snap or bite; snappish, as a dog.
- man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
- mayonnaiselike — Resembling mayonnaise.
- meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
- mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
- megascopically — macroscopically
- meniscocytosis — sickle cell anemia.
- mercury switch — an especially quiet switch that opens and closes an electric circuit by shifting a vial containing a pool of mercury so as to cover or uncover the contacts.