14-letter words containing m, i, s, h, n
- modern english — the English language since c1475.
- monochromatism — the quality of having one color: the monochromatism of Picasso's Blue Period.
- monophthongise — Alternative spelling of monophthongize.
- monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
- mont-st-michel — islet just off the NW coast of France, noted for its fortified abbey
- moon jellyfish — a coelenterate, Aurelia aurita, inhabiting all seas, having a luminescent milky-pink or milky-orange, umbrellalike disk 3–9 inches (8–23 cm) in diameter.
- morphotonemics — the morphophonemics of tonal phenomena.
- mother shipton — a day-flying noctuid moth, Callistege mi, mottled brown in colour and named from a fancied resemblance between its darker marking and a haggish profile
- mountain sheep — wild sheep in mountainous area
- murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- neo-malthusian — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
- neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
- neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
- neuromechanism — the function of the nervous system as it relates to its structure.
- never mind sth — You use never mind after a statement, often a negative one, to indicate that the statement is even more true of the person, thing, or situation that you are going to mention next.
- nietzscheanism — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- non-harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- non-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- non-malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
- noncharismatic — a person or group not involved in the Christian charismatic movement
- nonmechanistic — Not mechanistic.
- norman english — the dialect of English used by the Norman conquerors of England
- nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
- one-upsmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- pension scheme — savings fund for retirement
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- phantasmagoria — a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
- phantasmagoric — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- pimento cheese — a processed cheese made from Neufchâtel, cream cheese, Cheddar, or other cheese, flavored with chopped pimientos.
- poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
- polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
- psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
- psychic income — the personal or subjective benefits, rewards, or satisfactions derived from a job or undertaking as separate from its objective or financial ones.
- 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.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- ramshorn snail — any of various freshwater snails
- relinquishment — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- rhinosporidium — any fungus of the genus Rhinosporidium, members of which produce vascular polyps in the nasal passages.
- rhythm section — band instruments, as drums or bass, that supply rhythm rather than harmony or melody.
- riemann sphere — a sphere used for a stereographic projection.
- rock mechanics — the study of the mechanical behaviour of rocks, esp their strength, elasticity, permeability, porosity, density, and reaction to stress
- saddam hussein — Also, Hosein, Husain. (al-Husayn) a.d. 629?–680, Arabian caliph, the son of Ali and Fatima and the brother of Hasan.
- saint matthias — the disciple chosen by lot to replace Judas as one of the 12 apostles (Acts 1:15–26). Feast day: May 14 or Aug 9
- salmon fishing — the sport of angling for salmon
- schematization — to reduce to or arrange according to a scheme.