13-letter words containing m, i, t, u, s
- murexide test — a test in which treatment of a substance, usually urine, with nitric acid and ammonia indicates the presence of uric acid by formation of murexide.
- muscle tissue — cell tissue that muscles are made of
- music theatre — a modern musical-dramatic work that is performed on a smaller scale than, and without the conventions of, traditional opera
- musicologists — Plural form of musicologist.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mutation stop — an organ pipe sounding the harmonic of the note normally produced
- neuromyelitis — (pathology) inflammation of both the spinal cord and nerves.
- non-communist — not following, belonging to, or associated with the Communist Party or Communism.
- numerologists — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
- numismatology — Numismatics.
- nunc dimittis — (italics) the canticle beginning with the words of Simeon, in Luke 2:29–32, “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.”.
- nutrigenomics — the study of how individual genetic makeup interacts with diet, especially the effects of this interaction on a person's health.
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- overstimulate — to stimulate too much
- pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
- pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- papillomatous — a benign tumor of the skin or mucous membrane consisting of hypertrophied epithelial tissue, as a wart.
- particularism — exclusive attention or devotion to one's own particular interests, party, etc.
- pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
- pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
- plagiostomous — plagiostome
- platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
- pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
- postcommunion — the part of a communion service that follows after the congregation has received communion.
- postliminious — subsequently undertaken
- posttraumatic — occurring after physical or psychological trauma.
- pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- presumptively — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- pro-communist — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- pusillanimity — the state or condition of being pusillanimous; timidity; cowardliness.
- quasimilitary — Having certain military aspects.
- question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
- question time — a time set aside in a session during which members of a parliament may question a minister or ministers regarding state affairs.
- re-submitting — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
- regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
- reimbursement — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
- restimulation — the act or process of stimulating again; reactivation
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- retributivism — a policy or theory of criminal justice that advocates the punishment of criminals in retribution for the harm they have inflicted.
- revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
- rumble strips — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- saint maurice — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.
- sanctimonious — making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.: They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America.