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14-letter words containing m, o, s, a, i

  • liquid compass — wet compass.
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • love-in-a-mist — a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers.
  • luminous paint — paint containing a phosphor that emits visible light when irradiated with ultraviolet light.
  • luminous range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible in clear weather, disregarding interference from obstructions and from the curvature of the earth and depending on the power of the light.
  • machicolations — Plural form of machicolation.
  • machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
  • macintosh iicx — (computer)   (Mac IIcx) A version of Apple's Macintosh II personal computer, introduced in 1989, with a Motorola 68030 processor running at 16 MHz and up to 128 MB of RAM (120 ns, 30-pin DRAM chips). The IIcx requires System 6.0.3 or later and requires "Mode 32" or "32-bit Enabler" to use more than 8MB of RAM. It was discontinued 1991, and in 1996 is still considered one of the best-designed Macs ever.
  • macro-organism — an organism that can be seen with the naked eye.
  • macrobiologist — One who studies macrobiology.
  • macroeconomics — the branch of economics dealing with the broad and general aspects of an economy, as the relationship between the income and investments of a country as a whole.
  • macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
  • macronutrients — Plural form of macronutrient.
  • macrosociology — the sociological study of large-scale social systems and long-term patterns and processes.
  • macrosporangia — Plural form of macrosporangium.
  • madison avenue — a street in New York City that is a center of the advertising and public relations industries and that has become a symbol of their attitudes, methods, and practices.
  • magic mushroom — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
  • magnetic storm — a temporary disturbance of the earth's magnetic field, induced by radiation and streams of charged particles from the sun.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • magnetostatics — the branch of magnetics that deals with magnetic fields that do not vary with time (magnetostatic fields)
  • magnifications — Plural form of magnification.
  • magnolia state — Mississippi (used as a nickname).
  • major seminary — a Roman Catholic theological college devoted to training for the priesthood and usually offering a six-year program emphasizing philosophy and theology.
  • malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
  • malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
  • man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
  • manic disorder — a type of affective disorder characterized by euphoric mood, excessive activity and talkativeness, impaired judgment, and sometimes psychotic symptoms, as grandiose delusions.
  • manifestations — An event, action, or object that clearly shows or embodies something, esp. a theory or an abstract idea.
  • margaritaceous — resembling mother-of-pearl; pearly.
  • mariano arista — Mariano [mah-ryah-naw] /mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1802–55, Mexican general: president of Mexico 1851–53.
  • mariotte's law — Boyle's law.
  • marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
  • marsh marigold — a yellow-flowered plant, Caltha palustris, of the buttercup family, growing in marshes and meadows; cowslip.
  • marsupial bone — epipubis.
  • marsupial mole — a burrowing Australian marsupial of the genus Notoryctes, resembling a common mole in form and behavior.
  • mastigophorous — carrying a cane or whip
  • mastocarcinoma — carcinoma of the breast.
  • maxis software — The developers of SimCity and SimCity 2000. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS.
  • mayonnaiselike — Resembling mayonnaise.
  • meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
  • meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
  • measuring worm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
  • mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
  • medical school — university where medical degrees are taught
  • medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
  • megascopically — macroscopically
  • megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
  • melancholiness — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
  • memorabilities — Plural form of memorability.
  • menage a trois — a domestic arrangement in which three people having sexual relations occupy the same household.
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