13-letter words containing m, o, y, e
- psychrometric — relating to psychrometry
- pyrheliometer — an instrument for measuring the total intensity of the sun's energy radiation.
- q-methodology — a statistical methodology used by psychologists to identify alternative world-views, opinions, interpretations, etc, in terms of statistically independent patterns of response recognized by clustering together individuals whose orderings of items, typically attitude statements, are similar
- quarrelsomely — In a quarrelsome manner.
- quaterpolymer — A copolymer derived from four species of monomer.
- r-methodology — any statistical methodology in psychology that is contrasted with Q-methodology
- racial memory — feelings, patterns of thought, and fragments of experience that have been transmitted from generation to generation in all humans and have deeply influenced the mind and behavior.
- re-employment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
- recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
- recovery room — a room near the operating or delivery room of a hospital, equipped with specific apparatus and staffed by specially trained personnel for emergencies, used for the recovery from anesthesia of a postoperative or obstetrical patient before being brought to a hospital room or ward.
- recovery team — a team engaged in locating and retrieving bodies, cargo, etc, esp following a crash, explosion or natural disaster
- reflectometry — the study or science of reflectometer usage and design
- reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
- refractometry — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.
- remonstrantly — in a remonstrant or opposing manner
- remonstratory — characterized by protest or expostulation
- remythologize — to mythologize anew, to make a new mythological system out of (an existing one)
- retromingency — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
- rhesus monkey — animal: macaque
- rhythm method — a method of birth control in which the couple abstain from sexual intercourse during the period when ovulation is most likely to occur.
- royal academy — a society founded in 1768 by George III of England for the establishment of a school of design and the holding of an annual exhibition of the works of living artists.
- royal marines — a corps of soldiers specially trained in amphibious warfare
- saccharometry — the process of determining the quantity of sugar in a solution
- saccharomyces — a fungus of the genus Saccharomyces, esp the yeast plant
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- schizomycetes — any of numerous microorganisms of the subkingdom (or phylum) Schizophyta, kingdom Monera, comprising the bacteria.
- school system — state education
- screen memory — a childhood memory, perhaps recalled falsely, that screens out a more distressing recollection.
- screwworm fly — the adult screwworm.
- sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
- self-employed — earning one's living directly from one's own profession or business, as a freelance writer or artist, rather than as an employee earning salary or commission from another.
- semi-autonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
- siege economy — an economy in which the export of capital is limited and import controls are imposed
- sigmoidectomy — surgical removal of the sigmoid colon
- silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
- somatosensory — of or relating to sensations that involve parts of the body not associated with the primary sense organs.
- specimen copy — a copy of a document regarded as typical of that type of document
- spectinomycin — an antibiotic drug, C 1 4 H 2 4 N 2 O 7 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces spectabilis, used in the treatment of susceptible gonorrhea.
- spermatophyte — any of the Spermatophyta, a primary division or group of plants comprising those that bear seeds.
- sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
- spider monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
- spoils system — the system or practice in which public offices with their emoluments and advantages are at the disposal of the victorious party for its own purposes.
- stalagmometry — measurement of drops of liquid using a staktometer
- static memory — the contents of computer memory that remain fixed until written to or until the power is turned off.
- stereo system — a system for recording, reproducing, or broadcasting sound using two or more separate microphones to feed two or more loudspeakers through separate channels in order to give a spatial effect to the sound
- stoichiometry — the calculation of the quantities of chemical elements or compounds involved in chemical reactions.
- stormy petrel — the British storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean.