16-letter words containing m, y, c, o, e, i
- family allowance — a regular government payment to the parents of children up to a certain age
- family of curves — a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.
- french community — a cultural and economic association of France, its overseas departments and territories, and former French territories that chose to maintain association after becoming independent republics: formed 1958.
- glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.
- haemodynamically — from a hemodynamic point of view
- hayes-compatible — (communications) A description of a modem which understands the same set of commands as one made by Hayes.
- hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
- hemicorporectomy — (surgery) The surgical procedure which cuts through the spine and removes the lower half of the body from the waist down.
- hemolytic anemia — an anemic condition characterized by the destruction of red blood cells: seen in some drug reactions and in certain infectious and hereditary disorders.
- hemorrhoidectomy — the surgical removal of hemorrhoids.
- hyper-conformity — action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc.
- hypercompetitive — Extremely competitive.
- hypnagogic image — an image experienced by a person just before falling asleep, which often resembles a hallucination
- hypophysectomies — Plural form of hypophysectomy.
- immunochemically — In an immunochemical way.
- immunodeficiency — impairment of the immune response, predisposing to infection and certain malignancies.
- incomprehensibly — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
- intramolecularly — In an intramolecular manner; within a molecule.
- limited monarchy — a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.
- limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
- magnetic anomaly — a departure from the normal magnetic field of the earth.
- magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
- majority carrier — the entity responsible for carrying the greater part of the current in a semiconductor. In n-type semiconductors the majority carriers are electrons; in p-type semiconductors they are positively charged holes
- majority verdict — a decision supported by more than half, but not all, the jury
- mechanochemistry — the field of chemistry that deals with the direct conversion of chemical into mechanical energy.
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- megalomaniacally — In a megalomaniacal manner.
- melodramatically — In a melodramatic manner.
- meningomyelocele — (medicine) A congenital defect of the central nervous system of infants in which membranes and the spinal cord protrude through an opening or defect in the vertebral column.
- mercury chloride — mercuric chloride
- meritocratically — In a meritocratic way.
- meteorologically — In meteorological terms; in the context of weather.
- methodologically — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- microcrystalline — minutely crystalline; composed of microscopic crystals.
- microgametophyte — (biology) Any gametophyte that develops from a microspore.
- micrometeorology — the study of local and small-scale atmospheric phenomena, usually confined to the physical and dynamic occurrences within a shallow stratum of air adjacent to the ground.
- minority carrier — the entity responsible for carrying the lesser part of the current in a semiconductor
- mnemotechnically — In a mnemotechnic manner; using mnemotechny.
- modacrylic fiber — any of various synthetic copolymer textile fibers, as Dynel, containing less than 85 percent but more than 35 percent of acrylonitrile.
- monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
- montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
- myelomeningocele — (pathology) A form of spina bifida characterized by protrusion of the spinal meninges.
- non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- oneida community — a society of religious perfectionists established by John Humphrey Noyes, in 1848 at Oneida, N.Y., on the theory that sin can be eliminated through social reform: dissolved and reorganized in 1881 as a joint-stock company.
- onomatopoeically — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- opening ceremony — a ceremony held in celebration of the start of something
- orthosympathetic — Of or pertaining to the sympathetic component of the autonomic nervous system.
- overdramatically — In an overdramatic manner.
- paleoclimatology — the branch of paleogeography dealing with the study of paleoclimates.
- policy committee — a group of people who provide ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions