13-letter words containing m, y, c
- family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
- family doctor — a general practitioner.
- ferry company — a company that operates a ferry or ferries
- flying column — (formerly) a force of troops equipped and organized to move swiftly and independently of a principal unit to which it is attached.
- formulaically — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- fort mcmurray — a town in NE Alberta, in W Canada, on the Athabasca River.
- french system — a method of spinning in which fibers of extremely short-staple wool are not twisted before being spun.
- geochemically — In a geochemical manner.
- geometrically — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- grammatically — of or relating to grammar: grammatical analysis.
- graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
- gray eminence — a person who wields unofficial power, especially through another person and often surreptitiously or privately.
- gymnastically — In a gymnastic manner.
- gynaecomastia — abnormal overdevelopment of the breasts in a man
- gynomonoecism — the condition of having female flowers and also flowers that have a pistil and stamen on the same plant
- gyrocompasses — Plural form of gyrocompass.
- haemodynamics — a branch of physiology that deals with the circulation of the blood
- helicoid cyme — an inflorescence, or cyme, in which each flowering branch gives rise to one lateral branch that is coiled snail-like and then expanded.
- hemacytometer — hemocytometer.
- hemicolectomy — (surgery) A colectomy involving the removal of only the ascending (right) colon or the descending (left) colon.
- hemocytoblast — a primordial cell capable of developing into any type of blood cell.
- hemocytometer — an instrument for counting blood cells.
- hemolymphatic — a fluid in the body cavities and tissues of invertebrates, in arthropods functioning as blood and in some other invertebrates functioning as lymph.
- hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
- holy mackerel — astonishment
- homiletically — In a homiletic fashion.
- homopolymeric — relating to or made of homopolymers
- honey stomach — the crop of an ant, bee, or other hymenopterous insect, serving as a reservoir for honeydew and nectar, especially the enlarged crop of a honeybee in which nectar is acted on by enzymes to form honey.
- hormic theory — a theory that holds all behavior to be purposive, whether conscious or unconscious.
- human ecology — ecology (def 4).
- hydraulic ram — a device by which the energy of descending water is utilized to raise a part of the water to a height greater than that of the source.
- hydrodynamics — the branch of fluid dynamics that deals with liquids, including hydrostatics and hydrokinetics.
- hygrometrical — Alternative form of hygrometric.
- hypercalcemia — an abnormally large amount of calcium in the blood.
- hyperglycemia — an abnormally high level of glucose in the blood.
- hyperglycemic — an abnormally high level of glucose in the blood.
- hypermagnetic — (physics) Extremely magnetic.
- hypermetrical — Hypermetric.
- hypermetropic — Exhibiting or relating to hypermetropia.
- hyperromantic — extremely or excessively romantic
- hyperuricemia — an excess of uric acid in the blood, often producing gout.
- hypocalcaemia — (medical) alternative spelling of hypocalcemia.
- hypocalcaemic — of or relating to hypocalcaemia
- hypochondrium — either of two regions of the abdomen, situated on each side of the epigastrium and above the lumbar regions.
- hypoglycaemia — (medical) alternative spelling of hypoglycemia.
- hypoglycaemic — Alternative spelling of hypoglycemic.
- hypolipidemic — That reduces the concentration of lipid in blood serum.
- hypometabolic — Relating to hypometabolism.
- hyponymically — In a hyponymic way.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.