14-letter words containing m, y, c
- halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
- hemipelvectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the pelvis, and the leg on that side.
- histochemistry — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- holy communion — communion (def 1).
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
- honeycomb work — stalactite work.
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hydraulic ramp — a movable ramp operated by pressure transmitted through a pipe by a liquid
- hydrodynamical — Hydrodynamic.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hypercalcaemia — a heightened level of calcium in the blood
- hypercalcaemic — of or relating to hypercalcaemia
- hyperchromatic — Hyperchromic.
- hypercriticism — criticism that is carping or unduly harsh.
- hypergeometric — of or relating to operations or series that transcend ordinary geometrical operations or series
- hyperglycaemia — an abnormally high level of glucose in the blood.
- hyperglycaemic — Alternative spelling of hyperglycemic.
- hyperlipidemic — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; lipemia.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- hypermicrosoma — dwarfishness.
- hyperuricaemia — an abnormal elevation of uric acid in the blood
- hyperuricemias — Plural form of hyperuricemia.
- hypodermically — By hypodermic means.
- hypophysectomy — excision of the pituitary gland.
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- hysterectomies — Plural form of hysterectomy.
- hysterectomise — Alt form hysterectomize.
- hysterectomize — to remove the uterus from by surgery.
- iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
- immethodically — Unmethodically.
- immunogenicity — causing or capable of producing an immune response.
- immunotoxicity — The toxic effect of an immunotoxin on the immune system.
- imparisyllabic — (of a noun) not composed of the same number of syllables in all of its inflected forms, as Latin corpus, corporis.
- impeachability — The state or condition of being impeachable.
- impracticality — not practical or useful.
- incomes policy — a government policy to curb inflation that relies on voluntary compliance rather than on mandatory wage, price, or profit controls.
- incommodiously — In an incommodious manner.
- incommunicably — In an incommunicable manner or fashion.
- intercommunity — common ownership, use, participation, etc.
- isomorphically — In an isomorphic manner.
- jeremy collier — Jeremy, 1650–1726, English clergyman and author.
- kelyphitic rim — a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock, formed by reaction of the interned mineral with the surrounding rock
- kidney machine — artificial kidney.
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.