18-letter words containing m, y, i, a, s, e
- music to your ears — If something that you hear is music to your ears, it makes you feel very happy.
- mutual aid society — A mutual aid society is an organization that provides benefits or other help to its members when they are affected by things such as death, sickness, disability, old age, or unemployment.
- mutually exclusive — of or relating to a situation involving two or more events, possibilities, etc., in which the occurrence of one precludes the occurrence of the other: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- mutually recursive — recursion
- my lips are sealed — If you tell someone that your lips are sealed, you are promising them that you will keep a secret that they have told you.
- neo-pythagoreanism — a philosophical system, established in Alexandria and Rome in the second century b.c., consisting mainly of revived Pythagorean doctrines with elements of Platonism and Stoicism.
- neuropsychodynamic — Of or pertaining to neuropsychodynamics.
- neutrino astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the detection and measurement of neutrinos emitted by the sun and other celestial objects.
- normally aspirated — A normally aspirated or naturally aspirated engine breathes air at atmospheric pressure.
- numerical analysis — the branch of mathematics dealing with methods for obtaining approximate numerical solutions of mathematical problems.
- ovariohysterectomy — Surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus.
- physical chemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with the relations between the physical properties of substances and their chemical composition and transformations.
- postviral syndrome — debilitating condition occurring as a sequel to viral illness
- potassium myronate — sinigrin.
- processionary moth — a moth of the family Thaumetopoeidae, esp the oak processionary moth (Thaumetopoea processionea), the larvae of which leave the communal shelter nightly for food in a V-shaped procession
- pseudo-symptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
- pulmonary embolism — the blockage of a pulmonary artery, often by a blood clot, that stops the flow of blood to the lungs and which can result in death if untreated
- pyramus and thisbe — (in Greek legend) two lovers of Babylon: Pyramus, wrongly supposing Thisbe to be dead, killed himself and she, encountering him in his death throes, did the same
- quasi-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- registered company — a company which has officially registered its business
- respiratory system — the system by which oxygen is taken into the body and an exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place; in mammals the system includes the nasal passages, pharynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs.
- restoration comedy — English comedy of the period of the Restoration, stressing manners and social satire.
- rheims-douay bible — Douay Bible.
- sampling frequency — sample rate
- secondary emission — the emission of electrons (secondary electrons) from a material that is bombarded with electrons or ions.
- security agreement — business: contract
- semi-microanalysis — any analytical method in which the weight of the sample is between 10 and 100 milligrams.
- september holidays — a period of time in September when people do not have to go to school, college or work
- slow-motion replay — a showing again in slow motion of a sequence of action, esp of part of a sporting contest immediately after it happens
- sodium thiocyanate — a white powder or colorless, deliquescent crystals, NaSCN, used chiefly in organic synthesis and in medicine in the treatment of hypertension.
- spherical geometry — the branch of geometry that deals with figures on spherical surfaces.
- stoichiometrically — of or relating to stoichiometry.
- stokely carmichael — Hoagland Howard [hohg-luh nd] /ˈhoʊg lənd/ (Show IPA), ("Hoagy") 1899–1981, U.S. songwriter and musician.
- summary proceeding — a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing.
- swedish gymnastics — a system of passive and active exercising of muscles and joints
- sympathetic strike — sympathy strike.
- sympathetic string — a thin wire string, as in various obsolete musical instruments, designed to vibrate sympathetically with the bowed or plucked strings to reinforce the sound.
- system-programming — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
- systematic phoneme — a phonological unit in generative phonology representing an underlying form that takes into account the relationship between phonological patterns and morphological variation, as the unit underlying the second vowel in both derive and derivative.
- television company — a company that broadcasts programmes by television
- to speak your mind — If you speak your mind, you say firmly and honestly what you think about a situation, even if this may offend or upset people.
- treasury of merits — the superabundant store of merits and satisfactions, comprising those of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the saints.
- united states army — the permanent or regular military land force of the United States, under the authority of the Department of Defense since 1947. Abbreviation: USA.
- wesleyan methodist — a member of any of the churches founded on the evangelical principles of John Wesley.