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14-letter words containing m, y, i, a, s

  • dream analysis — the analysis of dreams as a means of gaining access to the unconscious mind, typically involving free association.
  • ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
  • embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
  • empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
  • encompassingly — So as to encompass.
  • encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
  • fairy primrose — a tender primrose, Primula malacoides, of China, having hairy leaves and small, pink or lilac-colored flowers.
  • family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
  • fluid dynamics — the branch of fluid mechanics dealing with the properties of fluids in motion.
  • ginseng family — the plant family Araliaceae, characterized by often prickly herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having alternate leaves and dense clusters of small, whitish or greenish flowers, and including the devil's-club, ginseng, ivy, schefflera, and wild sarsaparilla.
  • group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
  • happy families — a card game in which the object is to collect the cards (which display images of people) until you have a complete family
  • heating system — a system that provides heat to a building or number of buildings
  • hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
  • 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.
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
  • hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hypermicrosoma — dwarfishness.
  • hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
  • hyperuricemias — Plural form of hyperuricemia.
  • hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
  • hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
  • hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
  • hypopotassemia — hypokalemia.
  • iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
  • imaginary axis — the vertical axis in an Argand diagram.
  • imparisyllabic — (of a noun) not composed of the same number of syllables in all of its inflected forms, as Latin corpus, corporis.
  • impassionately — filled with passion; impassioned.
  • implausibility — not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.
  • impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
  • in a small way — slightly, somewhat
  • indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
  • inharmoniously — In an inharmonious way.
  • instrumentally — By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
  • insurmountably — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
  • isomorphically — In an isomorphic manner.
  • lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
  • laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
  • leiomyosarcoma — (pathology) A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • lunatic asylum — psychiatric hospital
  • macrosociology — the sociological study of large-scale social systems and long-term patterns and processes.
  • major seminary — a Roman Catholic theological college devoted to training for the priesthood and usually offering a six-year program emphasizing philosophy and theology.
  • make it snappy — apt to snap or bite; snappish, as a dog.
  • man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
  • mayonnaiselike — Resembling mayonnaise.
  • meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
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