14-letter words containing m, y, i, a
- midway islands — an atoll in the central Pacific, about 2100 km (1300 miles) northwest of Honolulu: annexed by the US in 1867: scene of a decisive battle (June, 1942), in which the US combined fleets destroyed Japan's carrier fleet. Pop: 40 (2013 est). Area: 5 sq km (2 sq miles)
- milieu therapy — a type of inpatient therapy, used in psychiatric hospitals, involving prescription of particular activities and social interactions according to a patient's emotional and interpersonal needs.
- military brush — one of a pair of matched hairbrushes having no handles, especially for men and boys.
- military march — a brisk march, especially one suitable for a military parade.
- minicoy island — a small island in the S Laccadive Islands, off the SW coast of India. 1.25 sq. mi. (3.24 sq. km).
- minilaparotomy — Surgery. laparotomy with a small incision into the abdomen, often no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm), used especially for tubal ligation.
- minor seminary — a Roman Catholic preparatory school where persons planning to enter the priesthood follow a course of secondary education.
- minus quantity — a quantity less than zero
- misclassifying — Present participle of misclassify.
- mobile library — travelling book-lending facility
- modal analysis — Modal analysis is the analysis of a structure to find its natural frequencies of vibration.
- modelling clay — mouldable substance fixed in a kiln
- molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
- money changing — the business of exchanging one currency for another, with the deduction of a commission for the service.
- money-changing — the business or act of exchanging currency, usually of different countries, esp. at a set rate
- monocarboxylic — containing one carboxyl group.
- monocratically — In a monocratic manner.
- monolithically — of or relating to a monolith.
- monomaniacally — In a monomaniacal manner.
- monophonically — In a monophonic manner.
- monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- moral majority — a political action group formed mainly of Protestant fundamentalists to further strict conservative aims, as strong antiabortion laws, the restoration of school prayer, the teaching of creationism in public schools, and the curbing of books and television programs considered antireligious or immoral.
- moralistically — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- morbid anatomy — the branch of medical science concerned with the study of the structure of diseased organs and tissues
- morbidity rate — a measure of the relative incidence of a particular disease in a specific locality
- morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
- morganatically — In a morganatic manner.
- morning prayer — matin (def 1c).
- mortality rate — number of deaths in a population
- motivationally — In a motivational manner.
- mountain nyala — a similar and related Ethiopian animal, T. buxtoni, lacking the white crest
- multi-part key — compound key
- multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
- multilaterally — In a multilateral manner.
- multilingually — In a multilingual manner.
- multispecialty — (US) Exhibiting or possessing multiple specialties (especially medical specialties).
- museologically — In a museological manner.
- musical comedy — musical (def 5).
- mustard family — the plant family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate leaves, acrid or pungent juice, clusters of four-petaled flowers, and fruit in the form of a two-parted capsule, and including broccoli, cabbage, candytuft, cauliflower, cress, mustard, radish, sweet alyssum, turnip, and wallflower.
- mutual society — co-operative organization
- myelodysplasia — (medicine) Any of various conditions characterized by the faulty or inadequate production of bone marrow or blood cells.
- mylonitization — the geological process which causes the formation of mylonite
- myocardiograph — an instrument for recording the movements of the heart.
- myocardiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the myocardium.
- myofibroblasts — Plural form of myofibroblast.
- mythologically — of or relating to mythology.
- non-polynomial — (complexity) The set or property of problems for which no polynomial-time algorithm is known. This includes problems for which the only known algorithms require a number of steps which increases exponentially with the size of the problem, and those for which no algorithm at all is known. Within these two there are problems which are "provably difficult" and "provably unsolvable".
- noncommittally — not committing oneself, or not involving committal, to a particular view, course, or the like: The senator gave us a noncommittal answer.
- nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
- nonsymptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.