14-letter words containing m, y, o, p
- pyophthalmitis — suppurative inflammation of the eye.
- pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
- pyrenomycetous — of or relating to the former class Pyrenomycetes of fungi
- pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
- pyrophotometer — a form of pyrometer that measures temperature by optical or photometric means.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
- recompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- record company — business: sells recorded music
- rhombenporphyr — an intermediate igneous rock embedded with rhombus-shaped crystals
- rna polymerase — an enzyme that synthesizes the formation of RNA from a DNA template during transcription.
- runoff primary — (especially in the southern U.S.) a second primary between the two leading candidates of the first primary to provide nomination by majority rather than by plurality.
- sceuophylacium — a place where sacred vessels are kept
- ship's company — company (def 11).
- slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
- spending money — money for small personal expenses.
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
- support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.
- sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- symphonic poem — a form of tone poem, scored for a symphony orchestra, in which a literary or pictorial “plot” is treated with considerable program detail: originated by Franz Liszt in the mid-19th century and developed especially by Richard Strauss.
- symptomatology — the branch of medical science dealing with symptoms.
- synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
- system program — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
- temporary duty — duty of limited duration performed with an organization other than the one to which a person is normally attached or assigned. Abbreviation: TDY.
- thaumatography — a treatise or description of the wonders of the natural world
- the unemployed — people who are out of work
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- topsy-turvydom — a state of affairs or a region in which everything is topsy-turvy.
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- ubv photometry — the photometric measurement of the color index of a star, using ultraviolet, blue, and visual (yellow) filters.
- uncontemporary — outmoded
- under-employed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
- yellow emperor — the legendary first emperor of China.
- yom kippur war — a war that began on Yom Kippur in 1973 with the attack of Israel by Egypt, Syria, and Iraq: Israel recovered most of its initial losses.
- zygosporangium — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.