13-letter words containing o, a, r, s, m
- market forces — factors driving the economy
- marketisation — Alternative spelling of marketization.
- marriage vows — promises made as part of wedding ceremony
- marrow squash — any of several squashes having a smooth surface, an oblong shape, and a hard rind.
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
- marvelousness — The quality or state of being marvelous.
- marx brothers — the. a US family of film comedians, esp Arthur Marx, known as Harpo (1888–1964), Herbert Marx, known as Zeppo (1901–79), Julius Marx, known as Groucho (1890–1977), and Leonard Marx, known as Chico (1886–1961). Their films include Animal Crackers (1930), Monkey Business (1931), Horsefeathers (1932), Duck Soup (1933), and A Day at the Races (1937)
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- master-stroke — a masterly action or achievement; an extremely skillful or effective action: War was avoided by a masterstroke of diplomacy.
- masterstrokes — Plural form of masterstroke.
- masticatories — Plural form of masticatory.
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
- mayor's court — a city court presided over by a mayor.
- measure up to — to fulfil (expectations, standards, etc)
- measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
- measuringworm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
- meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
- megasporangia — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- melodramatist — A writer of melodramas.
- melrose abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey in Melrose in Scottish Borders: founded in 1136 and sacked by the English in 1385 and 1547: repaired in 1822 by Sir Walter Scott
- membranaceous — Resembling or having properties of a membrane.
- memorabiliast — a person who collects mementos or souvenirs, as postcards or playbills.
- memorableness — Memorability.
- memorialising — Present participle of memorialise.
- mercerisation — A process of treating cotton with sodium hydroxide in order to make it more lustrous.
- meritocracies — Plural form of meritocracy.
- mesmerization — to hypnotize.
- message board — bulletin board system
- metachromasia — A characteristic change in the colour of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain aniline dyes when they bind to particular substances present in these tissues, called chromotropes.
- metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
- metamorphosed — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- metamorphoses — a series of mythological tales or legends in verse (a.d. 7–8) by Ovid.
- metamorphosis — Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Compare complete metamorphosis.
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- mezzo soprano — a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.
- mezzo-soprano — a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.
- microanalyses — Plural form of microanalysis.
- microanalysis — Chemistry. the analysis of very small samples of substances.
- microaneurysm — An extremely small aneurysm.
- microbalances — Plural form of microbalance.
- microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
- microcarriers — Plural form of microcarrier.
- microcassette — a very small audio tape cassette smaller than a minicassette, for use with a pocket-size tape recorder.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.