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14-letter words containing o, h, i

  • macintosh iicx — (computer)   (Mac IIcx) A version of Apple's Macintosh II personal computer, introduced in 1989, with a Motorola 68030 processor running at 16 MHz and up to 128 MB of RAM (120 ns, 30-pin DRAM chips). The IIcx requires System 6.0.3 or later and requires "Mode 32" or "32-bit Enabler" to use more than 8MB of RAM. It was discontinued 1991, and in 1996 is still considered one of the best-designed Macs ever.
  • magic mushroom — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
  • magnetic epoch — a geologically long period of time during which the magnetic field of the earth retains the same polarity. The magnetic field may reverse during such a period for a geologically short period of time (a magnetic event)
  • magnetic north — north as indicated by a magnetic compass, differing in most places from true north.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • maid of honour — A maid of honour is the chief bridesmaid at a wedding.
  • maitre d'hotel — a headwaiter.
  • major mitchell — an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe leadbeateri, with a white-and-pink plumage
  • make a hole in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
  • malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
  • malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
  • mandibulohyoid — (anatomy) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch.
  • marsh marigold — a yellow-flowered plant, Caltha palustris, of the buttercup family, growing in marshes and meadows; cowslip.
  • mastigophorous — carrying a cane or whip
  • maternity home — a house in which a pregnant woman can live until her baby is born, esp one for women who became pregnant out of wedlock and whose baby is going to be put up for adoption
  • medical school — university where medical degrees are taught
  • megalocephalic — Cephalometry, Craniometry. macrocephalic.
  • melancholiness — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
  • mephistopheles — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
  • merionethshire — a historic county in Gwynedd, in N Wales.
  • mesh stockings — stockings with a netted pattern or made out of a netted material such as lace or netted nylon
  • metabolic heat — animal heat.
  • metachromatism — change of color, especially that due to variation in the temperature of a body.
  • metamorphizing — Present participle of metamorphize.
  • metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • metamorphosise — (UK, nonstandard) To metamorphose.
  • metamorphosize — (US, nonstandard) To undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose.
  • metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • metaphosphoric — applied to an acid (HPO3) containing a molecule less of water than orthophosphoric acid
  • metempsychosis — the transmigration of the soul, especially the passage of the soul after death from a human or animal to some other human or animal body.
  • methaemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
  • methanoic acid — systematic name for formic acid
  • methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
  • methodological — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
  • methodologists — Plural form of methodologist.
  • methyl bromide — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Br, used chiefly as a solvent, refrigerant, and fumigant and in organic synthesis.
  • methylthionine — as in methylthionine chloride, a dark green dye used as a stain, antiseptic etc
  • michael jordan — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
  • microaerophile — An organism, especially an aerobic bacterium, that lives and thrives in environments low in oxygen.
  • microbarograph — a barograph for recording minute fluctuations of atmospheric pressure.
  • microcephalous — Microcephalic.
  • microchemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with minute quantities of substances.
  • microfortnight — One millionth of the fundamental unit of time in the Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measurement; 1.2096 sec. (A furlong is 1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 1/4th of a barrel; the mass unit of the system is taken to be a firkin of water). The VMS operating system has a lot of tuning parameters that you can set with the SYSGEN utility, and one of these is TIMEPROMPTWAIT, the time the system will wait for an operator to set the correct date and time at boot if it realises that the current value is bogus. This time is specified in microfortnights! Multiple uses of the millifortnight (about 20 minutes) and nanofortnight have also been reported.
  • micropathology — the branch of pathology dealing with the microscopic study of changes that occur in tissues and cells during disease.
  • microphysicist — a physicist who specializes in microphysics
  • micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
  • microspherical — relating to or designating a microsphere
  • microtechnique — the art of preparing something so that it can properly be examined using a microscope
  • middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
  • milk chocolate — chocolate that has been mixed with milk.
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