13-letter words containing o, n, s, i
- mission viejo — a city in SW California.
- misunderstood — improperly understood or interpreted.
- mnemotechnics — the process or technique of improving or developing the memory.
- moabite stone — a slab of black basalt bearing an inscription recording the victory of Mesha, the king of Moab, over the Israelites, about 860 b.c.
- mobilizations — Plural form of mobilization.
- modem session — a period of time during which a computer is connected to another through a modem.
- moderationist — a person who favors, supports, or promotes moderation.
- modernisation — Alternative spelling of modernization.
- modifications — Plural form of modification.
- modus vivendi — manner of living; way of life; lifestyle.
- mohammedanism — Muhammadanism; Islam.
- momentariness — The property of being momentary.
- monarchianism — any of several doctrines of the Christian church in the 2nd and 3rd centuries a.d., emphasizing the unity of God by maintaining that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are three manifestations or aspects of God.
- money-spinner — If you say that something is a money-spinner, you mean that it earns a lot of money for someone.
- moneyspinning — earning money or making a profit
- monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
- monkey tricks — mischievous behaviour or acts, such as practical jokes
- monkey's fist — a ball-like knot used as an ornament or as a throwing weight at the end of a line.
- monkey-shines — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
- monmouthshire — a historic county in E Wales, now part of Gwent, Mid Glamorgan, and South Glamorgan.
- monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.
- monofilaments — Plural form of monofilament.
- monometallism — the use of one metal only, as gold or silver, as a monetary standard.
- mononucleosis — the presence of an abnormally large number of mononuclear leukocytes, or monocytes, in the blood.
- monophysitism — (Christianity) A Christian belief which holds that the human nature of Jesus Christ was essentially absorbed by the divine, and thus that he essentially had but one nature, contrary to the orthodox view that Christ has two natures, both fully human and fully divine. A variant is apollonarianism, which has gnostic overtones and used hellenistic ideas alien to orthodox Christianity.
- monopotassium — (chemistry) monatomic potassium.
- monopsonistic — the market condition that exists when there is one buyer.
- monostrophics — monostrophic verses
- monosyllabics — Plural form of monosyllabic.
- monosyllabism — monosyllabic character.
- monosymmetric — zygomorphic.
- monotheletism — the 7th-century religious doctrine that stated that Christ has only one divine will but both a divine and a human nature
- monothelitism — a person who maintains that Christ has a single theanthropic will.
- monotherapies — Plural form of monotherapy.
- monsoon rains — the heavy rains that accompany the seasonal wind of S Asia that blows from the southwest in summer
- monstrosities — Plural form of monstrosity.
- monte cassino — a monastery at Cassino, Italy: founded a.d. c530 by St. Benedict and destroyed by Allied bombings in 1944.
- monte cenisio — a pass over the Graian Alps in SE France, between Lanslebourg (France) and Susa (Italy): nearby tunnel, opened in 1871. Highest point: 2082 m (6831 ft)
- montefiascone — a town in central Italy: wine-growing area.
- monumentalise — Alt form monumentalize.
- monumentalism — resembling a monument; massive or imposing.
- mooring screw — a broad, augerlike anchor used for securing buoys in soft-bottomed lakes, rivers, etc.
- moot question — an issue or position which is open to debate
- morning dress — formal daytime apparel for men, including striped pants, a cutaway, and a silk hat.
- morphogenesis — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- morris dancer — A morris dancer is a person who takes part in morris dancing.
- morse signals — signals encoded using the Morse Code
- mortise joint — any of various joints between two pieces of timber or the like in which a tenon is housed in or secured to a mortise.
- mosaic vision — a type of vision hypothesized for the insect compound eye, in which the image is formed by hundreds of separate ommatidia.
- most mainline — a fashionable residential district west of Philadelphia.