13-letter words containing r, y, s
- lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
- lymphosarcoma — a malignant tumor in lymphatic tissue, caused by the growth of abnormal lymphocytes.
- lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
- macrodynamics — Large-scale dynamics.
- magisterially — In a magisterial manner; authoritatively.
- marcus garvey — Marcus (Moziah) [moh-zahy-uh] /moʊˈzaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1940, Jamaican black-rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of black Americans to Africa.
- mariposa lily — any lily of the genus Calochortus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having tuliplike flowers of various colors.
- mark my words — If you say 'mark my words' to someone, you are emphasizing that something you have just warned them about is very likely to happen, especially when you think they should change their attitude or behaviour to prevent it.
- martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
- mass hysteria — a condition affecting a group of persons, characterized by excitement or anxiety, irrational behavior or beliefs, or inexplicable symptoms of illness.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- mayor's court — a city court presided over by a mayor.
- measurability — capable of being measured.
- megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
- 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
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- meritoriously — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
- merry dancers — the aurora borealis
- merrythoughts — Plural form of merrythought.
- mesmerizingly — In a way or to an extent that mesmerizes.
- messenger boy — A messenger boy is a boy who is employed to take messages to people.
- metric system — a decimal system of weights and measures, adopted first in France but now widespread, universally used in science, mandatory for use for all purposes in a large number of countries, and favored for use in most (as in the U.S.). The basic units are the meter (39.37 inches) for length and the gram (15.432 grains) for mass or weight. Derived units are the liter (0.908 U.S. dry quart, or 1.0567 U.S. liquid quart) for capacity, being the volume of 1000 grams of water under specified conditions; the are (119.6 square yards) for area, being the area of a square 10 meters on a side; and the stere (35.315 cubic feet) for volume, being the volume of a cube 1 meter on a side, the term “stere,” however, usually being used only in measuring firewood. Names for units larger and smaller than these are formed from the above names by the use of the following prefixes: kilo-, 1000; hecto-, 100; deka-, 10; deci-, 0.1; centi-, 0.01; milli-, 0.001. To these are often added: tera-, one trillion; giga-, one billion; mega-, one million. With the addition of basic physical units it is now officially known by the French name Le Système International d'Unités (abbreviation SI, ) or in English as the International System of Units.
- microanalyses — Plural form of microanalysis.
- microanalysis — Chemistry. the analysis of very small samples of substances.
- microaneurysm — An extremely small aneurysm.
- microcrystals — Plural form of microcrystal.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- microphyllous — having microphylls
- microporosity — the state of being microporous
- midi-pyrénées — a region of SW France: consists of N slopes of the Pyrenees in the south, a fertile lowland area in the west crossed by the River Garonne, and the edge of the Massif Central in the north and east
- midsummer day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
- military base — a facility for the storage of military equipment and the training of soldiers
- ministerially — In the character or capacity of a minister.
- misery memoir — A misery memoir is a book that someone has written about their own life in which they describe many sad things that happened when they were a child.
- missouri city — a city in SE Texas.
- mistrustfully — In a mistrustful manner.
- mistrustingly — In a mistrusting manner.
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- mollycoddlers — Plural form of mollycoddler.
- money matters — issues concerning finances or money, esp your own finances or money
- money-spinner — If you say that something is a money-spinner, you mean that it earns a lot of money for someone.
- moneychangers — Plural form of moneychanger.
- moneygrubbers — Plural form of moneygrubber.
- monkey tricks — mischievous behaviour or acts, such as practical jokes
- monosymmetric — zygomorphic.
- morpho-syntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- motorbicycles — Plural form of motorbicycle.
- multi-sensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- multiindustry — Of or pertaining to more than one industry.
- multipartyism — a political system in which two or more political parties contest elections