14-letter words containing s, c, r, e, a, m
- metapragmatics — Language that characterizes or describes the pragmatic function of some speech.
- method actress — an actress who bases her role on the inner motivation of the character she plays, following the theories of Stanislavsky
- metric madness — excessive devotion to metrication
- metrical psalm — a translation of one of the psalms into rhyming strict-metre verse usually sung as a hymn
- microaneurysms — Plural form of microaneurysm.
- microcassettes — Plural form of microcassette.
- microcephalous — Microcephalic.
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- microinsurance — (insurance) A type of microfinancial service aimed at low-income people and communities, and typified by low premiums and coverage limits.
- micromagnetism — (physics) The study of magnetism at the sub-micrometre scale.
- microparasites — Plural form of microparasite.
- microsatellite — A miniature satellite.
- microspherical — relating to or designating a microsphere
- mie scattering — the scattering of light by particles that are large relative to the wavelength of the light.
- miraculousness — performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency: a miraculous cure.
- mis-coordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- miscategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- miscellanarian — a person who writes miscellanies
- mischief-maker — a person who causes mischief, especially one who stirs up discord, as by talebearing.
- miscorrelation — mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc.: Studies find a positive correlation between severity of illness and nutritional status of the patients. Synonyms: similarity, correspondence, matching; parallelism, equivalence; interdependence, interrelationship, interconnection.
- misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- misremembrance — An incorrect remembrance; something remembered wrongly.
- mister charlie — a term used to refer to a white person.
- mistranscribed — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
- mpeg-4 aac ssr — MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding Scalable Sampling Rate
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- narcoterrorism — terrorist tactics employed by dealers in illicit drugs, as against competitors or government agents.
- necessarianism — (philosophy, metaphysics, theology) An extreme form of determinism that holds that all phenomena, including the will, are subject to immutable rules of cause and effect; necessitarianism.
- neo-lamarckism — Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold especially that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution.
- neoromanticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) Fine Arts. a style of painting developed in the 20th century, chiefly characterized by forms or images that project a sense of nostalgia and fantasy.
- neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
- neuromechanism — the function of the nervous system as it relates to its structure.
- nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
- nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- open classroom — a spacious instructional area shared by several groups or classes in elementary school, permitting more individualized, less supervised project learning and movement of pupils from one activity to another.
- optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.
- oral eroticism — libidinal pleasure derived from the lips and mouth, for example by kissing
- osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
- osteosarcomata — Plural form of osteosarcoma.
- overcompensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- parasitic male — a male animal that is much smaller than the female and is totally dependent on the female for its nutrition, such as the male of some species of deep-sea angler fish
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- peripateticism — walking or traveling about; itinerant.