14-letter words containing s, c, r, u, m
- mcclure strait — an arm of the Beaufort Sea between Banks Island in the south and Melville Island and Eglinton Island to the north, in the Northwest Territories, Canada. About 170 miles (270 km) long and 60 miles (90 km) wide.
- mensural music — polyphonic music of the 13th century in which each note has a strictly determined value.
- mercury switch — an especially quiet switch that opens and closes an electric circuit by shifting a vial containing a pool of mercury so as to cover or uncover the contacts.
- meretriciously — In a meretricious manner.
- microaneurysms — Plural form of microaneurysm.
- microcephalous — Microcephalic.
- microcomputers — Plural form of microcomputer.
- microinsurance — (insurance) A type of microfinancial service aimed at low-income people and communities, and typified by low premiums and coverage limits.
- micronutrients — Plural form of micronutrient.
- micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
- microstomatous — having an unusually small mouth
- microstructure — the structure of a metal or alloy as observed, after etching and polishing, under a high degree of magnification.
- miraculousness — performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency: a miraculous cure.
- misconstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstruct.
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- misinstruction — Wrong or improper instruction.
- mispronouncing — Present participle of mispronounce.
- 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
- mount prospect — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- multi-cultures — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- multiculturism — Multiculturalism.
- multiprocessor — parallel processing
- multiracialism — The promotion of a diverse society composed of various races with different cultural backgrounds.
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- mushroom cloud — mushroom (def 4).
- music director — The music director of an orchestra or other group of musicians is the person who decides what they will play and where, and usually conducts them as well.
- musical chairs — Also called going to Jerusalem. a game in which players march to music around two rows of chairs placed back to back, there being one chair less than the number of players, the object being to find a seat when the music stops abruptly. The player failing to do so is removed from the game, together with one chair, at each interval.
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
- neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
- neurocomputers — Plural form of neurocomputer.
- neuromechanism — the function of the nervous system as it relates to its structure.
- nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
- obstructionism — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- over-consuming — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
- permaculturist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
- primary source — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
- pyrenomycetous — of or relating to the former class Pyrenomycetes of fungi
- quasi-criminal — of the nature of or involving crime.
- quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature