14-letter words containing s, e, m, i, c
- microsatellite — A miniature satellite.
- microspherical — relating to or designating a microsphere
- microsporocyte — one of the mother cells that produce four microspores by meiosis.
- microstructure — the structure of a metal or alloy as observed, after etching and polishing, under a high degree of magnification.
- middle chinese — the Chinese language of the 7th and 8th centuries a.d. Abbreviation: MChin.
- midlife crisis — a period of psychological stress occurring in middle age, thought to be triggered by a physical, occupational, or domestic event, as menopause, diminution of physical prowess, job loss, or departure of children from the home.
- mie scattering — the scattering of light by particles that are large relative to the wavelength of the light.
- minor sentence — any sentence that is not a true full sentence; a transformation by deletion from a full sentence.
- minucius felix — Marcus, Roman writer of the 2nd century a.d. whose dialogue Octavius is the earliest known work of Latin-Christian literature.
- 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.
- misacceptation — misinterpretation
- miscategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- miscellanarian — a person who writes miscellanies
- mischief night — Halloween or, in some areas, the night before Halloween, as an occasion for pranks and minor vandalism by young people.
- mischief-maker — a person who causes mischief, especially one who stirs up discord, as by talebearing.
- miscommunicate — (ambitransitive) To communicate incorrectly.
- misconceptions — Plural form of misconception.
- misconstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstruct.
- miscontentment — discontent; dissatisfaction
- 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.
- miscounselling — the act of giving bad or incorrect counselling
- misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
- misdescription — an incorrect or misleading description
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- misperceptions — Plural form of misperception.
- misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- misrecognition — Incorrect recognition.
- misrecognizing — Present participle of misrecognize.
- 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.
- monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
- monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
- mont-st-michel — islet just off the NW coast of France, noted for its fortified abbey
- morphotonemics — the morphophonemics of tonal phenomena.
- mortise chisel — framing chisel.
- mosaic disease — a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- 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.
- multiplicities — Plural form of multiplicity.
- multiprocessor — parallel processing
- multisectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- multispecialty — (US) Exhibiting or possessing multiple specialties (especially medical specialties).
- muscle spindle — Cell Biology. a proprioceptor in skeletal muscle, composed of striated muscle fibers and sensory nerve endings in a connective tissue sheath, that conveys information via the spinal nerves on the state of muscle stretch, important in the reflex mechanism that maintains body posture.
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- museologically — In a museological manner.
- 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.
- music festival — a festival, often an annual event, at which a lot of different performers play
- musical comedy — musical (def 5).