13-letter words containing s, e, m, i, y
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- mastoidectomy — the removal of part of a mastoid process, usually for draining an infection.
- meaninglessly — In a meaningless manner; nonsensically.
- measurability — capable of being measured.
- mellifluously — sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- meritoriously — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
- mesaticephaly — the state or condition of being mesaticephalic or mesocephalic
- mesityl oxide — an oily, colorless liquid, C 6 H 1 0 O, having a honeylike odor: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of synthetic organic compounds.
- mesmerizingly — In a way or to an extent that mesmerizes.
- messianically — the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
- meta-analysis — a research study that combines and analyzes statistics gathered from multiple independent studies
- metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicist — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicize — to think, write, etc, metaphysically
- metastability — An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.
- 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.
- microaneurysm — An extremely small aneurysm.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- 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
- milky disease — a bacterial disease of scarab beetle larvae and grubs, especially the Japanese beetle, which turns the larvae white.
- milton keynes — a residential district in S England, near London, established in the 1960s.
- ministerially — In the character or capacity of a minister.
- mischievously — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- misemployment — Wrong or mistaken employment.
- 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.
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- 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.
- monosymmetric — zygomorphic.
- motorbicycles — Plural form of motorbicycle.
- multi-sensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- multisyllable — polysyllable.
- multisystemic — Of, pertaining to or affecting more than one system or organ of the body.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- myelin sheath — a wrapping of myelin around certain nerve axons, serving as an electrical insulator that speeds nerve impulses to muscles and other effectors.
- myelinisation — Alt form myelinization.
- myelofibrosis — the replacement of bone marrow by fibrous tissue, characteristic of leukemia and certain other diseases.
- myrmecophiles — Plural form of myrmecophile.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- neuromyelitis — (pathology) inflammation of both the spinal cord and nerves.
- nice-nellyism — excessive modesty; prudishness.