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14-letter words containing s, h, m, a, t

  • machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
  • machine stitch — a stitch created by a sewing machine
  • machine-stitch — to sew on a sewing machine.
  • macintosh iicx — (computer)   (Mac IIcx) A version of Apple's Macintosh II personal computer, introduced in 1989, with a Motorola 68030 processor running at 16 MHz and up to 128 MB of RAM (120 ns, 30-pin DRAM chips). The IIcx requires System 6.0.3 or later and requires "Mode 32" or "32-bit Enabler" to use more than 8MB of RAM. It was discontinued 1991, and in 1996 is still considered one of the best-designed Macs ever.
  • magnetospheres — Plural form of magnetosphere.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • major prophets — theology
  • make the scene — the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
  • malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
  • manslaughterer — (legal) Someone who commits manslaughter.
  • master butcher — a butcher who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
  • mastigophorous — carrying a cane or whip
  • matched sample — a sample in which the individuals selected for analysis share all properties except that under investigation
  • mathematicians — Plural form of mathematician.
  • matjes herring — young herring that have not spawned, often prepared with vinegar, sugar, salt, and spices.
  • mauritius hemp — a tropical American plant, Furcraea foetida, having large, fleshy leaves, cultivated as a source of a hemplike fiber.
  • medical ethics — the code of behaviour considered to be correct for members of the medical profession
  • mesaticephalic — (anatomy) Having a cranium with a medium ratio of length to breadth.
  • metachromatism — change of color, especially that due to variation in the temperature of a body.
  • metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • metamorphosise — (UK, nonstandard) To metamorphose.
  • metamorphosize — (US, nonstandard) To undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose.
  • metaphosphates — Plural form of metaphosphate.
  • metaphosphoric — applied to an acid (HPO3) containing a molecule less of water than orthophosphoric acid
  • metaphysically — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • metaphysicians — Plural form of metaphysician.
  • metapsychology — speculative thought dealing systematically with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science.
  • metencephalons — Plural form of metencephalon.
  • methane series — alkane series.
  • method actress — an actress who bases her role on the inner motivation of the character she plays, following the theories of Stanislavsky
  • methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
  • midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
  • military brush — one of a pair of matched hairbrushes having no handles, especially for men and boys.
  • mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land
  • misanthropical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
  • misanthropists — Plural form of misanthropist.
  • mister charlie — a term used to refer to a white person.
  • mithridates vi — ("the Great") 132?–63 b.c, king of Pontus 120–63.
  • monochromatism — the quality of having one color: the monochromatism of Picasso's Blue Period.
  • monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
  • morse alphabet — the set of symbols used to represent letters in Morse code
  • mountain sheep — wild sheep in mountainous area
  • myopsychopathy — myopathy associated with mental weakness or change.
  • neo-malthusian — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
  • nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
  • new haven stem — a straight stem for flatbottomed boats in which the ends of the side planking are mitered and covered with a sheet of metal, the stem piece being wholly inside.
  • nietzscheanism — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
  • non-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
  • non-malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
  • noncharismatic — a person or group not involved in the Christian charismatic movement
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