13-letter words containing s, m, a, r, y
- multipartyism — a political system in which two or more political parties contest elections
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- myofibroblast — (cytology) A cell that is intermediate between a fibroblast and smooth muscle.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- myristic acid — an oily, white crystalline compound, C 1 4 H 2 8 O 2 , insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and ether: used in soaps, cosmetics, and in the synthesis of esters for flavors and perfumes.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- nightmarishly — In a nightmarish manner.
- non-customary — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- of many parts — having many different abilities
- of many words — talkative
- on your marks — On your marks in British English, or on your mark in American English, is a command given to runners at the beginning of a race in order to get them into the correct position to start.
- paramyxovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses that are similar to but larger than the myxoviruses, including the viruses that cause mumps, measles, parainfluenza, and Newcastle disease.
- parasymbiosis — the symbiotic relationship that occurs between certain species of fungi and lichens (which are themselves symbiotic associations between a fungus and an alga)
- party manners — polite behaviour
- payment terms — the terms or conditions concerning the payment of something
- phantasmagory — phantasmagoria.
- pharmacognosy — materia medica (def 2).
- physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
- polyribosomal — relating to a polyribosome
- polysomnogram — a record of a person's sleep pattern, breathing, heart activity, and limb movements during sleep. Abbreviation: PSG.
- portal system — a vascular arrangement in which blood from the capillaries of one organ is transported to the capillaries of another organ by a connecting vein or veins.
- primary tense — in Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, a tense referring to present or future time
- prismatically — of, relating to, or like a prism.
- prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
- quarrelsomely — In a quarrelsome manner.
- quasimilitary — Having certain military aspects.
- raspberry jam — jam made using raspberries
- ray tomlinson — (person) An engineer at Bolt Beranek and Newman who, in July 1972 while designing the first[?] electronic mail program, chose the commercial at symbol "@" to separate the user name from the computer name.
- remonstrantly — in a remonstrant or opposing manner
- remonstratory — characterized by protest or expostulation
- resystematize — to systematize again
- rhyming slang — a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
- royal marines — a corps of soldiers specially trained in amphibious warfare
- saccharimetry — the process of measuring the amount of sugar in a sample, as with a saccharimeter or by polarimetry.
- saccharometry — the process of determining the quantity of sugar in a solution
- saccharomyces — a fungus of the genus Saccharomyces, esp the yeast plant
- sacramentally — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- safety margin — something required to ensure safety
- sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
- scalariformly — in a scalariform or ladder-like manner
- screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- seismic array — a system of linked seismographs arranged in a regular geometric pattern to increase sensitivity to earthquake detection
- semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
- semisedentary — partially or somewhat sedentary
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.