10-letter words containing s, m, a, t
- myopathies — Plural form of myopathy.
- myrtaceous — belonging to the Myrtaceae, the myrtle family of plants. Compare myrtle family.
- mystagogic — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- mystagogue — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- mystically — mystic; of or relating to supernatural agencies, affairs, occurrences, etc.: a strange, mystical experience.
- mythmakers — Plural form of mythmaker.
- mythoclast — a destroyer or debunker of myths.
- myxomatous — a soft tumor composed of connective and mucoid tissue.
- nameplates — Plural form of nameplate.
- nanometers — Plural form of nanometer.
- nanometres — Plural form of nanometre.
- nasturtium — any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, cultivated for its showy, usually orange, red, or yellow flowers or for its fruit, which is pickled and used like capers.
- naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
- negativism — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- nematocyst — an organ in coelenterates consisting of a minute capsule containing an ejectable thread that causes a sting.
- nemerteans — Plural form of nemertean.
- neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- nightmares — Plural form of nightmare.
- nominalist — An adherent of any of the various kinds of nominalism.
- nostomania — intense homesickness; an irresistible compulsion to return home.
- numerators — Plural form of numerator.
- numismatic — of, relating to, or consisting of coins, medals, paper money, etc.
- nystagmoid — having a similarity to or characteristics of nystagmus
- octamerous — consisting of or divided into eight parts.
- octameters — Plural form of octameter.
- oedematous — (British spelling) Alternative form of edematous.
- off stream — (of an industrial plant, manufacturing process, etc) shut down or not in production
- old master — an eminent artist of an earlier period, especially from the 15th to the 18th centuries.
- omega test — The Omega test is a system written by William Pugh <[email protected]> and others for performing symbolic manipulations of conjunctions of linear constraints over integer variables. The Omega test dependence analyser is a system built on top of the Omega test to analyse array data dependences. Version 3.2.2 includes a fortran to tiny translator, a Tiny interpreter(?) and analysis tools.
- one's meat — something that one especially enjoys or is skillful at
- onomastics — the study of the origin, history, and use of proper names.
- osmolality — The concentration of a solution expressed as the total number of solute particles per kilogram.
- osmolarity — The concentration of a solution expressed as the total number of solute particles per liter.
- osteomancy — A kind of divination by means of bones.
- outmatches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmatch.
- outmeasure — to measure out
- outsmarted — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- overmaster — to gain mastery over; conquer; overpower: The sudden impulse had quite overmastered me.
- palimpsest — a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
- palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
- panatheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- parameters — Mathematics. a constant or variable term in a function that determines the specific form of the function but not its general nature, as a in f (x) = ax, where a determines only the slope of the line described by f (x). one of the independent variables in a set of parametric equations.
- parasitism — Biology. a relation between organisms in which one lives as a parasite on another.
- part music — music, especially vocal music, with parts for two or more independent performers.
- partialism — a theory or view that does not take into account all the facts
- passimeter — a turnstile attached to a ticket booth or ticket machine
- paste mold — a mold lined with a moist carbonized paste, for shaping glass as it is blown.
- pasteurism — a method of securing immunity from rabies in a person who has been bitten by a rabid animal, by daily injections of progressively more virulent suspensions of the infected spinal cord of a rabbit that died of rabies
- pastry mix — a product that can be mixed with water to make pastry
- patrialism — (in Britain formerly) the policy regarding conferment of patrial status