14-letter words containing s, m, i, e
- marsupial bone — epipubis.
- marsupial mole — a burrowing Australian marsupial of the genus Notoryctes, resembling a common mole in form and behavior.
- mashie niblick — a club with an iron head whose face has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitcher.
- mass marketing — the organization of the sale of a product to a large number of people
- massif central — a great plateau and the chief water divide of France, in the central part.
- master aircrew — a warrant rank in the Royal Air Force, equal to but before a warrant officer
- master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
- master mariner — a sailor who has achieved a level of competence and experience to be qualified to act as captain of a merchant ship
- masterplanning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- material cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- 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.
- maxis software — The developers of SimCity and SimCity 2000. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS.
- mayonnaiselike — Resembling mayonnaise.
- mazar-e-sharif — a city in N Afghanistan, reputed burial place of the caliph Ali; trading, agricultural, and military centre. Pop: 254 000 (2005 est)
- mcclure strait — an arm of the Beaufort Sea between Banks Island in the south and Melville Island and Eglinton Island to the north, in the Northwest Territories, Canada. About 170 miles (270 km) long and 60 miles (90 km) wide.
- meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
- meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
- meaningfulness — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- measuring worm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
- mechanicalness — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being mechanical.
- mechanicsville — a village in E Virginia, near Richmond: Civil War battle 1862.
- mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
- medical ethics — the code of behaviour considered to be correct for members of the medical profession
- medical school — university where medical degrees are taught
- medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
- medicine chest — bathroom cabinet
- medieval welsh — the Welsh language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from about 1150 through the early 15th century.
- meditativeness — The quality of being meditative.
- megascopically — macroscopically
- megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- melamine resin — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the interaction of melamine and formaldehyde: used chiefly as adhesives for laminated materials and as coatings for paper, plastics, and textiles.
- melancholiness — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- memorabilities — Plural form of memorability.
- menage a trois — a domestic arrangement in which three people having sexual relations occupy the same household.
- mendaciousness — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- meniscocytosis — sickle cell anemia.
- mensural music — polyphonic music of the 13th century in which each note has a strictly determined value.
- mental disease — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
- mental illness — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
- mephistopheles — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- mercalli scale — a measure of earthquake intensity with 12 divisions ranging from I (felt by very few) to XII (total destruction).
- mercantilistic — Relating to, or characteristic of mercantilism.
- merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
- mercury switch — an especially quiet switch that opens and closes an electric circuit by shifting a vial containing a pool of mercury so as to cover or uncover the contacts.
- meretriciously — In a meretricious manner.
- merionethshire — a historic county in Gwynedd, in N Wales.
- merritt island — a town in E Florida.
- mesaticephalic — (anatomy) Having a cranium with a medium ratio of length to breadth.