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15-letter words containing s, m, i, r

  • mastoid process — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
  • materialisation — Alternative spelling of materialization.
  • materialistical — Alternative form of materialistic.
  • maternity dress — a dress worn by a pregnant woman and which is designed to allow for the changes in body size which take place during pregnancy
  • matrix sentence — Linguistics. a sentence in which another sentence is embedded: In The man who called is waiting, The man is waiting is a matrix sentence.
  • mean solar time — time measured by the hour angle of the mean sun.
  • measuring chain — a flexible length of metal links used in calculating distances
  • measuring glass — a graduated glass container used to measure quantities of liquid
  • measuring spoon — a spoon for measuring amounts, as in cooking, usually part of a set of spoons of different sizes.
  • mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
  • medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
  • medical records — written information about a person's health during their life to date
  • medical tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
  • meissner effect — the loss of magnetism that a superconductor displays when cooled to its transition temperature in a magnetic field.
  • membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
  • menispermaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Menispermaceae, a family of mainly tropical and subtropical plants, most of which are woody climbers with small flowers
  • mental disorder — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
  • meritoriousness — The property of being meritorious.
  • mermaid's purse — the horny or leathery egg case of certain cartilaginous fishes, as skates.
  • merry christmas — well-wishes for Christmas season
  • messier catalog — a catalog of nonstellar objects compiled by Charles Messier in 1784 and later slightly extended, now known to contain nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters.
  • metallic luster — luster1 (def 8).
  • metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
  • metamorphosizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metamorphosize.
  • metropolitanism — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
  • michaelmas term — the autumn term at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
  • microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
  • microaggression — a subtle but offensive comment or action directed at a minority or other nondominant group that is often unintentional or unconsciously reinforces a stereotype: microaggressions such as "I don't see you as black.".
  • microbiologists — Plural form of microbiologist.
  • microbusinesses — Plural form of microbusiness.
  • microcontinents — Plural form of microcontinent.
  • microcosmically — in a microcosmic manner
  • microdiscectomy — (surgery) microdecompression.
  • microdissection — dissection performed under a microscope.
  • microenterprise — A business operating on a very small scale, especially one with a sole proprietor and fewer than six employees.
  • microhomologous — (genetics) Exhibiting microhomology.
  • microinjections — Plural form of microinjection.
  • micrometastases — Plural form of micrometastasis.
  • micrometastasis — The microscopic level action of metastasis, the spread of disease from the primary site to other areas.
  • micrometeorites — Plural form of micrometeorite.
  • micrometeoroids — Plural form of micrometeoroid.
  • microphysically — in a microphysical manner
  • microprocessing — an integrated computer circuit that performs all the functions of a CPU.
  • microprocessors — Plural form of microprocessor.
  • micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
  • microscopically — so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope: microscopic organisms. Compare macroscopic.
  • microseismicity — The state of being microseismic.
  • microsoft basic — (language)   (MS-BASIC) A dialect of BASIC from Microsoft, originally developed by Bill Gates in a garage back in the CP/M days. It was originally known as GWBasic, then QBASIC and finally MS-BASIC. When the MS-DOS operating system came out, it incorporated the GWBASIC.EXE or BASICA.EXE interpreters. GWBASIC ("Gee Whiz") incorporated graphics and a screen editor and was compatible with earlier BASICs. QBASIC was more sophisticated. Version 4.5 had a full screen editor, debugger and compiler. The compiler could also produce executable files but to run these a utility program (BRUN44.EXE) had to be present. Thus source code could be kept private. From DOS 5.0 or 6.0 onward, MS-BASIC was standard. Version 1.1 produced stand-alone executables and could display graphics.
  • microsoft excel — (tool)   A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world.
  • microsporangium — a sporangium containing microspores.
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