15-letter words containing s, m, i, r
- microsporocytes — Plural form of microsporocyte.
- microsporophyll — a leaflike organ bearing microsporangia.
- microstructural — Of or pertaining to a microstructure.
- microstructures — Plural form of microstructure.
- midgard serpent — a serpent, the child of Loki and Angerboda, who lies wrapped around the world, tail in mouth, and is destined to kill and to be killed by Thor at Ragnarok; Jormungand.
- midsummer's day — Midsummer's Day or Midsummer Day is the 24th of June.
- miles gloriosus — a braggart soldier, esp as a stock figure in comedy
- military school — military academy.
- millionairesses — Plural form of millionairess.
- miner's lettuce — winter purslane.
- mineral spirits — a volatile distillation product of petroleum, used as a thinner for paints and varnishes. Compare naphtha (def 1).
- miniaturisation — Alternative spelling of miniaturization.
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- ministerialists — Plural form of ministerialist.
- minkowski world — a four-dimensional space in which the fourth coordinate is time and in which a single event is represented as a point.
- mirror symmetry — symmetry about a plane (mirror plane) that divides the object or system into two mutual mirror images
- mis-categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- mis-informative — to give false or misleading information to.
- mis-measurement — the act of measuring.
- misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
- misappreciative — not fully or properly appreciative
- misapprehending — Present participle of misapprehend.
- misapprehension — misunderstanding.
- misappropriated — to put to a wrong use.
- misappropriates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misappropriate.
- misarticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
- mischaracterize — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
- misconstruction — wrong construction; misinterpretation: to put a misconstruction upon an action.
- miscoordinating — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- miscoordination — Lack of coordination.
- misdistribution — Incorrect or unfair distribution.
- mishnaic hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 to 500.
- misinterpreting — Present participle of misinterpret.
- misproportioned — Having incorrect or distorted proportions.
- misrecollection — the act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance.
- misregistration — the act of registering.
- misrepresenting — Present participle of misrepresent.
- missile address — ICBM address
- mission control — a command center for the control, monitoring, and support of activities connected with manned space flight.
- mistrustfulness — Quality of being mistrustful.
- mitigate a risk — If something or someone mitigates a risk, they make the effects of a loss or risk less unpleasant, harmful, or serious.
- mitral stenosis — abnormal narrowing of the mitral valve usually resulting from disease, as rheumatic fever, and obstructing the free flow of blood from the atrium to the ventricle.
- moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- mogi das cruzes — a city in SE Brazil, E of São Paulo.
- molecular sieve — a compound with molecule-size pores, as some sodium aluminum silicates, that chemically locks molecules in them: used in purification and separation processes.
- monoculturalism — The practice of actively preserving a culture to the exclusion of external influences.
- monosaccharides — Plural form of monosaccharide.
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.