13-letter words containing s, t, r, a
- mass catering — the trade of supplying food and drink to large numbers of customers at the same time
- mass hysteria — a condition affecting a group of persons, characterized by excitement or anxiety, irrational behavior or beliefs, or inexplicable symptoms of illness.
- mass spectrum — a spectrum of charged particles, arranged in order of mass or mass-to-charge ratios.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- master switch — a switch that can be used to turn on or off the supply of electricity to a building or to certain equipment
- master-stroke — a masterly action or achievement; an extremely skillful or effective action: War was avoided by a masterstroke of diplomacy.
- masterclasses — Plural form of masterclass.
- masterfulness — The quality of being masterful.
- masterminding — to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully: Two colonels had masterminded the revolt.
- mastersingers — Plural form of mastersinger.
- masterstrokes — Plural form of masterstroke.
- masticatories — Plural form of masticatory.
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- materfamilias — the mother of a family.
- materialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- maternalistic — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
- matthew paris — Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- mayor's court — a city court presided over by a mayor.
- mean-spirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- measurability — capable of being measured.
- measure up to — to fulfil (expectations, standards, etc)
- meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
- megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
- megastructure — a very large, usually high-rise building or a complex of such buildings used for many purposes, as for apartments, offices, stores, theaters, and athletic facilities.
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- melodramatist — A writer of melodramas.
- memorabiliast — a person who collects mementos or souvenirs, as postcards or playbills.
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- mental strain — a state of worry and tension caused by a situation
- mercerisation — A process of treating cotton with sodium hydroxide in order to make it more lustrous.
- merchant fees — Merchant fees are money charged by a merchant service to a vendor for processing credit card transactions.
- merchant ship — law: commercial vessel
- meritocracies — Plural form of meritocracy.
- mesmerization — to hypnotize.
- metachromasia — A characteristic change in the colour of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain aniline dyes when they bind to particular substances present in these tissues, called chromotropes.
- metaheuristic — An experimental heuristic method for solving a general class of computational problems by combining user procedures in the hope of obtaining a more efficient or robust procedure.
- metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
- metallurgists — Plural form of metallurgist.
- metamaterials — Plural form of metamaterial.
- metamorphosed — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- metamorphoses — a series of mythological tales or legends in verse (a.d. 7–8) by Ovid.
- metamorphosis — Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Compare complete metamorphosis.
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- michelin star — a mark of distinction awarded by the Michelin travel guides to a restaurant in recognition of the high quality of its cooking. A restaurant may receive one, two, or three stars, representing very good, exceptional, or exquisite cuisine, respectively
- microcassette — a very small audio tape cassette smaller than a minicassette, for use with a pocket-size tape recorder.
- microclimates — Plural form of microclimate.
- microcrystals — Plural form of microcrystal.
- microhabitats — Plural form of microhabitat.