15-letter words containing s, y, m
- microdiscectomy — (surgery) microdecompression.
- microphysically — in a microphysical manner
- 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.
- microsporocytes — Plural form of microsporocyte.
- microsporophyll — a leaflike organ bearing microsporangia.
- mid-lent sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- midsummer's day — Midsummer's Day or Midsummer Day is the 24th of June.
- military school — military academy.
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- mirror symmetry — symmetry about a plane (mirror plane) that divides the object or system into two mutual mirror images
- miscellaneously — In a miscellaneous manner.
- miscue analysis — analysis of the errors a pupil makes while reading
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- monkey business — frivolous or mischievous behavior.
- monkey, scratch — scratch monkey
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- monospaced type — a typeface in which the width of all letters, including the space around them, is the same
- monospecificity — the condition of being specific for a sole antigen
- monosyllabicity — The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic.
- montgomeryshire — a historic county in Powys, in central Wales.
- more's the pity — If you add more's the pity to a comment, you are expressing your disappointment or regret about something.
- morelos y pavon — José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1765–1815, Mexican priest and revolutionary leader.
- moreton bay ash — an Australian eucalyptus tree, E. tessellaris, having drooping branches and grey bark
- morning prayers — early-morning act of religious worship
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- moving stairway — escalator (def 1).
- multical system — E-mail: Richard Snodgrass <[email protected]>.
- multispeciality — Alternative form of multispecialty.
- multitudinously — In a multitudinous way.
- myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
- myofibroblastic — Relating to myofibroblasts.
- myristicivorous — feeding on nutmeg
- mystery shopper — a person who is employed, often by the owners, to visit shops, hotels, etc, incognito, and assess the quality of the service offered
- nonautonomously — In a manner that is not autonomous, or that lacks autonomy.
- noncompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
- nyquist theorem — (communications) A theorem stating that when an analogue waveform is digitised, only the frequencies in the waveform below half the sampling frequency will be recorded. In order to reconstruct (interpolate) a signal from a sequence of samples, sufficient samples must be recorded to capture the peaks and troughs of the original waveform. If a waveform is sampled at less than twice its frequency the reconstructed waveform will effectively contribute only noise. This phenomenon is called "aliasing" (the high frequencies are "under an alias"). This is why the best digital audio is sampled at 44,000 Hz - twice the average upper limit of human hearing. The Nyquist Theorem is not specific to digitised signals (represented by discrete amplitude levels) but applies to any sampled signal (represented by discrete time values), not just sound.
- oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
- orangeman's day — the 12th of July, celebrated by Protestants in Northern Ireland to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne (1690)
- orangemen's day — July 12, an annual celebration in Northern Ireland and certain cities having a large Irish section, especially Liverpool, to mark both the victory of William III over James II at the Battle of the Boyne, July 1, 1690, and the Battle of Augbrim, July 12, 1690.
- ordinary seaman — a seaman insufficiently skilled to be classified as an able-bodied seaman. Abbreviation: O.D., O.S., o.s.
- oscars ceremony — a formal annual event in the United States in which small gold statuettes are awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in films
- oyster mushroom — oyster cap.
- pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
- pamprodactylous — having all four toes directed forward, as in swifts and colies.
- parasympathetic — pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves and ganglia that arise from the cranial and sacral regions and function in opposition to the sympathetic system, as in inhibiting heartbeat or contracting the pupil of the eye.
- periodic system — a system of classification of the elements based on the periodic law.
- pessimistically — pertaining to or characterized by pessimism or the tendency to expect only bad outcomes; gloomy; joyless; unhopeful: His pessimistic outlook kept him from applying for jobs for which he was perfectly qualified.
- physical memory — (memory management) The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.