13-letter words containing s, y, n
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- money matters — issues concerning finances or money, esp your own finances or money
- money-spinner — If you say that something is a money-spinner, you mean that it earns a lot of money for someone.
- moneychangers — Plural form of moneychanger.
- moneygrubbers — Plural form of moneygrubber.
- moneyspinning — earning money or making a profit
- monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
- monkey tricks — mischievous behaviour or acts, such as practical jokes
- monkey's fist — a ball-like knot used as an ornament or as a throwing weight at the end of a line.
- monkey-shines — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
- monodactylous — having only one digit or claw.
- monophysitism — (Christianity) A Christian belief which holds that the human nature of Jesus Christ was essentially absorbed by the divine, and thus that he essentially had but one nature, contrary to the orthodox view that Christ has two natures, both fully human and fully divine. A variant is apollonarianism, which has gnostic overtones and used hellenistic ideas alien to orthodox Christianity.
- monosyllabics — Plural form of monosyllabic.
- monosyllabism — monosyllabic character.
- monosyllables — Plural form of monosyllable.
- monosymmetric — zygomorphic.
- morpho-syntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- mount olympus — mountain in Greece
- mount stanley — a mountain in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo: the highest peak of the Ruwenzori range. Height: 5109 m (16 763 ft)
- mountainously — In a mountainous way.
- multi-sensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- multiindustry — Of or pertaining to more than one industry.
- myelin sheath — a wrapping of myelin around certain nerve axons, serving as an electrical insulator that speeds nerve impulses to muscles and other effectors.
- myelinisation — Alt form myelinization.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- mystification — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- mythologising — Present participle of mythologise.
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- naples yellow — a yellow pigment, used by artists; lead antimonate
- narcoanalysis — a method of psychological investigation in which the conscious or unconscious unwillingness of a subject to express memories or feelings is diminished by the use of a barbiturate drug.
- narcohypnosis — the use of drugs to induce hypnosis
- nasopharynges — Plural form of nasopharynx.
- navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- necessitously — In a necessitous way.
- needle biopsy — the removal of a small amount of tissue or cellular material with a long hollow surgical needle, performed for diagnostic purposes.
- neuromyelitis — (pathology) inflammation of both the spinal cord and nerves.
- neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
- never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- new jerseyite — of New Jersey
- nice-nellyism — excessive modesty; prudishness.
- nightmarishly — In a nightmarish manner.
- ninety-second — next after the ninety-first; being the ordinal number for 92.
- no entry sign — a sign, esp a traffic sign, that prohibits entry into a place
- nobody's fool — person: intelligent
- non-customary — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- non-necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- non-sedentary — accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise.
- non-signatory — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- non-symbiotic — living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship: Many people feel the relationship between humans and dogs is symbiotic.