13-letter words containing t, s, h, o, m
- mesotheliomas — Plural form of mesothelioma.
- 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.
- metallophones — Plural form of metallophone.
- 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.
- metaphosphate — a salt or ester of metaphosphoric acid.
- meteor shower — the profusion of meteors observed when the earth passes through a meteor swarm.
- methodistical — Methodistic.
- methodologies — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- methodologist — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- microhabitats — Plural form of microhabitat.
- microswitches — Plural form of microswitch.
- minstrel show — a once popular type of stage show featuring comic dialogue, song, and dance in highly conventionalized patterns, performed by a troupe of actors traditionally comprising two end men, a chorus in blackface, and an interlocutor. Developed in the U.S. in the 19th century, this entertainment portrayed negative racial stereotypes and declined in popularity in the 20th century.
- misanthropist — a hater of humankind.
- miss the boat — a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- mnemotechnics — the process or technique of improving or developing the memory.
- moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
- mohave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
- monmouthshire — a historic county in E Wales, now part of Gwent, Mid Glamorgan, and South Glamorgan.
- monophosphate — a salt containing only one phosphate group.
- 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.
- monostrophics — monostrophic verses
- monotheletism — the 7th-century religious doctrine that stated that Christ has only one divine will but both a divine and a human nature
- monothelitism — a person who maintains that Christ has a single theanthropic will.
- monotherapies — Plural form of monotherapy.
- morpho-syntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- morphometrics — a technique of taxonomic analysis using measurements of the form of organisms
- moshe shertok — Moshe [moh-shuh] /ˈmoʊ ʃə/ (Show IPA), Sharett, Moshe.
- mosquito hawk — nighthawk (def 1).
- mother abbess — the female head of a religious house of nuns
- mother teresa — Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- mother's help — a woman employed to help look after children and help the mother in other ways
- moustache cup — mustache cup.
- multihospital — comprising or relating to several hospitals
- multiple shop — chain store.
- mushroom town — a town that has grown very quickly
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- musquash root — spotted cowbane.
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- mythologising — Present participle of mythologise.
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- nephelometers — Plural form of nephelometer.
- nephrectomies — Plural form of nephrectomy.
- north olmsted — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- opthalmoscope — Misspelling of ophthalmoscope.
- optic chiasma — a site at the base of the forebrain where the inner half of the fibers of the left and right optic nerves cross to the opposite side of the brain.
- orchiectomies — Plural form of orchiectomy.
- over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.