13-letter words containing y, n
- maternity pay — the pay a woman receives from her work during her absence immediately before and after childbirth
- matrilineally — In matrilineal fashion.
- matrimonially — In a matrimonial way.
- meaninglessly — In a meaningless manner; nonsensically.
- melvin conway — (person) An early proto-hacker who wrote an assembler for the Burroughs 220 called SAVE and (probably) formulated Conway's Law.
- mend o's ways — If someone who has been behaving badly mends their ways, they begin to behave well.
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- merchant navy — commercial ships
- mercy killing — euthanasia (def 1).
- meridionality — the quality or state of being on the meridian
- merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
- merry dancers — the aurora borealis
- mesmerizingly — In a way or to an extent that mesmerizes.
- messenger boy — A messenger boy is a boy who is employed to take messages to people.
- messianically — the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
- meta-analysis — a research study that combines and analyzes statistics gathered from multiple independent studies
- metalloenzyme — (enzyme) Any enzyme that contains a metal atom which is essential for its biological activity.
- metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- methylbenzene — toluene.
- methylparaben — a fine, white, needlelike substance, C 8 H 8 O 3 , used chiefly as a preservative in foods and pharmaceuticals.
- methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
- methylpropene — (organic compound) IUPAC name for isobutylene.
- metonic cycle — a cycle of 235 synodic months, very nearly equal to 19 years, after which the new moon occurs on the same day of the year as at the beginning of the cycle with perhaps a shift of one day, depending on the number of leap years in the cycle.
- metonymically — In a metonymic fashion; using metonymy.
- mexican poppy — any tropical American poppy of the genus Argemone, especially A. mexicana (Mexican poppy) having prickly pods and leaves and yellow or white, poppylike flowers.
- michigan city — a port in NW Indiana, on Lake Michigan.
- microanalyses — Plural form of microanalysis.
- microanalysis — Chemistry. the analysis of very small samples of substances.
- microaneurysm — An extremely small aneurysm.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- microtonality — any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.
- midi-pyrénées — a region of SW France: consists of N slopes of the Pyrenees in the south, a fertile lowland area in the west crossed by the River Garonne, and the edge of the Massif Central in the north and east
- military band — a musical band, usually made up of players of wind, percussion and some brass instruments, that play at military functions, etc
- milton keynes — a residential district in S England, near London, established in the 1960s.
- mineral jelly — a gelatinous product made from petroleum, used to stabilize certain explosives.
- ministerially — In the character or capacity of a minister.
- minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- misemployment — Wrong or mistaken employment.
- mistrustingly — In a mistrusting manner.
- mixed economy — an economy in which there are elements of both public and private enterprise.
- 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.
- mollycoddling — Present participle of mollycoddle.
- monarchically — In a monarchic or monarchical fashion.
- monetary unit — the standard unit of value of the currency of a country, as the dollar in the U.S. and the franc in France.
- money grubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- money matters — issues concerning finances or money, esp your own finances or money
- money to burn — more money than one needs
- money-changer — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- money-grubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- money-spinner — If you say that something is a money-spinner, you mean that it earns a lot of money for someone.