13-letter words containing y, s
- metastability — An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.
- methylsulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- metric system — a decimal system of weights and measures, adopted first in France but now widespread, universally used in science, mandatory for use for all purposes in a large number of countries, and favored for use in most (as in the U.S.). The basic units are the meter (39.37 inches) for length and the gram (15.432 grains) for mass or weight. Derived units are the liter (0.908 U.S. dry quart, or 1.0567 U.S. liquid quart) for capacity, being the volume of 1000 grams of water under specified conditions; the are (119.6 square yards) for area, being the area of a square 10 meters on a side; and the stere (35.315 cubic feet) for volume, being the volume of a cube 1 meter on a side, the term “stere,” however, usually being used only in measuring firewood. Names for units larger and smaller than these are formed from the above names by the use of the following prefixes: kilo-, 1000; hecto-, 100; deka-, 10; deci-, 0.1; centi-, 0.01; milli-, 0.001. To these are often added: tera-, one trillion; giga-, one billion; mega-, one million. With the addition of basic physical units it is now officially known by the French name Le Système International d'Unités (abbreviation SI, ) or in English as the International System of Units.
- microanalyses — Plural form of microanalysis.
- microanalysis — Chemistry. the analysis of very small samples of substances.
- microaneurysm — An extremely small aneurysm.
- microcrystals — Plural form of microcrystal.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- microphyllous — having microphylls
- microporosity — the state of being microporous
- 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
- midsummer day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
- military base — a facility for the storage of military equipment and the training of soldiers
- milky disease — a bacterial disease of scarab beetle larvae and grubs, especially the Japanese beetle, which turns the larvae white.
- milton keynes — a residential district in S England, near London, established in the 1960s.
- ministerially — In the character or capacity of a minister.
- mischievously — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- misemployment — Wrong or mistaken employment.
- misery memoir — A misery memoir is a book that someone has written about their own life in which they describe many sad things that happened when they were a child.
- missouri city — a city in SE Texas.
- mistrustfully — In a mistrustful manner.
- mistrustingly — In a mistrusting manner.
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- 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.
- mollycoddlers — Plural form of mollycoddler.
- 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.
- moseley's law — the observed law that the square root of the frequencies of lines in atomic x-ray spectra depends linearly on the atomic number of the emitting atom.
- motorbicycles — Plural form of motorbicycle.
- 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.
- multipartyism — a political system in which two or more political parties contest elections
- multisyllabic — polysyllabic.