14-letter words starting with m
- modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
- moisturization — The act or process of moisturizing.
- molded breadth — the extreme breadth of the framing of a vessel, excluding the thickness of the plating or planking.
- molecular beam — a stream of molecules freed from a substance, usually a salt, by evaporation and then passed through a narrow slit for focusing, for investigating the properties of nuclei, atoms, and molecules.
- molecular film — a film or layer one molecule thick.
- molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
- moment of sail — the product of a given area of sail, taken as the maximum safe area, and the vertical distance from the center of effort and the center of lateral resistance.
- mommy makeover — a cosmetic surgical procedure designed to reverse physical changes in a woman after childbirth
- money changing — the business of exchanging one currency for another, with the deduction of a commission for the service.
- money-changing — the business or act of exchanging currency, usually of different countries, esp. at a set rate
- money-grubbing — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- mongolian fold — epicanthus.
- mongrelization — to subject (a breed, group, etc.) to crossbreeding, especially with one considered inferior.
- monocarboxylic — containing one carboxyl group.
- monocarpellary — consisting of a single carpel.
- monochromatism — the quality of having one color: the monochromatism of Picasso's Blue Period.
- monocotyledons — Plural form of monocotyledon.
- monocratically — In a monocratic manner.
- monodispersive — Monodisperse.
- monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
- monolingualism — knowing or able to use only one language; monoglot.
- monolithically — of or relating to a monolith.
- monomaniacally — In a monomaniacal manner.
- mononeuropathy — A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy).
- mononucleotide — (genetics) A single nucleotide.
- monophonically — In a monophonic manner.
- monophthongise — Alternative spelling of monophthongize.
- monophthongize — to change into or pronounce as a monophthong.
- monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- monopolisation — Alternative spelling of monopolization.
- monopolization — to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
- monopoly money — fake money used to play Monopoly
- monoprionidian — having cells or sacs only on one half of the axis
- monopropellant — a substance for propelling rockets that is a mixture of fuel and oxidizer.
- monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
- monotheletical — like a monothelete
- monotonousness — The property of being monotonous.
- monotransitive — In grammar, pertaining to a transitive verb that takes a single mandatory object, either a direct object or a primary object depending on the language.
- monounsaturate — a monounsaturated fat or fatty acid, as olive oil.
- mont-de-marsan — a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- mont-st-michel — islet just off the NW coast of France, noted for its fortified abbey
- montes veneris — mons veneris
- month by month — each month
- montreal canoe — a large freight canoe having a raised gunwale at the bow and stern.
- montreal north — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, N of Montreal.
- monumentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of monumentalize.
- moon blindness — a disease of horses in which the eyes suffer from recurring attacks of inflammation, eventually resulting in opacity and blindness.
- moon jellyfish — a coelenterate, Aurelia aurita, inhabiting all seas, having a luminescent milky-pink or milky-orange, umbrellalike disk 3–9 inches (8–23 cm) in diameter.
- moonlight flit — a hurried departure at night, esp from rented accommodation to avoid payment of rent owed