Phrase Hound found 44 phrases and 18 compound words that contain masses. The most common are listed below. Open masses in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 44
- tyranny of the massesSynonym of tyranny of the majority: A situation in which a government or other authority democratically supported by a majority of its subjects makes policies or takes actions benefiting that majority, without regard for the rights or …
- air massesplural of air mass: a widespread body of air, the properties of which can be identified as: (a) having been established while that air was situated over a particular region of the Earth's surface (airmass source region) and (b) undergoing …
- atomic massesplural of atomic mass: The mass of an atom.
- Black Massesplural of Black Mass: A ritual, allegedly celebrated by witches, characterized by the inversion of the Traditional Latin Mass celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church.
- critical massesplural of critical mass: The minimum amount of fissile material needed to support a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
- Earth massesplural of Earth mass: A unit of mass equal to that of the Earth, used to express the mass of planets and similar astronomical bodies. 1 M_🜨 = 6 × 10²⁴ kg.
- land massesplural of land mass: A large, continuous area of land surrounded by sea or contiguous with another landmass.
- molecular massesplural of molecular mass: The mass of an individual molecule of an element or compound.
- point massesplural of point mass: A theoretical point with mass assigned to it.
- solar massesplural of solar mass: A unit, equal to the mass of the sun, used to express the mass of other stars etc. 1 M_☉ = 2 × 10³⁰ kg.
- Jupiter massesplural of Jupiter mass: A unit of mass equal to the mass of the planet Jupiter, used to express the mass of other planets. 1 M_J = 2 × 10²⁷ kg.
- parody massesplural of parody mass: A musical setting of the mass, typically from the 16th century, that uses multiple voices of a pre-existing piece of music, such as a fragment of a motet or a secular chanson, as part of its melodic material.
- requiem massesplural of requiem mass: A mass sung for the repose of the soul of a dead person
- molar massesplural of molar mass: The mass of a given substance divided by its amount, measured in moles. It is commonly expressed in grams (sometimes kilograms) per mole.
- unwashed massesThe collective group of people who are considered to be uneducated, uninformed, or in some other way unqualified for inclusion in the speaker's elite circles.
- dry massesplural of dry mass: The mass of a rocket including its contents but without propellant.
- High Massesplural of High Mass: A Roman Catholic or Anglo-Catholic Mass celebrated in full ceremonial form, in which the celebrant is generally assisted by a deacon and, in the Tridentine form, a subdeacon, and accompanied by acolytes, a thurifer …
- Low Massesplural of Low Mass: An ordinary Roman Catholic or Anglo-Catholic Mass celebrated without music and incense.
- midnight massesplural of midnight mass: A mass held at or close to midnight.
- reaction massesplural of reaction mass: Fuel for nuclear energy.
- reduced massesplural of reduced mass: Half of the harmonic mean of two given masses.
- rest massesplural of rest mass: The mass of a body when it is not moving relative to an observer.
- thermal massesplural of thermal mass: The capability of a system to absorb heat energy; the amount of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of a system by one temperature unit without any change of phase.
- wet massesplural of wet mass: The mass of a rocket including its contents and propellant.
- working massesplural of working mass: The total mass of the burnt fuel etc. ejected from a rocket to provide thrust.
Compound words 18
- landmassesplural of landmass: A large, continuous area of land surrounded by sea or contiguous with another landmass.
- biomassesplural of biomass: The total mass of a living thing or a part thereof (such as a cell).
- airmassesplural of airmass: a widespread body of air, the properties of which can be identified as: (a) having been established while that air was situated over a particular region of the Earth's surface (airmass source region) and (b) undergoing …
- Christmassesplural of Christmas: A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs including gift-giving, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on …
- eggmassesplural of eggmass: A jelly-like mass of eggs, laid by various creatures.
- eigenmassesplural of eigenmass: A mass whose value is that of a corresponding eigenvalue.
- groundmassesplural of groundmass: The matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger crystals are embedded.
- micromassesplural of micromass: A very small mass of material
- necromassesplural of necromass: The mass of dead timber in a forest, dead bacteria etc.
- pseudomassesplural of pseudomass: A constriction, typically of an airway, that has the appearance of a mass