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16-letter words containing a, d, e, n, o

  • miniature poodle — a breed of poodle, bred to be much smaller than standard poodles
  • missionary ridge — a ridge in NW Georgia and SE Tennessee: Civil War battle 1863.
  • modern icelandic — the Icelandic language since c1550.
  • modern languages — languages currently spoken
  • modular language — (language)   (Modula) Wirth's 1977 predecessor of Modula-2. The original Modula was, more oriented toward concurrent programming, but otherwise quite similar.
  • molybdate orange — a pigment consisting of a solid solution of sulfate, molybdate, and chromate compounds of lead.
  • mönchen-gladbach — city in WC Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: pop. 266,000
  • money laundering — Money laundering is the crime of processing stolen money through a legitimate business or sending it abroad to a foreign bank, to hide the fact that the money was illegally obtained.
  • monkey-faced owl — barn owl.
  • most wanted list — an actual or supposed listing of the names of persons who are urgently being sought for a specific reason, as apprehension for an alleged crime.
  • mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
  • moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
  • mover and shaker — a person who has power and influence, esp., a member of a group having power and influence
  • movies on demand — Movies on demand is a service that allows you to choose and watch a movie on your television.
  • multidimensional — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
  • multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
  • narrowmindedness — Alternative spelling of narrow-mindedness.
  • network database — (database)   A kind of database management system in which each record type can have multiple owners, e.g. orders are owned by both customers and products. This contrasts with a hierarchical database (one owner) or relational database (no explicit owner).
  • nevado de colima — a volcano in SW Mexico, in Jalisco state. Height: 4339 m (14 235 ft)
  • nevado de toluca — a volcano in central Mexico, in Mexico state near Toluca: crater partly filled by a lake. Height: 4577 m (15 017 ft)
  • newry and mourne — a district of SE Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 89 644 (2003 est). Area: 909 sq km (351 sq miles)
  • nibble mode dram — (storage)   A standard DRAM where four successive bits can be clocked out of the single data line by successive pulses on the CAS\ line while RAS\ is active. A column address is only required for the first bit. This mode is now unfashionable but can be found on some older 64 kilobit and 256 kilobit chips.
  • nicotine-stained — discoloured by the effects of nicotine
  • nine-days wonder — something that arouses great interest, but only for a short period
  • nitrogen mustard — any of the class of poisonous, blistering compounds, as C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, analogous in composition to mustard gas but containing nitrogen instead of sulfur: used in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases; mechlorethamine.
  • no fixed address — Someone who is of no fixed address does not have a permanent place to live.
  • no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
  • non-carbohydrate — any of a class of organic compounds that are polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones, or change to such substances on simple chemical transformations, as hydrolysis, oxidation, or reduction, and that form the supporting tissues of plants and are important food for animals and people.
  • non-coincidental — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
  • non-concentrated — applied with all one's attention, energy, etc.: their concentrated efforts to win the election.
  • non-confidential — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
  • non-debilitating — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
  • non-extraditable — capable of being extradited; subject to extradition: an extraditable person.
  • non-incorporated — formed or constituted as a legal corporation.
  • non-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • non-standardized — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
  • nonbiodegradable — Not biodegradable.
  • nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
  • nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
  • north battleford — a city in W central Saskatchewan, in central Canada.
  • north lauderdale — a city in SE Florida.
  • north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
  • northern ireland — a political division of the United Kingdom, in the NE part of the island of Ireland. 5238 sq. mi. (13,565 sq. km). Capital: Belfast.
  • norwegian buhund — a slightly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect pointed ears and a short thick tail carried curled over its back
  • numbered account — a bank account whose owner is identified by a number for the purpose of preserving anonymity.
  • nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
  • objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
  • observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
  • observation ward — a ward in a hospital where patients are monitored
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