18-letter words containing a, d, i, n, g, m
- materials handling — the loading, unloading, and movement of goods, as within a factory or warehouse, especially by the aid of mechanical devices.
- mechanical drawing — drawing, as of machinery, done with the aid of rulers, scales, compasses, etc.
- medicine bow range — a range of the Rocky Mountains, in Wyoming and Colorado. Highest peak, Medicine Bow Peak, 12,014 feet (3662 meters).
- medium of exchange — anything generally accepted as representing a standard of value and exchangeable for goods or services.
- mexican gold poppy — an annual wildflower, Eschscholzia mexicana, having orange-gold, cup-shaped flowers, found in dry, mountainous regions of western North America.
- mid-atlantic ridge — a north-south suboceanic ridge in the Atlantic Ocean from Iceland to Antarctica on whose crest are several groups of islands; shown by plate tectonics to be the axis along which North America has split away from Eurasia, and along which South America has split away from Africa.
- middle high german — the High German language of the period 1100–1500. Abbreviation: MHG.
- modelling language — (language) Possibly a kind of programming language designed for describing models and their behaviour. See also data modelling, object relational model, simulation, UML, VRML.
- moving bed reactor — A moving bed reactor is a reactor in which a layer of catalyst in the form of granules is moved between a reaction area and a regeneration area.
- national guardsman — guardsman (def 2).
- order of magnitude — You can use order of magnitude when you are giving an approximate idea of the amount or importance of something.
- passing modulation — a modulation of a temporary nature.
- primate of england — a title of the archbishop of Canterbury.
- production manager — a supervisor of the budget, crew and other details in the production of a film or play
- propaganda machine — the group of people, publications, etc, such as of a government, country etc, responsible for the organized dissemination of information, allegations, etc, to assist or damage the cause of a government, movement, etc
- radiometric dating — any method of determining the age of earth materials or objects of organic origin based on measurement of either short-lived radioactive elements or the amount of a long-lived radioactive element plus its decay product.
- registered company — a company which has officially registered its business
- residual magnetism — remanence.
- retrograde amnesia — a memory disorder characterized by an inability to remember events or experiences that occurred before a significant point in time.
- rhyming dictionary — a specialist dictionary organized by the final sounds of words, used to write poetry
- rotational molding — a method for molding hollow plastic objects by placing finely divided particles in a hollow mold that is rotated about two axes, exposing it to heat and then to cold.
- self-disparagement — the act of disparaging.
- spackling compound — spackle
- standing committee — a permanent committee, as of a legislature, society, etc., intended to consider all matters pertaining to a designated subject.
- submaxillary gland — submandibular gland.
- summary proceeding — a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing.
- swedish gymnastics — a system of passive and active exercising of muscles and joints
- the damage is done — If you say 'the damage is done', you mean that it is too late now to prevent the harmful effects of something that has already happened.
- third man argument — (in the philosophy of Aristotle) the argument against the existence of Platonic Forms that since the Form of Man is itself a perfect man, a further form (the "third" man) would be required to explain this, and so ad infinitum
- urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
- wage determination — the process of setting wage rates or establishing wage structures in particular situations
- wandering minstrel — travelling performer
- wrongful dismissal — the act of making someone redundant for reasons which are illegal or unjust