16-letter words containing a, e, c, i

multiple factors — polygene.
multiplicatively — tending to multiply or increase.
multituberculate — a rodentlike mammal of the extinct order Multituberculata, which lived from the late Jurassic Period to the Oligocene Epoch, reaching the size of a woodchuck and having molars with two or three rows of simple pointed cusps.
munching squares — A display hack dating back to the PDP-1 (ca. 1962, reportedly discovered by Jackson Wright), which employs a trivial computation (repeatedly plotting the graph Y = X XOR T for successive values of T - see HAKMEM items 146--148) to produce an impressive display of moving and growing squares that devour the screen. The initial value of T is treated as a parameter, which, when well-chosen, can produce amazing effects. Some of these, later (re)discovered on the LISP Machine, have been christened "munching triangles" (try AND for XOR and toggling points instead of plotting them), "munching w's", and "munching mazes". More generally, suppose a graphics program produces an impressive and ever-changing display of some basic form, foo, on a display terminal, and does it using a relatively simple program; then the program (or the resulting display) is likely to be referred to as "munching foos". [This is a good example of the use of the word foo as a metasyntactic variable.]
musical director — A musical director is the same as a music director.
mutual exclusion — (parallel, operating system) (Or "mutex", plural: "mutexes") A collection of techniques for sharing resources so that different uses do not conflict and cause unwanted interactions. One of the most commonly used techniques for mutual exclusion is the semaphore.
mutual impedance — the ratio of the potential difference between either of two pairs of terminals to the current applied at the other pair of terminals when the circuit is open.
mutual insurance — insurance in which those insured become members of a company who reciprocally engage, by payment of certain amounts into a common fund, to indemnify one another against loss.
mutual recursion — recursion
nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
narcotics charge — a criminal charge or accusation concerning the use or dealing of illegal drugs
narcotraffickers — Plural form of narcotrafficker.
national charter — the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
national costume — traditional dress
national service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
native americans — a person born in the United States.
native companion — brolga.
nature-identical — manufactured to be identical to a natural substance
necessitarianism — the doctrine that all events, including acts of the will, are determined by antecedent causes; determinism.
necklace killing — an instance in which someone is killed by a burning tyre that has been placed around his or her neck.
neo-christianity — any interpretation of Christianity based on the prevalent philosophy of a given period.
neo-confucianist — of or relating to neo-Confucians or neo-Confucianism.
neo-conservatism — (in the US) a right-wing tendency that originated amongst supporters of the political left and has become characterized by its support of hawkish foreign policies
neoconservatives — Plural form of neoconservative.
nephrocalcinosis — (medicine) The deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism.
neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
nevado de colima — a volcano in SW Mexico, in Jalisco state. Height: 4339 m (14 235 ft)
new jack (swing) — a style of rhythm-and-blues music blending rap, disco, funk, soul, etc. and characterized by aggressive, boastful, romantic lyrics
newspaper office — an office where the editorial and production staff of a newspaper work
nicotine-stained — discoloured by the effects of nicotine
nicoya peninsula — a peninsula in NW Costa Rica, on the Pacific Ocean.
nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
nitrous bacteria — bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites in the soil
no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
nominal sentence — a sentence consisting of a subject and complement without a linking verb, as Very interesting, those books.
non-accumulative — tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
non-alphabetical — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
non-bureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
non-coincidental — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
non-confidential — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
non-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
non-conventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
non-emancipation — the act of emancipating.
non-genealogical — the study of family ancestries and histories.
non-geographical — of or relating to geography.
non-hierarchical — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy.
non-incorporated — formed or constituted as a legal corporation.
non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.

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