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16-letter words containing a, l, c, t, r

  • multiculturalism — the state or condition of being multicultural.
  • multiculturalist — Pertaining to or advocating multiculturalism.
  • multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
  • multiple factors — polygene.
  • 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.
  • musical director — A musical director is the same as a music director.
  • mustard-coloured — of a brownish-yellow colour
  • 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
  • narcissistically — having an undue fascination with oneself; vain.
  • nasal applicator — A nasal applicator is a device for administering medication through the nose.
  • 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 service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
  • natural resource — a naturally occurring source of wealth, as land or water.
  • naturalistically — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
  • nature-identical — manufactured to be identical to a natural substance
  • near the knuckle — risqué
  • neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
  • nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
  • no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
  • non-conciliatory — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
  • non-naturalistic — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
  • nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
  • noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • north carolinian — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 52,586 sq. mi. (136,198 sq. km). Capital: Raleigh. Abbreviation: NC (for use with zip code), N.C.
  • north charleston — a city in SE South Carolina.
  • north palm beach — a town in E Florida.
  • nubuck (leather) — tanned leather similar to suede, but with the nap on the grain side
  • nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
  • nuclear magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used to measure proton spin and approximately equal to 1/1836 Bohr magneton.
  • nuclear reaction — reaction (def 8).
  • nuclear transfer — the procedure used to produce the first cloned mammals, in which the nucleus of a somatic cell is transferred into an egg cell whose own nucleus has been removed. This cell is then stimulated by an electric shock to divide and form an embryo
  • oak leaf cluster — a U.S. military decoration in the form of a small bronze twig bearing four oak leaves and three acorns, worn on the ribbon of another decoration for valor, wounds, or distinguished service to signify a second award of the same medal.
  • occipitotemporal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the occiput and temporal lobe.
  • occupation layer — (on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.
  • ocellated turkey — a wild turkey, Agriocharis ocellata, of Yucatán, Belize, and Guatemala, typically having green, blue, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and eyelike spots on the tail.
  • optical computer — an experimental computer that uses photons rather than electrical impulses to process data a thousand times faster than with conventional integrated circuits.
  • optical rotation — the angle at which the plane of polarized light is rotated when passed through an optically active substance.
  • optical tweezers — a laser device used to study, manipulate, or trap a microscopic object, as a microorganism or cell, with nanometer precision.
  • orbital velocity — the minimum velocity at which a body must move to maintain a given orbit.
  • organoleptically — In an organoleptic manner.
  • ornithologically — In terms of ornithology.
  • orthographically — In an orthographical manner; using proper spelling, capitalization and grammar.
  • osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
  • over-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
  • over-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • overaccumulation — Accumulation of too much.
  • overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
  • overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
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