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16-letter words containing a, m, e, s, l, n

  • 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
  • nash equilibrium — (in game theory) a stable state of a system involving the interaction of two or more players in which no player can gain by a unilateral change of strategy if the strategies of the other players remain unchanged
  • national costume — traditional dress
  • nominal sentence — a sentence consisting of a subject and complement without a linking verb, as Very interesting, those books.
  • non-instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
  • non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • nontransmissible — Not transmissible.
  • nontransmittable — Not transmittable.
  • nuclear emulsion — a photographic emulsion in the form of a thick block, used to record the tracks of elementary particles.
  • one/a false move — If you say that one false move will cause a disaster, you mean that you or someone else must not make any mistakes because the situation is so difficult or dangerous.
  • outsmart oneself — to have one's efforts at cunning or cleverness result in one's own disadvantage
  • over-sentimental — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
  • palmer peninsula — former name of Antarctic Peninsula.
  • palmerston north — a city in New Zealand, in the S North Island on the Manawatu River. Pop: 78 100 (2004 est)
  • pectoralis minor — the smaller of the two large chest muscles that assist in movements of the shoulder and upper arm
  • pentothal sodium — thiopental sodium
  • phalansterianism — a system by which society would be reorganized into units comprising their own social and industrial elements; Fourierism.
  • phase modulation — radio transmission in which the carrier wave is modulated by changing its phase to transmit the amplitude and pitch of the signal.
  • plainclothes man — a detective or police officer who wears civilian clothes while on duty
  • policy statement — a declaration of the plans and intentions of an organization or government
  • premillennialism — the doctrine or belief that the Second Coming of Christ will precede the millennium.
  • professionalisms — professional character, spirit, or methods.
  • proslambanomenos — the lowest note of the scale in ancient Greek music
  • pulse modulation — a type of modulation in which a train of pulses is used as the carrier wave, one or more of its parameters, such as amplitude, being modulated or modified in order to carry information
  • quasi-managerial — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
  • re-establishment — the act or an instance of establishing.
  • replacement cost — fee to obtain new version of sth
  • residential home — a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as esp the elderly, and also children in care or mentally handicapped adults
  • rhythm and blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
  • rhythm-and-blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
  • saint-barthelemy — (Saint Bartholomew; Saint Barts; Saint Barths) a resort island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands, part of the French department of Guadeloupe. 6900; 8 sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
  • sales automation — Sales Force Automation
  • sales commission — Sales commission is the percentage of the value of a sale that a sales associate or sales representative may earn.
  • schmaltz herring — herring caught just before spawning, when it has much fat
  • sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
  • secular humanism — any set of beliefs that promotes human values without specific allusion to religious doctrines.
  • self-abandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
  • self-advancement — an act of moving forward.
  • self-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
  • self-complacency — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
  • self-containment — the state of being self-contained.
  • self-dramatizing — exaggerating one's own qualities, role, situation, etc., for dramatic effect or as an attention-getting device; presenting oneself dramatically.
  • self-enhancement — to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candlelight enhanced her beauty.
  • self-examination — examination into one's own state, conduct, motives, etc.
  • self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
  • self-maintenance — the act of maintaining: the maintenance of proper oral hygiene.
  • self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • self-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
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