14-letter words containing a, m, n, u
- martin du gard — Roger [raw-zhey] /rɔˈʒeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1958, French novelist: Nobel prize 1937.
- marvellousness — The quality or state of being marvellous.
- mature student — sb enrolled in study after usual age
- meaningfulness — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- measuring worm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
- megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- melanospermous — having dark spores, as certain seaweeds.
- mendaciousness — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- mensural music — polyphonic music of the 13th century in which each note has a strictly determined value.
- mental cruelty — behaviour that causes distress to another person but that does not involve physical assault
- mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
- merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
- metalinguistic — Pertaining to metalinguistics.
- metanephridium — (anatomy) A vasiform excretory gland observed in invertebrates, such as annelids, arthropods and molluscs.
- methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
- michigan rummy — a variety of five hundred rummy in which each player scores his or her melds as played.
- microaneurysms — Plural form of microaneurysm.
- microinsurance — (insurance) A type of microfinancial service aimed at low-income people and communities, and typified by low premiums and coverage limits.
- microminiature — built on an extremely small scale, smaller than subminiature, especially of electronic equipment with small solid-state components in the place of vacuum tubes.
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
- midwall column — a column or the like carrying a wall overhanging it on both sides.
- mind uploading — (application) The science fiction concept of copying one's mind into an artificial body or computer.
- miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
- minicalculator — a very small handheld calculator
- minus quantity — a quantity less than zero
- miraculousness — performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency: a miraculous cure.
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misattribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
- miscalculating — Present participle of miscalculate.
- miscalculation — An act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgment.
- miscommunicate — (ambitransitive) To communicate incorrectly.
- miscomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- mismeasurement — an inaccurate or incorrect measurement
- mispunctuation — incorrect punctuation
- misunderstands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misunderstand.
- misutilization — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- mixed language — any language containing items of vocabulary or other linguistic characteristics borrowed from two or more existing languages
- mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
- modularization — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
- moisturization — The act or process of moisturizing.
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- monolingualism — knowing or able to use only one language; monoglot.
- mononeuropathy — A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy).
- monounsaturate — a monounsaturated fat or fatty acid, as olive oil.
- monumentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of monumentalize.
- motion capture — a process by which a device can be used to capture patterns of live movement; the data is then transmitted to a computer, where simulation software displays it applied to a virtual actor
- moulding board — a board on which dough is kneaded
- mount demavend — a volcanic peak in N Iran, in the Elburz Mountains. Height: 5671 m (18 606 ft)