14-letter words containing a, m, o, r, i
- mistranslation — An incorrect translation.
- mixed metaphor — the use in the same expression of two or more metaphors that are incongruous or illogical when combined, as in “The president will put the ship of state on its feet.”.
- mobile library — travelling book-lending facility
- mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
- moderate-sized — not large or small
- modern persian — the Persian language since the Middle Persian stage.
- modularization — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
- moisturization — The act or process of moisturizing.
- molecular film — a film or layer one molecule thick.
- molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
- mongrelization — to subject (a breed, group, etc.) to crossbreeding, especially with one considered inferior.
- monocarboxylic — containing one carboxyl group.
- monochromatism — the quality of having one color: the monochromatism of Picasso's Blue Period.
- monocratically — In a monocratic manner.
- monoprionidian — having cells or sacs only on one half of the axis
- monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
- monotransitive — In grammar, pertaining to a transitive verb that takes a single mandatory object, either a direct object or a primary object depending on the language.
- moral majority — a political action group formed mainly of Protestant fundamentalists to further strict conservative aims, as strong antiabortion laws, the restoration of school prayer, the teaching of creationism in public schools, and the curbing of books and television programs considered antireligious or immoral.
- moralistically — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- morbid anatomy — the branch of medical science concerned with the study of the structure of diseased organs and tissues
- morbidity rate — a measure of the relative incidence of a particular disease in a specific locality
- morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
- morganatically — In a morganatic manner.
- morning prayer — matin (def 1c).
- morphinomaniac — a person with an uncontrollable addiction to morphine
- morris dancing — Morris dancing is a type of old English country dancing which is performed by people wearing special costumes.
- mortality rate — number of deaths in a population
- mortifications — Plural form of mortification.
- 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
- motor mechanic — a mechanic who maintains and repairs cars and other road vehicles
- motor-assisted — mechanically assisted by a motor
- motorola, inc. — (company) One of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors and advanced electronic systems and services. Major equipment businesses include mobile telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications, personal communications, automotive, defense and space electronics, computers, satellite communications systems, police and emergency service radio systems, taxicab dispatching (radio) systems. Communication devices, computers and millions of consumer products are powered by Motorola semiconductors. They are probably best known in the computing world for their microprocessors, including the Motorola 6800 and Motorola 68000 CISC families and Motorola 88000 RISCs, the Motorola DSP56000 digital signal processors and the PowerPC on which they collaborated. They also led the development of VMEbus. Quarterly sales $5400M, profits $367M (Aug 1994). See also Envoy, Monsoon, MPL. Address: Schaumberg, Illinois, USA.
- moulding board — a board on which dough is kneaded
- mount victoria — a mountain in SE Papua New Guinea: the highest peak of the Owen Stanley Range. Height: 4073 m (13 363 ft)
- mountain range — series or chain of mountains
- mountaineering — The sport or activity of climbing mountains.
- mourning cloak — a common butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) having purplish-brown wings with a wide yellow border, found throughout Europe and North America
- mouth-watering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
- moving average — one of a succession of averages of data from a time series, where each average is calculated by successively shifting the interval by the same period of time.
- muhammad ghori — Mohammed of Ghor.
- multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- multichromatic — Involving more than one colour.
- multicollinear — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting multicollinearity.
- multifactorial — having or stemming from a number of different causes or influences: Some medical researchers regard cancer as a multifactorial disease.
- multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
- multigrade oil — Multigrade oil is engine or gear oil which works well at both low and high temperatures.
- multimolecular — (chemistry, physics) Involving multiple molecules.
- multivibrators — Plural form of multivibrator.
- munition armor — armor made in quantity for common soldiers.