18-letter words containing a, n, t, i, m, u
- instrument station — station (def 14a).
- intercommunication — to communicate mutually, as people.
- investment account — a bank account in which money is saved long-term to accrue interest
- involuntary muscle — muscle: contracts involuntarily
- justice department — the United States federal department for enforcing federal laws
- lean manufacturing — efficiency in the production of goods
- literae humaniores — (at Oxford University) the faculty concerned with Greek and Latin literature, ancient history, and philosophy; classics
- little namaqualand — an arid coastal region in the S part of Namibia, extending into the Cape of Good Hope province of the Republic of South Africa, divided by the Orange River into two regions, one in Namibia (Great Namaqualand) the other in South Africa (Little Namaqualand) inhabited by the Nama.
- luminous emittance — luminous flux emitted per unit area.
- magnesium arsenate — a white, water-insoluble powder, Mg 3 (AsO 4) 2 ⋅xH 2 O, used chiefly as an insecticide.
- magnesium silicate — a white powder, 3MgSiO 3 ⋅5H 2 O, with variable hydration, insoluble in water or alcohol, used as a rubber filler, a bleaching agent, an odor absorbent, and in the manufacture of paints and resins.
- magnesium stearate — Magnesium stearate is a salt that is often used as a diluent and lubricant in tablets and capsules.
- magnetic induction — Also called magnetic flux density. a vector quantity used as a measure of a magnetic field. Symbol: B.
- magnetic tape unit — a computer device that moves reels of magnetic tape past read-write heads so that data can be transferred to or from the computer
- major tranquilizer — antipsychotic (def 2).
- malpighian tubules — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
- management studies — the study of the technique, practice, or science of managing a company, business, etc
- manufacturing base — the manufacturing industries of an area or a country considered as a unit and a constituent part of the economy
- marine underwriter — an underwriter who specializes in marine insurance
- market opportunity — a situation in which a company can meet an unsatisfied customer need before its competitors
- marriage encounter — a meeting with a person or thing, especially a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting: Our running into each other was merely a chance encounter.
- microencapsulation — the process of enclosing chemical substances in microcapsules.
- microminiaturizing — Present participle of microminiaturize.
- mineral supplement — a pill containing minerals that you take to improve your health
- miniature pinscher — one of a German breed of toy dogs resembling a smaller version of the Doberman pinscher, having a flat skull, a smooth coat, erect ears, and a docked tail, bred originally as a watchdog.
- minor tranquilizer — antianxiety drug.
- misunderestimation — (nonstandard) An inaccurate underestimation, or an act of misunderestimating.
- mix communications — (MIX) Providers of Internet access and presentation services for businesses and individuals in the Milwaukee, WI, USA metropolitan area. MIX started providing Internet access services to the Milwaukee area in 1990. It was the first business in Milwaukee to provide Internet access services to the public. MIX Communications is owned and operated by Dean Roth. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 (414) 351 1868 (Office), +1 (414) 351 1139 (BBS). Address: MIX Communications, P.O. Box 17166, Milwaukee, WI 53217, USA.
- molecular genetics — a subdivision of genetics concerned with the structure and function of genes at the molecular level.
- mortgage insurance — policy to compensate for property loan payments
- mount saint helens — a city in Merseyside, in NW England, near Liverpool.
- mountain cranberry — cowberry
- mozilla foundation — (body, web, open source) The body set up by Netscape in January 1998 to coordinate development of the Mozilla browser and to provide a point of contact.
- multicast backbone — (MBONE) A virtual network on top of the Internet which supports routing of IP multicast packets, intended for multimedia transmission. MBONE gives public access desktop video communications. The quality is poor with only 3-5 frames per second instead of the 30 frames per second of commercial television. Its advantage is that it avoids all telecommunications costs normally associated with teleconferencing. An interesting innovation is the use of MBONE for audio communications and an electronic "whiteboard" where the computer screen becomes a shared workspace where two physically remote parties can draw on and edit shared documents in real-time.
- multifunctionality — The condition of being multifunctional.
- multimedia machine — machines that allow users to control and manipulate sound, video, text and graphics
- musical instrument — music
- national guardsman — guardsman (def 2).
- neutrino astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the detection and measurement of neutrinos emitted by the sun and other celestial objects.
- no laughing matter — sth serious
- nocturnal emission — the release of semen during sleep, often during a sexual dream.
- non-circumstantial — of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances: a circumstantial result.
- non-fundamentalist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
- nonstriated muscle — smooth muscle
- numerical aperture — a measure of the resolving power of a microscope, equal to the index of refraction of the medium in which the object is placed multiplied by the sine of the angle made with the axis by the most oblique ray entering the instrument, the resolving power increasing as the product increases. Abbreviation: N.A.
- numerical identity — the relation that holds between two relata when they are the selfsame entity, that is, when the terms designating them have the same reference
- numerical taxonomy — classification of organisms by a comparison of large numbers of observable characteristics that are given equal value instead of being weighted according to possible evolutionary significance.
- oil of catechumens — holy oil used in baptism, the ordination of a cleric, the coronation of a sovereign, or in the consecration of a church.
- on automatic pilot — If you are on automatic pilot or on autopilot, you are acting without thinking about what you are doing, usually because you have done it many times before.
- optimum population — a population that is sufficiently large to provide an adequate workforce with minimal unemployment