16-letter words containing a, n, u, l
- micromanipulator — A device, used for micromanipulation, consisting of microscopic needles and instruments viewed through a microscope.
- military honours — ceremonies performed by troops in honour of royalty, at the burial of an officer, etc
- miniature poodle — a breed of poodle, bred to be much smaller than standard poodles
- missile launcher — system that fires missiles
- modern languages — languages currently spoken
- modular language — (language) (Modula) Wirth's 1977 predecessor of Modula-2. The original Modula was, more oriented toward concurrent programming, but otherwise quite similar.
- money laundering — Money laundering is the crime of processing stolen money through a legitimate business or sending it abroad to a foreign bank, to hide the fact that the money was illegally obtained.
- montagu's blenny — a small blenny, Coryphoblennius galerita, found among rocks in shallow water
- monumental mason — a person who makes gravestones and suchlike
- moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
- mount carmel man — an early human of Neanderthaloid type, known from skeletal remains from the late Pleistocene Epoch, c50,000–40,000 b.c., found in Palestine.
- mountain climber — someone who climbs or walks up mountains
- mousseline sauce — a light sauce, made by adding whipped cream or egg whites to hollandaise sauce
- muddleheadedness — The state of being muddle-headed.
- multi-way branch — switch statement
- multidimensional — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
- multifariousness — (uncountable) The characteristic of being multifarious.
- multilinear form — a function or functional of several variables such that when all variables but one are held fixed, the function is linear in the remaining variable.
- multimillionaire — a person who possesses a fortune that amounts to many millions of dollars, francs, etc.
- multinationalism — a large corporation with operations and subsidiaries in several countries.
- multiprogramming — multitasking
- munchen-gladbach — former name of Mönchengladbach.
- municipalization — (economics) The transfer of corporations or other assets to municipal ownership.
- musculocutaneous — of, relating to, or supplying the muscles and skin
- mutual exclusion — (parallel, operating system) (Or "mutex", plural: "mutexes") A collection of techniques for sharing resources so that different uses do not conflict and cause unwanted interactions. One of the most commonly used techniques for mutual exclusion is the semaphore.
- mutual impedance — the ratio of the potential difference between either of two pairs of terminals to the current applied at the other pair of terminals when the circuit is open.
- mutual induction — the production of an electromotive force in one circuit by a change in current in another circuit.
- 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
- nassella tussock — type of tussock grass
- national costume — traditional dress
- natural disaster — meteorological or geological catastrophe
- natural immunity — immunity that is present without prior immunization.
- natural language — a language used as a native tongue by a group of speakers.
- natural monopoly — the situation when, due to the economies of scale of a particular industry, the maximum efficiency of production and distribution is realized through a single supplier
- natural religion — religion based on principles derived solely from reason and the study of nature.
- natural resource — a naturally occurring source of wealth, as land or water.
- natural theology — theology based on knowledge of the natural world and on human reason, apart from revelation.
- naturalistically — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
- nature-identical — manufactured to be identical to a natural substance
- nautical almanac — a year book containing tidal and astronomical information for navigators
- near the knuckle — risqué
- neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
- neuroepithelioma — Neurocytoma.
- neurohypophyseal — Relating to the neurohypophysis.
- neurohypophysial — Relating to the neurohypophysis.
- neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
- neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.