14-letter words containing a, r, c, t
- miscorrelation — mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc.: Studies find a positive correlation between severity of illness and nutritional status of the patients. Synonyms: similarity, correspondence, matching; parallelism, equivalence; interdependence, interrelationship, interconnection.
- misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
- mister charlie — a term used to refer to a white person.
- mistranscribed — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
- monochromatism — the quality of having one color: the monochromatism of Picasso's Blue Period.
- monocratically — In a monocratic manner.
- montreal canoe — a large freight canoe having a raised gunwale at the bow and stern.
- moralistically — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- morganatically — In a morganatic manner.
- mortifications — Plural form of mortification.
- mother of coal — mineral charcoal.
- 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
- 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.
- mount victoria — a mountain in SE Papua New Guinea: the highest peak of the Owen Stanley Range. Height: 4073 m (13 363 ft)
- much-travelled — A much-travelled person has travelled a lot in foreign countries.
- multarticulate — having multiple joints
- multiarticular — of or relating to the joints.
- multichambered — comprising or involving several chambers
- multicharacter — (of a book, play, film, etc) involving or relating to several characters
- 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.
- multimolecular — (chemistry, physics) Involving multiple molecules.
- multiracialism — The promotion of a diverse society composed of various races with different cultural backgrounds.
- myocardiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the myocardium.
- nanostructured — Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on the nano scale.
- nanostructures — Plural form of nanostructure.
- narcissistical — Of, pertaining to or involved in narcissism or narcissistic behaviour; narcissistic.
- narcocatharsis — a technique in narcoanalysis in which the patient is encouraged to reveal suppressed emotions or memories with the aid of narcotic drugs
- narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
- narcoterrorism — terrorist tactics employed by dealers in illicit drugs, as against competitors or government agents.
- narratological — of or relating to narratology
- native country — the country someone is born in or native to
- natural causes — If someone dies of or from natural causes, they die because they are ill or old rather than because of an accident or violence.
- necessitarians — Plural form of necessitarian.
- nectareousness — the state or quality of being nectareous
- neoromanticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) Fine Arts. a style of painting developed in the 20th century, chiefly characterized by forms or images that project a sense of nostalgia and fantasy.
- neutral corner — either of the two corners of the ring not used by the boxers between rounds.
- new carrollton — a city in S central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
- nitrobacterium — Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate.
- nomenclatorial — Relating to nomenclature.
- non-accredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- non-altruistic — unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic).
- non-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- non-concordant — agreeing; harmonious.
- non-contraband — anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported.
- non-conversant — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.