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16-letter words containing a, r, o, g, n, c

  • magnetoreceptors — Plural form of magnetoreceptor.
  • magnetostriction — a change in dimensions exhibited by ferromagnetic materials when subjected to a magnetic field.
  • magnetostrictive — Of or pertaining to magnetostriction.
  • marginal costing — a method of cost accounting and decision making used for internal reporting in which only marginal costs are charged to cost units and fixed costs are treated as a lump sum
  • megacorporations — Plural form of megacorporation.
  • mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
  • microaggressions — Plural form of microaggression.
  • microangiopathic — Of, pertaining to or accompanied by microangiopathy.
  • microprogramming — microcode
  • micropropagation — the propagation of plants from tissue cultures, often from single cells.
  • misconfiguration — An incorrect or inappropriate configuration.
  • mortgage company — business providing loans to property buyers
  • moving staircase — Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
  • narcotics charge — a criminal charge or accusation concerning the use or dealing of illegal drugs
  • narcotrafficking — the buying and selling of illegal drugs.
  • nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
  • non-geographical — of or relating to geography.
  • nonmanufacturing — (economics) Outside of the manufacturing sector.
  • nonparticipating — (of a person or thing) not participating: No penalties were given to nonparticipating students.
  • nonreciprocating — Not reciprocating; not responding in kind.
  • nuclear magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used to measure proton spin and approximately equal to 1/1836 Bohr magneton.
  • objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
  • of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
  • operating income — revenue from business operations after operating expenses are deducted from gross income.
  • organ-pipe coral — an alcyonarian coral of the genus Tubipora, occurring in tropical waters, and forming a complex colony of brick-red, vertical tubules joined at intervals by transverse plates.
  • organoleptically — In an organoleptic manner.
  • ornithologically — In terms of ornithology.
  • overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
  • overcompensating — Present participle of overcompensate.
  • overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
  • pacific sturgeon — a dark gray sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, inhabiting marine and fresh waters along the northwestern coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.
  • packing fraction — Physics. a measure of the stability of an atomic nucleus, equal to 10 4 multiplied by the mass defect and divided by the mass number.
  • pelican crossing — place to cross road
  • percentage point — difference: one per cent
  • peregrine falcon — a globally distributed falcon, Falco peregrinus, much used in falconry because of its swift flight: several subspecies are endangered.
  • personnel agency — an agency for placing employable persons in jobs; employment agency.
  • phantasmagorical — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
  • pharmacogenetics — the branch of pharmacology that examines the relation of genetic factors to variations in response to drugs.
  • pharmacogenomics — the study of human genetic variability in relation to drug action and its application to medical treatment
  • phonocardiograph — an instrument for graphically recording the sound of the heartbeat.
  • photochronograph — a device formerly used for taking a series of instantaneous photographs of a rapidly moving object.
  • photozincography — a type of photoengraving using a sensitized zinc plate.
  • pneumatic trough — a trough filled with liquid, especially water, for collecting gases in bell jars or the like by displacement.
  • pork scratchings — small pieces of crisply cooked pork crackling, eaten cold as an appetizer with drinks
  • processing plant — a factory where raw materials are treated or prepared by a special method, esp one where food is treated in order to preserve it
  • prognostic chart — a chart showing the predicted state of the atmosphere for a given time in the future.
  • project guardian — (project, security)   A project which grew out of the ARPA support for Multics and the sale of Multics systems to the US Air Force. The USAF wanted a system that could be used to handle more than one security classification of data at a time. They contracted with Honeywell and MITRE Corporation to figure out how to do this. Project Guardian led to the creation of the Access Isolation Mechanism, the forerunner of the B2 labeling and star property support in Multics. The DoD Orange Book was influenced by the experience in building secure systems gained in Project Guardian.
  • project planning — project management
  • prolonged-action — sustained-release.
  • purchasing power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
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