14-letter words containing a, t, i, l, n
- methylxanthine — a compound formed through the methylation of xanthine, such as caffeine or theophylline
- metronomically — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
- middle eastern — Also called Mideast. (loosely) the area from Libya E to Afghanistan, usually including Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the other countries of the Arabian peninsula.
- militarisation — The process by which something such as an area of land or a function of government becomes dependent on or subordinate to the military, or military in its attributes or practices.
- militarization — to equip with armed forces, military supplies, or the like.
- milk and water — If you think that someone's suggestions or ideas are weak or sentimental, you can say that they are milk and water.
- milk-and-water — ineffective; wishy-washy; lacking will or strength.
- millennialists — Plural form of millennialist.
- mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land
- mineralisation — Alternative spelling of mineralization.
- mineralization — to convert into a mineral substance.
- miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
- minicalculator — a very small handheld calculator
- minilaparotomy — Surgery. laparotomy with a small incision into the abdomen, often no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm), used especially for tubal ligation.
- minimalization — to make minimal: to minimalize tax increases.
- ministerialist — A supporter of the ministers, or the party in power.
- misallocations — Plural form of misallocation.
- misanthropical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- misapplication — to make a wrong application or use of.
- miscalculating — Present participle of miscalculate.
- miscalculation — An act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgment.
- 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.
- mistranslating — Present participle of mistranslate.
- mistranslation — An incorrect translation.
- misutilization — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- mnemotechnical — Of or pertaining to mnemotechny.
- mobile canteen — a truck or lorry with kitchen facilities that can be used on site, such as on a film set, construction site, as a soup kitchen, etc
- modularization — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- moment of sail — the product of a given area of sail, taken as the maximum safe area, and the vertical distance from the center of effort and the center of lateral resistance.
- mongrelization — to subject (a breed, group, etc.) to crossbreeding, especially with one considered inferior.
- monocratically — In a monocratic manner.
- monolithically — of or relating to a monolith.
- monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- monopolisation — Alternative spelling of monopolization.
- monopolization — to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
- monotheletical — like a monothelete
- monumentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of monumentalize.
- morganatically — In a morganatic manner.
- motivationally — In a motivational manner.
- 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.
- mountain nyala — a similar and related Ethiopian animal, T. buxtoni, lacking the white crest
- multi-location — the state or power of being in more than two places at the same time.
- multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- multi-talented — having talent or special ability; gifted.
- multicollinear — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting multicollinearity.
- multilingually — In a multilingual manner.
- multinationals — Plural form of multinational.