16-letter words containing c, e, n, t, o, i
- microenterprises — Plural form of microenterprise.
- microenvironment — the environment of a small area or of a particular organism; microhabitat.
- microminiaturize — (especially of electronic equipment) to make extremely small; subject to microminiaturization.
- microtransmitter — a small electronic device which transmits television or radio signals
- minority carrier — the entity responsible for carrying the lesser part of the current in a semiconductor
- misspecification — An incorrect specification.
- mnemotechnically — In a mnemotechnic manner; using mnemotechny.
- mock examination — an examination, esp in a school, taken as practice before an official examination
- monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
- montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
- mos technologies — MOS Technology
- motoring offence — a crime committed which concerns driving
- mountain climber — someone who climbs or walks up mountains
- mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
- moving staircase — Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
- multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
- musique concrete — tape-recorded musical and natural sounds, often electronically distorted, arranged in planned combinations, sequences, and rhythmic patterns to create an artistic work.
- 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 recursion — recursion
- nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
- nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
- narcotics charge — a criminal charge or accusation concerning the use or dealing of illegal drugs
- narcotraffickers — Plural form of narcotrafficker.
- national charter — the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
- national costume — traditional dress
- national service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
- native companion — brolga.
- neo-christianity — any interpretation of Christianity based on the prevalent philosophy of a given period.
- neo-confucianist — of or relating to neo-Confucians or neo-Confucianism.
- neo-conservatism — (in the US) a right-wing tendency that originated amongst supporters of the political left and has become characterized by its support of hawkish foreign policies
- neoconservatives — Plural form of neoconservative.
- neurolinguistics — the study of the neurological processes underlying the development and use of language.
- neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
- neutrosophic set — (logic) A generalisation of the intuitionistic set, classical set, fuzzy set, paraconsistent set, dialetheist set, paradoxist set, tautological set based on Neutrosophy. An element x(T, I, F) belongs to the set in the following way: it is t true in the set, i indeterminate in the set, and f false, where t, i, and f are real numbers taken from the sets T, I, and F with no restriction on T, I, F, nor on their sum n=t+i+f. The neutrosophic set generalises: - the intuitionistic set, which supports incomplete set theories (for 0
- nicotine-stained — discoloured by the effects of nicotine
- nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
- nitrous bacteria — bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites in the soil
- no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
- nominal sentence — a sentence consisting of a subject and complement without a linking verb, as Very interesting, those books.
- non-accumulative — tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
- non-alphabetical — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- non-bureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
- non-coincidental — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
- non-confidential — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
- non-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- non-constructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- non-contingently — dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often followed by on or upon): Our plans are contingent on the weather.
- non-contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- non-conventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
- non-emancipation — the act of emancipating.