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16-letter words containing c, l, o, n, t

  • luminosity class — a classification of stars of a given spectral type according to their luminosity, breaking them down into dwarfs, giants, and supergiants.
  • macro-linguistic — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
  • macrolinguistics — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
  • magnetic anomaly — a departure from the normal magnetic field of the earth.
  • magneto-electric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
  • make a complaint — If a guest makes a complaint, they express their dissatisfaction with something.
  • malcontentedness — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
  • man of the cloth — a clergyman or other ecclesiastic.
  • 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
  • melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
  • mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
  • microcirculation — the movement of blood through the arterioles, capillaries, and venules.
  • microcrystalline — minutely crystalline; composed of microscopic crystals.
  • microelectronics — the technology dealing with the design, development, and construction of electronic systems utilizing extremely small elements, especially solid-state devices employing microminiaturization.
  • microencapsulate — (transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
  • microlinguistics — the branch of linguistics that is concerned with the study of languages in the abstract, and that looks at specific linguistic data without consideration of meaning
  • micromanipulator — A device, used for micromanipulation, consisting of microscopic needles and instruments viewed through a microscope.
  • misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
  • misogynistically — In a misogynistic manner.
  • mission-critical — essential for a project to launch
  • mnemotechnically — In a mnemotechnic manner; using mnemotechny.
  • monocotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the monocotyledons.
  • monopolistically — In a monopolistic manner.
  • monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
  • montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
  • mos technologies — MOS Technology
  • 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
  • mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
  • multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
  • 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 induction — the production of an electromotive force in one circuit by a change in current in another circuit.
  • mutual recursion — recursion
  • nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
  • nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
  • nasal applicator — A nasal applicator is a device for administering medication through the nose.
  • nassella tussock — type of tussock grass
  • 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.
  • natural resource — a naturally occurring source of wealth, as land or water.
  • neurolinguistics — the study of the neurological processes underlying the development and use of language.
  • nevado de toluca — a volcano in central Mexico, in Mexico state near Toluca: crater partly filled by a lake. Height: 4577 m (15 017 ft)
  • new commonwealth — a term used esp in the latter part of the 20th century in Britain to describe countries in the British Commonwealth that became independent after World War II
  • nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
  • nitrosylsulfuric — of or derived from nitrosylsulfuric acid.
  • 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.
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