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15-letter words containing c, m, d, r

  • mackinac bridge — a suspension bridge over the Straits of Mackinac, connecting the Upper and Lower peninsulas of Michigan: one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. 3800-foot (1158-meter) center span; 7400 feet (2256 meters) in total length.
  • macroaggregated — in the form of a macroaggregate
  • macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
  • man-made fabric — a type of fabric that is made artificially, such as polyester or rayon, rather than occurring naturally, like cotton or wool
  • mandarin collar — a narrow, stand-up collar, not quite meeting at the front.
  • marc andreessen — (person)   The man who founded Netscape Communications Corporation in April 1994 with Dr. James H. Clark. Andreessen has been a director since September 1994. As an undergraduate at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Andreessen created the Mosaic web browser prototype with a team of students and staff at the university's National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). With a friendly, point-and-click method for navigating the Internet and free distribution to network users, NCSA Mosaic gained an estimated two million users worldwide in just over one year. Andreessen earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science at the University of Illinois in 1993.
  • marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
  • maria de medici — Marie de Médicis.
  • marie de france — flourished 12th century, French poet in England.
  • mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • massed practice — learning with no intervals or short intervals between successive bouts of learning
  • master cylinder — the hydraulic pump of an automotive braking system that contains a cylinder and one or two pistons, is actuated by the brake pedal, and supplies hydraulic fluid under pressure to the brakes at each wheel.
  • mastoid process — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
  • matrix bar code — a type of 2D bar code that stores data in a matrix of geometrically shaped dark and light cells that represent bits. See also QR code.
  • media converter — (networking)   A component used in Ethernet, although it is not part of the IEEE standard. The IEEE standard states that all segments must be linked with repeaters. Media converters were developed as a simpler, cheaper alternative to repeaters. However, in the 1990s the cost difference between the two is negligible.
  • medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
  • medical officer — a doctor of medicine who serves in the armed forces in a medical capacity
  • medical records — written information about a person's health during their life to date
  • medical tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
  • medullary canal — the central area of a bone, containing marrow
  • meridian circle — a transit instrument provided with a graduated vertical scale, used to measure the declinations of heavenly bodies and to determine the time of meridian transits.
  • methyl chloride — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Cl, used chiefly as a refrigerant, as a local anesthetic, and as a methylating agent in organic synthesis.
  • michael faraday — Michael, 1791–1867, English physicist and chemist: discoverer of electromagnetic induction.
  • microdiscectomy — (surgery) microdecompression.
  • microdissection — dissection performed under a microscope.
  • micrometeoroids — Plural form of micrometeoroid.
  • micromicrofarad — picofarad. Symbol: μμF.
  • microradiograph — an enlarged version of an image obtained by a form of radiography that reveals minute details
  • mid-ocean ridge — any of several seismically active submarine mountain ranges that extend through the Atlantic, Indian, and South Pacific oceans: each is hypothesized to be the locus of seafloor spreading.
  • middle american — average middle-class Americans as a group, as distinguished from the rich or poor or the politically extreme.
  • minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
  • mis-categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
  • miscoordinating — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
  • miscoordination — Lack of coordination.
  • moderate-income — of or relating to those with a close-to-average income within the overall population.
  • modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
  • mogi das cruzes — a city in SE Brazil, E of São Paulo.
  • molecular cloud — a cool dense interstellar region composed of a wide variety of molecules, mainly hydrogen, plus some dust, in which stars are forming
  • monosaccharides — Plural form of monosaccharide.
  • monroe doctrine — the policy, as stated by President Monroe in 1823, that the U.S. opposed further European colonization of and interference with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere.
  • morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
  • muslim calendar — the lunar calendar used by Muslims and reckoned from a.d. 622: the calendar year consists of 354 days and contains 12 months: Moharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Shaban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda, and Dhu ʾl-hijjah. In leap years the month Dhu ʾl-hijjah contains one extra day.
  • neuroectodermal — Of or pertaining to the neuroectoderm.
  • non-compromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
  • non-documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
  • noncomputerized — not computerized or controlled by computers
  • nondiscriminate — Not discriminate.
  • nonmatriculated — not matriculated, not enrolled in an institution, esp a college or university
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