16-letter words containing c, o, n, a, r
- microminiaturize — (especially of electronic equipment) to make extremely small; subject to microminiaturization.
- microprogramming — microcode
- micropropagation — the propagation of plants from tissue cultures, often from single cells.
- microtransmitter — a small electronic device which transmits television or radio signals
- midair collision — a crash, such as a plane crash, that takes place in the air
- mineral charcoal — a fibrous substance resembling charcoal and having a high carbon content, often occurring in thin layers in bituminous coal.
- minority carrier — the entity responsible for carrying the lesser part of the current in a semiconductor
- mint is not trac — (text, tool) (MINT) A version of TRAC used as the extension language in the Freemacs editor.
- misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
- misconfiguration — An incorrect or inappropriate configuration.
- mispronunciation — (uncountable) The act of mispronouncing.
- mission-critical — essential for a project to launch
- mistranscription — the act or process of transcribing.
- modern icelandic — the Icelandic language since c1550.
- monochromaticity — of or having one color.
- mortgage company — business providing loans to property buyers
- 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
- 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.
- mutual recursion — recursion
- narcotics charge — a criminal charge or accusation concerning the use or dealing of illegal drugs
- narcotraffickers — Plural form of narcotrafficker.
- narcotrafficking — the buying and selling of illegal drugs.
- nasal applicator — A nasal applicator is a device for administering medication through the nose.
- 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 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.
- neo-christianity — any interpretation of Christianity based on the prevalent philosophy of a given period.
- 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.
- nephrocalcinosis — (medicine) The deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism.
- neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
- newspaper office — an office where the editorial and production staff of a newspaper work
- 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
- non-aristocratic — of or relating to government by an aristocracy.
- non-bureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
- non-carbohydrate — any of a class of organic compounds that are polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones, or change to such substances on simple chemical transformations, as hydrolysis, oxidation, or reduction, and that form the supporting tissues of plants and are important food for animals and people.
- non-concentrated — applied with all one's attention, energy, etc.: their concentrated efforts to win the election.
- non-conciliatory — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
- non-confirmation — the act of confirming.
- non-confirmatory — serving to confirm; corroborative.
- non-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- non-contemporary — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- non-geographical — of or relating to geography.
- non-hierarchical — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy.
- non-incorporated — formed or constituted as a legal corporation.
- non-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.