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14-letter words containing c, o, r, i, n, t

  • line of credit — credit line (def 2).
  • macaroni wheat — durum wheat.
  • mackinaw trout — lake trout.
  • macro-mutation — a mutation that has a profound effect on the resulting organism, as a change in a regulatory gene that controls the expression of many structural genes.
  • macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
  • macromarketing — marketing concerning all marketing as a whole, marketing systems, and the mutual effect that society and marketing systems have on each other
  • macronutrients — Plural form of macronutrient.
  • magnetic force — the repelling or attracting force between a magnet and a ferromagnetic material, between a magnet and a current-carrying conductor, etc.
  • magnetic north — north as indicated by a magnetic compass, differing in most places from true north.
  • magnetic storm — a temporary disturbance of the earth's magnetic field, induced by radiation and streams of charged particles from the sun.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • manometrically — Using a manometer.
  • map projection — a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
  • margin account — an account opened by a customer with a brokerage house in which listed securities can be purchased on margin.
  • mastocarcinoma — carcinoma of the breast.
  • mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
  • metronomically — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
  • microcomponent — a hi-fi component considerably smaller than a minicomponent and much smaller than a standard-size component.
  • microcomputing — the use of microcomputers.
  • microcontinent — An isolated fragment of continental crust forming part of a small crust plate.
  • microdetection — the measurement of small quantities
  • microevolution — evolutionary change involving the gradual accumulation of mutations leading to new varieties within a species.
  • microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
  • microfortnight — One millionth of the fundamental unit of time in the Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measurement; 1.2096 sec. (A furlong is 1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 1/4th of a barrel; the mass unit of the system is taken to be a firkin of water). The VMS operating system has a lot of tuning parameters that you can set with the SYSGEN utility, and one of these is TIMEPROMPTWAIT, the time the system will wait for an operator to set the correct date and time at boot if it realises that the current value is bogus. This time is specified in microfortnights! Multiple uses of the millifortnight (about 20 minutes) and nanofortnight have also been reported.
  • microinjection — injection performed under a microscope, especially of a solution or gene transplant into a cell or cell part.
  • micromagnetism — (physics) The study of magnetism at the sub-micrometre scale.
  • micromarketing — the marketing of products or services designed to meet the needs of a very small section of the market
  • microminiature — built on an extremely small scale, smaller than subminiature, especially of electronic equipment with small solid-state components in the place of vacuum tubes.
  • micronutrients — Plural form of micronutrient.
  • micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
  • microtechnique — the art of preparing something so that it can properly be examined using a microscope
  • minicalculator — a very small handheld calculator
  • minor sentence — any sentence that is not a true full sentence; a transformation by deletion from a full sentence.
  • mis-coordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
  • misanthropical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
  • misconstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstruct.
  • 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.
  • misdescription — an incorrect or misleading description
  • misinstruction — Wrong or improper instruction.
  • misperceptions — Plural form of misperception.
  • misrecognition — Incorrect recognition.
  • mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
  • monochromatism — the quality of having one color: the monochromatism of Picasso's Blue Period.
  • monocratically — In a monocratic manner.
  • morganatically — In a morganatic manner.
  • mormon cricket — a flightless, long-horned grasshopper, Anabrus simplex, of the western U.S., that is destructive to range grasses and cultivated crops.
  • morphotonemics — the morphophonemics of tonal phenomena.
  • mortifications — Plural form of mortification.
  • mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
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