15-letter words containing c, u, t, i, s
- medical studies — a course of study leading to qualification as a doctor of medicine
- 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.
- metalinguistics — the study of the relation between languages and the other cultural systems they refer to.
- metallic luster — luster1 (def 8).
- microstructural — Of or pertaining to a microstructure.
- microstructures — Plural form of microstructure.
- miner's lettuce — winter purslane.
- misarticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
- miscalculations — Plural form of miscalculation.
- miscommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscommunicate.
- misconstruction — wrong construction; misinterpretation: to put a misconstruction upon an action.
- monoculturalism — The practice of actively preserving a culture to the exclusion of external influences.
- mononucleotides — Plural form of mononucleotide.
- motor insurance — insurance for a motor vehicle such as a car, which provides protection against loss in the event of an accident, theft, etc
- mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
- mountain rescue — search and rescue conducted on a mountain, for example of someone who has fallen, got lost, etc
- multical system — E-mail: Richard Snodgrass <[email protected]>.
- multidiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- multiliteracies — Plural form of multiliteracy.
- multiple access — multiplexing
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- multiprocessors — Plural form of multiprocessor.
- multispeciality — Alternative form of multispecialty.
- musical statues — a children's party game in which players run around while music is played. Whenever the music stops, the players have to stand motionless. Anyone who moves is out
- myristicivorous — feeding on nutmeg
- narcotics squad — a department of the police which investigates crimes concerning illegal drugs
- natural justice — accepted moral principles
- natural science — a science or knowledge of objects or processes observable in nature, as biology or physics, as distinguished from the abstract or theoretical sciences, as mathematics or philosophy.
- necessitousness — The state or condition of impoverishment; material need, especially of an urgent nature.
- neurolinguistic — pertaining to neurolinguistics
- neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- neuroscientific — the field of study encompassing the various scientific disciplines dealing with the structure, development, function, chemistry, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system.
- neuroscientists — Plural form of neuroscientist.
- non combustible — not flammable.
- non-acquisitive — tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.
- non-combustible — not flammable.
- non-consecutive — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- non-constituent — serving to compose or make up a thing; component: the constituent parts of a motor.
- non-consumptive — tending to consume; destructive; wasteful.
- non-disjunction — the failure of chromosomes to separate and segregate into daughter cells at division.
- non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- non-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- non-susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- nonconstruction — an activity not involving construction, esp in building
- nonconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- north caucasian — a language family including all the Caucasian languages north of the Caucasian divide, as Kabardian and the Circassian language proper, and a few between the divide and the Black Sea, as Abkhazian.
- nuclear testing — the process of carrying out a test on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
- nucleosynthesis — the formation of new atomic nuclei by nuclear reactions, thought to occur in the interiors of stars and in the early stages of development of the universe.
- nucleosynthetic — Of or pertaining to nucleosynthesis.