16-letter words containing d, u, n, g
- hummingbird moth — hawk moth.
- hydraulic mining — placer mining using a pressurized stream of water.
- hydrogen sulfide — a colorless, flammable, water-soluble, cumulatively poisonous gas, H 2 S, having the odor of rotten eggs: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals, in metallurgy, and as a reagent in laboratory analysis.
- inauguration day — the day on which the president of the United States is inaugurated, being January 20 of every year following a year whose number is divisible by four. Prior to the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution (ratified February 6, 1933), it was March 4.
- induced topology — a topology of a subset of a topological space, obtained by intersecting the subset with every open set in the topology of the space.
- kentucky windage — a method of correcting for windage, gravity, etc., by aiming a weapon to one side of the target instead of by adjusting the sights.
- kingdom-of-nubia — a region in S Egypt and the Sudan, N of Khartoum, extending from the Nile to the Red Sea.
- leading question — a question so worded as to suggest the proper or desired answer.
- machine moulding — the process of making moulds and cores for castings by mechanical means, usually by compacting the moulding sand by vibration instead of by ramming down
- magellanic cloud — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
- mahmud of ghazni — a.d. 971?–1030, Muslim Amir of Ghazni 997–1030.
- managed currency — a currency whose value is established and maintained by deliberate governmental action working through national and international financial institutions, in contrast to the quasi-automatic gold standard.
- manganese nodule — a small irregular concretion found on deep ocean floors having high concentrations of certain metals, esp manganese
- manhood suffrage — the right of adult male citizens to vote
- manufactured gas — a gaseous fuel created from coal, oil, etc., as differentiated from natural gas.
- masculine ending — a final inflection or suffix designating that a word belongs to the masculine gender.
- measuring device — gauge
- misunderstanding — failure to understand correctly; mistake as to meaning or intent.
- modern languages — languages currently spoken
- modular language — (language) (Modula) Wirth's 1977 predecessor of Modula-2. The original Modula was, more oriented toward concurrent programming, but otherwise quite similar.
- money laundering — Money laundering is the crime of processing stolen money through a legitimate business or sending it abroad to a foreign bank, to hide the fact that the money was illegally obtained.
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
- moulding process — the process of shaping or compacting a material into a frame or mould
- mountain dogwood — a dogwood tree, Cornus nuttallii, of western North America, having pointed, petallike white or pinkish bracts and clustered scarlet fruits.
- multiplepoinding — an action to determine the division of a property or fund between several claimants, brought by or on behalf of the present holder
- munchen-gladbach — former name of Mönchengladbach.
- nitrogen mustard — any of the class of poisonous, blistering compounds, as C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, analogous in composition to mustard gas but containing nitrogen instead of sulfur: used in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases; mechlorethamine.
- nodding trillium — a hardy plant, Trillium cernuum, of the lily family, of the eastern coast of North America, having wavy-petalled, white or pinkish flowers on short, recurved stalks hanging beneath the three whorled leaves.
- nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
- norwegian buhund — a slightly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect pointed ears and a short thick tail carried curled over its back
- of human bondage — a novel (1915) by W. Somerset Maugham.
- oligonucleotides — Plural form of oligonucleotide.
- operating budget — money allocated to a project
- organized labour — labour carried out by workers in trade unions, or the workers themselves
- picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
- portuguese india — a former Portuguese overseas territory on the W coast of India, consisting of the districts of Gôa, Daman, and Diu: annexed by India December 1961. Capital: Gôa.
- praetorian guard — the bodyguard of a military commander, especially the imperial guard stationed in Rome.
- pressure welding — the welding together of two objects by holding them together under pressure.
- preunderstanding — to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
- private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
- project guardian — (project, security) A project which grew out of the ARPA support for Multics and the sale of Multics systems to the US Air Force. The USAF wanted a system that could be used to handle more than one security classification of data at a time. They contracted with Honeywell and MITRE Corporation to figure out how to do this. Project Guardian led to the creation of the Access Isolation Mechanism, the forerunner of the B2 labeling and star property support in Multics. The DoD Orange Book was influenced by the experience in building secure systems gained in Project Guardian.
- puddling-furnace — the act of a person or thing that puddles.
- punitive damages — law: penalty payment
- qin shi huang di — Ch'in Shih Huang Ti.
- queen maud range — a mountain range in Antarctica, in Ross Dependency, S of the Ross Sea.
- rearguard action — an action fought by a rearguard
- recording studio — place where music is recorded
- refinery upgrade — A refinery upgrade is the process of introducing the newest technology in some parts of the refinery.
- registered nurse — a graduate nurse who has passed a state board examination and been registered and licensed to practice nursing. Abbreviation: R.N.