17-letter words containing e, n, a, m, o, u
- man enough to/for — If you say that a man is man enough to do something, you mean that he has the necessary courage or ability to do it.
- management buyout — A management buyout is the buying of a company by its managers. The abbreviation MBO is also used.
- management course — a course provided by an educational establishment such as a university, which teaches skills concerning the management of a company, business, etc
- manicure scissors — scissors for manicuring or trimming the nails
- manifest function — any function of an institution or other social phenomenon that is planned and intentional.
- manufactured home — a prefabricated house, assembled in modular sections.
- many-valued logic — the study of logical systems in which the truth-values that a proposition may have are not restricted to two, representing only truth and falsity
- margaret of anjou — 1430–82, queen of Henry VI of England.
- maurice of nassau — Prince of Orange 1567-1625; Du. statesman & military leader
- maxwell equations — equations developed by James Clerk Maxwell (1831–79) upon which classical electromagnetic theory is based
- medulla oblongata — the lowest or hindmost part of the brain, continuous with the spinal cord.
- mensural notation — a system of musical notation of the 13th to the late 16th centuries, marked by the use of note symbols such as the longa and brevis, the absence of bar lines and ties, and the equivalence in value of one note to either two or three of the next smaller degree.
- metacommunication — Communication that indicates how verbal information should be interpreted; stimuli surrounding the verbal communication that also have meaning, which may or may not be congruent with that of or support the verbal talk. It may support or contradict verbal communication; Communication which is implicit and not expressed in words.
- metallofullerenes — Plural form of metallofullerene.
- microencapsulated — Encapsulated using microencapsulation.
- microevolutionary — Of or pertaining to microevolution.
- microminiaturized — Simple past tense and past participle of microminiaturize.
- miscellaneousness — Quality of being miscellaneous.
- missense mutation — a type of mutation to a specific protein, that results from the substitution, during translation, of one amino acid for another
- modeling language — modelling language
- monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
- money-market fund — a mutual fund that invests in the money market.
- monkeygland sauce — a piquant sauce, made from tomatoes, ketchup, fruit chutney, garlic, spices, etc
- montagu's harrier — a brownish European bird of prey, Circus pygargus, with long narrow wings and a long tail: family Accipitridae (hawks, harriers, etc)
- monumentalization — to establish an enduring memorial or record of.
- more than usually — You use more than usually to show that something shows even more of a particular quality than it normally does.
- mount fairweather — a mountain in W North America, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Height: 4663 m (15 300 ft)
- mountain sickness — illness caused by being at high altitude
- mounted policeman — policemen who patrol on horseback
- multi-directional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
- multi-millionaire — a person who possesses a fortune that amounts to many millions of dollars, francs, etc.
- multicollinearity — (statistics) A phenomenon in which two or more predictor variables in a multiple regression model are highly correlated, so that the coefficient estimates may change erratically in response to small changes in the model or data.
- multigenerational — of or relating to several generations, as of a family, or society: a multigenerational novel covering 300 years.
- multimillionaires — Plural form of multimillionaire.
- multipotentiality — The capacity to develop in multiple ways; the state of having multiple potentialities.
- mundane astrology — the astrology of worldly events, in contrast to the astrology of the individual: used especially in interpretations and forecasts involving politics, the stock market, weather, and disasters.
- muscae volitantes — floater (def 6).
- national monument — a monument, as a historic site or geographical area, owned and maintained in the public interest by the federal government.
- neo-malthusianism — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
- neurofibromatosis — a dominantly inherited genetic disorder characterized by flat brown patches on the skin, neurofibromas of the skin and internal organs, and in some cases skeletal deformity.
- neuropharmacology — the branch of pharmacology concerned with the effects of drugs on the nervous system.
- neurotransmission — the transmission of a nerve impulse across a synapse.
- neurotransmissive — Relating to neurotransmission.
- neurotransmitters — Plural form of neurotransmitter.
- newfoundland time — a form of civil time observed on the island of Newfoundland, one and one-half hours later than Eastern time and a half hour later than Atlantic time.
- ngaliema mountain — Mount, a mountain with two summits, in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: highest peak in the Ruwenzori group. 16,790 feet (5119 meters).
- non-argumentative — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
- non-communicative — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- non-manual worker — a person whose job involves the use of their mind, rather than the use of their hands or physical strength
- nuclear isomerism — isomerism (def 2).