16-letter words containing e, u, n, i
- musique concrete — tape-recorded musical and natural sounds, often electronically distorted, arranged in planned combinations, sequences, and rhythmic patterns to create an artistic work.
- muskegon heights — a city in W Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
- mutation testing — (testing) A method to determine test set thoroughness by measuring the extent to which a test set can discriminate the program from slight variants of the program.
- mutual exclusion — (parallel, operating system) (Or "mutex", plural: "mutexes") A collection of techniques for sharing resources so that different uses do not conflict and cause unwanted interactions. One of the most commonly used techniques for mutual exclusion is the semaphore.
- mutual impedance — the ratio of the potential difference between either of two pairs of terminals to the current applied at the other pair of terminals when the circuit is open.
- mutual insurance — insurance in which those insured become members of a company who reciprocally engage, by payment of certain amounts into a common fund, to indemnify one another against loss.
- mutual recursion — recursion
- myelosuppression — (medicine) A reduction of bone marrow activity that leads to a lower concentration of platelets, red blood cells and white blood cells.
- nash equilibrium — (in game theory) a stable state of a system involving the interaction of two or more players in which no player can gain by a unilateral change of strategy if the strategies of the other players remain unchanged
- national costume — traditional dress
- natural disaster — meteorological or geological catastrophe
- natural religion — religion based on principles derived solely from reason and the study of nature.
- nature-identical — manufactured to be identical to a natural substance
- neo-confucianist — of or relating to neo-Confucians or neo-Confucianism.
- neptunium series — a radioactive series that starts with plutonium-241 and ends with bismuth-209. Neptunium-237 is the longest-lived member of the series. The series does not occur in nature
- neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
- neuroborreliosis — A disorder of the central nervous system caused by a spirochete of the genus Borrelia.
- neuroepithelioma — Neurocytoma.
- neurohypophysial — Relating to the neurohypophysis.
- neurolinguistics — the study of the neurological processes underlying the development and use of language.
- neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
- neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
- neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
- neurotransmitter — any of several chemical substances, as epinephrine or acetylcholine, that transmit nerve impulses across a synapse to a postsynaptic element, as another nerve, muscle, or gland.
- neutrosophic set — (logic) A generalisation of the intuitionistic set, classical set, fuzzy set, paraconsistent set, dialetheist set, paradoxist set, tautological set based on Neutrosophy. An element x(T, I, F) belongs to the set in the following way: it is t true in the set, i indeterminate in the set, and f false, where t, i, and f are real numbers taken from the sets T, I, and F with no restriction on T, I, F, nor on their sum n=t+i+f. The neutrosophic set generalises: - the intuitionistic set, which supports incomplete set theories (for 0
- nguyen van thieu — Nguyen Van [ngoo-yen vahn,, noo-] /ˈŋuˈyɛn vɑn,, ˈnu-/ (Show IPA), 1923–2001, South Vietnamese political leader: president 1967–75.
- niche publishing — publishing books that are intended for a very specialized market
- nicoya peninsula — a peninsula in NW Costa Rica, on the Pacific Ocean.
- 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.
- 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
- noise suppressor — squelch (def 8).
- non-accumulative — tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
- non-attributable — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- non-bureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
- non-constructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- non-contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- non-instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
- non-quantifiable — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- non-remuneration — the act of remunerating.
- non-remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- non-reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- non-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- non-reproductive — serving to reproduce.
- non-spuriousness — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
- noncommunicative — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
- nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
- 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