16-letter words containing g, e, l, o, n
- manganese nodule — a small irregular concretion found on deep ocean floors having high concentrations of certain metals, esp manganese
- manganese violet — a moderate to strong purple color.
- marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
- marmalade orange — a bitter variety of orange suitable for making marmalade
- megalomaniacally — In a megalomaniacal manner.
- meningomyelocele — (medicine) A congenital defect of the central nervous system of infants in which membranes and the spinal cord protrude through an opening or defect in the vertebral column.
- mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
- middle stone age — the Mesolithic period.
- milk of magnesia — a milky white suspension in water of magnesium hydroxide, Mg (OH) 2 , used as an antacid or laxative.
- 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.
- molybdate orange — a pigment consisting of a solid solution of sulfate, molybdate, and chromate compounds of lead.
- mönchen-gladbach — city in WC Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: pop. 266,000
- 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.
- montagu's blenny — a small blenny, Coryphoblennius galerita, found among rocks in shallow water
- montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
- mos technologies — MOS Technology
- 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
- mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
- multiplepoinding — an action to determine the division of a property or fund between several claimants, brought by or on behalf of the present holder
- myelomeningocele — (pathology) A form of spina bifida characterized by protrusion of the spinal meninges.
- nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
- nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
- national gallery — a major art gallery in London, in Trafalgar Square. Founded in 1824, it contains the largest collection of paintings in Britain
- natural religion — religion based on principles derived solely from reason and the study of nature.
- natural theology — theology based on knowledge of the natural world and on human reason, apart from revelation.
- network topology — (networking) The "shape" of a network, how the nodes are connected to each other. Common topologies are bus network, star network and ring network.
- 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.
- nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
- no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- non-contingently — dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often followed by on or upon): Our plans are contingent on the weather.
- non-debilitating — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- non-genealogical — the study of family ancestries and histories.
- non-geographical — of or relating to geography.
- nonbiodegradable — Not biodegradable.
- nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
- north ridgeville — a town in N Ohio.
- nuclear magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used to measure proton spin and approximately equal to 1/1836 Bohr magneton.
- oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
- oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
- old-girl network — an association among women that is comparable to or modeled on an old-boy network.
- oligodendroglial — Of or pertaining to the oligodendroglia.
- oligonucleotides — Plural form of oligonucleotide.
- on its last legs — about to fail
- operating manual — a leaflet of instructions on how to use something (such as an electrical appliance, etc)
- operationalizing — Present participle of operationalize.
- orange marmalade — preserve made from oranges