16-letter words containing g, e, o, r, m, c
- imago europe plc — A UK Internet provider. There sevice is called Imago On-line. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
- kilogram calorie — kilocalorie.
- light microscope — microscope (def 1).
- local government — the administration of the civic affairs of a city, town, or district by its inhabitants rather than by the state or country at large.
- macrometeorology — the study of large-scale atmospheric phenomena, as the general circulation of the air or global weather conditions.
- magnesiochromite — (mineral) A chromite species with the formula MgCr2O4.
- magnetic equator — aclinic line.
- magneto-electric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
- magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
- magnetoreceptors — Plural form of magnetoreceptor.
- magnetostriction — a change in dimensions exhibited by ferromagnetic materials when subjected to a magnetic field.
- magnetostrictive — Of or pertaining to magnetostriction.
- marriage customs — the acts that are traditionally done in connection with a marriage
- megacorporations — Plural form of megacorporation.
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
- meteorologically — In meteorological terms; in the context of weather.
- microaggressions — Plural form of microaggression.
- microengineering — The engineering of microscopic devices.
- microgametophyte — (biology) Any gametophyte that develops from a microspore.
- micrometeorology — the study of local and small-scale atmospheric phenomena, usually confined to the physical and dynamic occurrences within a shallow stratum of air adjacent to the ground.
- molecular weight — the average weight of a molecule of an element or compound measured in units once based on the weight of one hydrogen atom taken as the standard or on 1/16 (0.0625) the weight of an oxygen atom, but after 1961 based on 1/12 (0.083) the weight of the carbon-12 atom; the sum of the atomic weights of all the atoms in a molecule. Abbreviation: mol. wt.
- montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
- morning sickness — nausea occurring in the early part of the day, especially as a characteristic symptom in the first months of pregnancy.
- mortgage company — business providing loans to property buyers
- mortgagee clause — a clause attached to a fire-insurance policy for protecting a mortgagee against loss or damage.
- motoring offence — a crime committed which concerns driving
- 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
- moving staircase — Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
- nuclear magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used to measure proton spin and approximately equal to 1/1836 Bohr magneton.
- opening ceremony — a ceremony held in celebration of the start of something
- operating income — revenue from business operations after operating expenses are deducted from gross income.
- overcompensating — Present participle of overcompensate.
- overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
- pharmacogenetics — the branch of pharmacology that examines the relation of genetic factors to variations in response to drugs.
- pharmacogenomics — the study of human genetic variability in relation to drug action and its application to medical treatment
- picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
- pneumatic trough — a trough filled with liquid, especially water, for collecting gases in bell jars or the like by displacement.
- pragmatic theory — the theory of truth that the truth of a statement consists in its practical consequences, especially in its agreement with subsequent experience.
- program director — a chief executive responsible for selecting and scheduling programs.
- re-chromatograph — to separate and analyse (a mixture of liquids or gases) by means of chromatography a second or further time
- recorded message — words spoken by someone and recorded electronically in order to be replayed again in future, esp automatically over the phone
- richmond heights — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- second messenger — any of various intracellular chemical substances, as cyclic AMP, that transmit and amplify the messages delivered by a first messenger to specific receptors on the cell surface.
- self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- simon boccanegra — an opera (1857) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- something fierce — desperately, intensely
- spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.