15-letter words containing g, e, t, i, n, u
- mail user agent — (messaging) (MUA) The program that allows the user to compose and read electronic mail messages. The MUA provides the interface between the user and the Message Transfer Agent. Outgoing mail is eventually handed over to an MTA for delivery while the incoming messages are picked up from where the MTA left it (although MUA's running on single-user machines may pick up mail using POP). Popular MUAs for Unix include elm, mush, pine, and RMAIL.
- malpighian tube — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
- manual steering — Manual steering is steering in which the driver does all the work, without the help of mechanical power.
- metalinguistics — the study of the relation between languages and the other cultural systems they refer to.
- microcentrifuge — A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
- microtunnelling — a technique used to excavate tunnels mechanically for the laying of pipes
- minimum tillage — no-tillage.
- monumentalizing — Present participle of monumentalize.
- mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
- multiple voting — the casting of ballots in more than one constituency in one election, as in England before the election reform of 1918.
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- multiwavelength — Involving, or composed of, multiple wavelengths.
- national league — the older of the two major professional U.S. baseball leagues, established in 1876. Abbreviation: N.L.
- native language — first language, mother tongue
- natural english — Programming in normal, spoken English. [Sammet 1969, p.768].
- negative equity — If someone who has borrowed money to buy a house or flat has negative equity, the amount of money they owe is greater than the present value of their home.
- negative number — a number that is less than 0
- negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
- neurolinguistic — pertaining to neurolinguistics
- neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
- neurotoxicology — the science that deals with the effects of poisons on the nervous system.
- nuclear testing — the process of carrying out a test on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
- nuke the fridge — (of a film, etc.) to lose credibility following a particularly ill-judged scene or plot development
- nursing studies — the study of nursing
- nutmeg geranium — a southern African plant, Pelargonium fragrans, of the geranium family, having hairy leaves with scalloped margins and nutmeg-scented clusters of white flowers, of which the two upper petals are veined deep pink.
- obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
- oligonucleotide — a chain of a few nucleotides.
- omnium gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
- omnium-gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
- open-cut mining — mining by excavating from the surface
- outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
- outstandingness — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- over-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- painted bunting — a brilliantly colored bunting, Passerina ciris, of the southern U.S.
- perforating gun — A perforating gun is a device used to make holes in oil and gas wells in preparation for production.
- picture writing — the art of recording events or expressing ideas by pictures, or pictorial symbols, as practiced by preliterate peoples.
- picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
- pinochet ugarte — Augusto [ou-goos-taw] /aʊˈgus tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–2006, Chilean army general and political leader: president 1973–90.
- plantaginaceous — relating to or belonging to the family Plantaginaceae
- plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
- publicity agent — A publicity agent is a person whose job is to make sure that a large number of people know about a person, show, or event so that they are successful.
- pulsejet engine — a jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsating thrust: used to power the V-1, a German buzz bomb, in World War II.
- quarantine flag — a yellow flag, designating the letter Q in the International Code of Signals: flown by itself to signify that a ship has no disease on board and requests a pratique, or flown with another flag to signify that there is disease on board ship.
- quarter binding — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
- quite something — a remarkable or noteworthy thing or person
- reconfiguration — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
- regulation time — the standard duration of a sports game, before the addition of any extra time to determine a winner, etc
- repeating group — (database) Any attribute that can have multiple values associated with a single instance of some entity. For example, a book might have multiple authors. Such a "-to-many" relationship might be represented in an unnormalised relational database as multiple author columns in the book table or a single author(s) column containing a string which was a list of authors. Converting this to "first normal form" is the first step in database normalisation. Each author of the book would appear in a separate row along with the book's primary key. Later nomalisation stages would move the book-author relationship into a separate table to avoid repeating other book attibutes (e.g. title, publisher) for each author.
- rhesus negative — relating to blood not containing Rhesus antigen D