16-letter words containing g, i, a, n, t
- marriage partner — a person you are married to
- marriage portion — dowry.
- megacorporations — Plural form of megacorporation.
- mengagement ring — an engagement ring bought for a man
- menometrorrhagia — (pathology) Excessive uterine bleeding occurring outside of the normal menstrual period.
- mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
- metamorphosising — Present participle of metamorphosise.
- microangiopathic — Of, pertaining to or accompanied by microangiopathy.
- micropropagation — the propagation of plants from tissue cultures, often from single cells.
- middle stone age — the Mesolithic period.
- minstrel gallery — a gallery in a building meant for use by musicians playing to provide background music or entertainment at a feast or other event
- misappropriating — Present participle of misappropriate.
- misconfiguration — An incorrect or inappropriate configuration.
- misogynistically — In a misogynistic manner.
- misunderstanding — failure to understand correctly; mistake as to meaning or intent.
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- mount washington — a mountain in N New Hampshire, in the White Mountains: the highest peak in the northeast US; noted for extreme weather conditions. Height: 1917 m (6288 ft)
- mountain dogwood — a dogwood tree, Cornus nuttallii, of western North America, having pointed, petallike white or pinkish bracts and clustered scarlet fruits.
- moving staircase — Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
- moving violation — any of various traffic violations committed while a vehicle is in motion, as speeding, driving through a red light, or going the wrong direction on a one-way street.
- multiprogramming — multitasking
- 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.
- nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
- nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
- narcotics charge — a criminal charge or accusation concerning the use or dealing of illegal drugs
- narcotrafficking — the buying and selling of illegal drugs.
- national gallery — a major art gallery in London, in Trafalgar Square. Founded in 1824, it contains the largest collection of paintings in Britain
- national savings — a borrowing programme set up by the UK government, aimed esp at retail investors, and providing bonds, saving certificates, etc
- natural religion — religion based on principles derived solely from reason and the study of nature.
- negative-raising — a rule that moves a negative element out of the complement clause of certain verbs, such as think, into the main clause, as in the derivation of He doesn't think that he'll finish
- neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
- neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
- nguyen van thieu — Nguyen Van [ngoo-yen vahn,, noo-] /ˈŋuˈyɛn vɑn,, ˈnu-/ (Show IPA), 1923–2001, South Vietnamese political leader: president 1967–75.
- nightingale ward — a long hospital ward with beds on either side and the nurses' station in the middle
- nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
- 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.
- non-debilitating — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- non-intoxicating — causing or capable of causing intoxication: intoxicating beverages.
- nonmanufacturing — (economics) Outside of the manufacturing sector.
- nonparticipating — (of a person or thing) not participating: No penalties were given to nonparticipating students.
- nonreciprocating — Not reciprocating; not responding in kind.
- nucleating agent — a substance used to seed clouds to control rainfall and fog formation
- objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
- oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
- odds are against — If you say that the odds are against something or someone, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed.
- of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
- oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
- on a war footing — If a country or armed force is on a war footing, it is ready to fight a war.
- on its last legs — about to fail
- operating budget — money allocated to a project