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15-letter words containing g, o, n

  • mother language — a language from which another language is descended; parent language.
  • motor generator — one or more motors mechanically coupled to one or more generators for converting or transforming electric current into mechanical energy.
  • motoring public — the population that drive road vehicles
  • motoring school — an organization that provides driving lessons
  • mouse droppings — 1.   (graphics, operating system, jargon)   Pixels (usually single) that are not properly restored when the mouse pointer moves away from a particular location on the screen, producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are MS-DOS programs that write to the screen memory corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not quite support the graphics mode in use. 2.   (web, jargon)   The client address recorded in a web server's log whenever a client connects to a site. Users may be unaware that their activity is being logged in this way but the potential for misuse of the information is limited.
  • mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
  • moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
  • moving stairway — escalator (def 1).
  • mucosanguineous — containing or made up of blood and mucus
  • multi-binprolog — (language)   A multi-threaded Linda-style parallel extension to BinProlog for Solaris 2.3. Version: 3.30.
  • 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.
  • mythologization — The act or process of mythologizing.
  • narcotics agent — an undercover agent who provides information to the police about illegal drugs, illegal drug trafficking, and users of illegal drugs
  • nasopharyngitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx.
  • nation-building — Journalists sometimes use nation-building to refer to government policies that are designed to create a strong sense of national identity.
  • national league — the older of the two major professional U.S. baseball leagues, established in 1876. Abbreviation: N.L.
  • navigation acts — any of several acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain.
  • navigation laws — laws relating to navigation
  • negative income — invested income that has produced a loss and hence may yield a tax deduction.
  • negative option — a clause in a sales contract, as for a series of books or records, that provides that merchandise will be sent periodically to the subscriber unless he or she notifies the company in writing that it is not wanted.
  • negative profit — a financial loss
  • negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
  • neighbor states — the states or countries next to another state or country
  • neighbourliness — Standard spelling of neighborliness.
  • neo-hegelianism — Hegelianism as modified by various philosophers of the latter half of the 19th century.
  • network segment — (networking)   A part of an Ethernet or other network, on which all message traffic is common to all nodes, i.e. it is broadcast from one node on the segment and received by all others. This is normally because the segment is a single continuous conductor, though it may include repeaters(?). Since all nodes share the physical medium, collision detection or some other protocol is required to determine whether a message was transmitted without interference from other nodes. The receiving node inspects the destination address of a packet to tell if it was (one of) the intended recipient(s). Communication between nodes on different segments is via one or more routers.
  • neurobiological — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
  • neuroembryology — the branch of embryology dealing with the origin and development of the nervous system.
  • neuroimmunology — a branch of immunology concerned with the interactions between immunological and nervous system functions, especially as they apply to various autoimmune diseases.
  • neurolinguistic — pertaining to neurolinguistics
  • neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
  • neurophysiology — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
  • neuropsychology — The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
  • neurotoxicology — the science that deals with the effects of poisons on the nervous system.
  • new archaeology — a reorientation of archaeology, dating from the 1960s, that emphasizes an explicitly scientific, problem-oriented, deductive approach to research.
  • next to nothing — very little
  • nightwatchwoman — (rare) The female equivalent of a nightwatchman.
  • nitramino group — the univalent group –NHNO 2 .
  • nitrogen fixing — involved in or aiding the process of nitrogen fixation.
  • nitrogen oxides — Nitrogen oxides are compounds of nitrogen and oxygen produced during combustion.
  • nitrogen-fixing — involved in or aiding the process of nitrogen fixation.
  • nizhni novgorod — a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, E of Moscow, on the Volga River.
  • nizhny novgorod — city in central European Russia, at the Volga & Oka rivers: pop. 1,438,000
  • no great shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
  • no smoking sign — A no smoking sign in a place is a notice to say that smoking is forbidden in that place.
  • no-smoking room — A no-smoking room in a hotel is a room intended for people who do not want to smoke.
  • noblesse oblige — the moral obligation of those of high birth, powerful social position, etc., to act with honor, kindliness, generosity, etc.
  • nodding pogonia — a rare orchid, Triphora trianthophora, of the eastern U.S., bearing three pink flowers.
  • noise generator — a device used in synthesizers to produce high-frequency sound effects
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