14-letter words containing i, g, n, o, m
- metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- methaemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
- mexican orange — an aromatic, evergreen citrus shrub, Choisya ternata, of Mexico, having fragrant, white flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- micro-organism — any organism too small to be viewed by the unaided eye, as bacteria, protozoa, and some fungi and algae.
- microcomputing — the use of microcomputers.
- microfortnight — One millionth of the fundamental unit of time in the Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measurement; 1.2096 sec. (A furlong is 1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 1/4th of a barrel; the mass unit of the system is taken to be a firkin of water). The VMS operating system has a lot of tuning parameters that you can set with the SYSGEN utility, and one of these is TIMEPROMPTWAIT, the time the system will wait for an operator to set the correct date and time at boot if it realises that the current value is bogus. This time is specified in microfortnights! Multiple uses of the millifortnight (about 20 minutes) and nanofortnight have also been reported.
- micromagnetism — (physics) The study of magnetism at the sub-micrometre scale.
- micromarketing — the marketing of products or services designed to meet the needs of a very small section of the market
- microorganisms — any organism too small to be viewed by the unaided eye, as bacteria, protozoa, and some fungi and algae.
- microsporangia — Plural form of microsporangium.
- middle kingdom — Also called Middle Empire. the period in the history of ancient Egypt, c2000–1785 b.c., comprising the 11th to 14th dynasties. Compare New Kingdom, Old Kingdom.
- migrant-worker — migrating, especially of people; migratory.
- milking parlor — a room in or attached to a barn on a modern dairy farm maintained exclusively for the mechanical milking of cows.
- mind uploading — (application) The science fiction concept of copying one's mind into an artificial body or computer.
- mindbogglingly — In a mindboggling manner; in such a way as to boggle the mind; so as to be beyond comprehension or understanding.
- miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
- mining geology — geology applied to the exploitation of mineral deposits.
- minority group — minority (defs 3, 4).
- mirror writing — backward writing that resembles a mirror image of ordinary script.
- mirror-writing — backward writing that resembles a mirror image of ordinary script.
- miscounselling — the act of giving bad or incorrect counselling
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- mispronouncing — Present participle of mispronounce.
- misrecognition — Incorrect recognition.
- misrecognizing — Present participle of misrecognize.
- missing person — sb who has disappeared
- model checking — (theory, algorithm, testing) To algorithmically check whether a program (the model) satisfies a specification. The model is usually expressed as a directed graph consisting of nodes (or vertices) and edges. A set of atomic propositions is associated with each node. The nodes represents states of a program, the edges represent possible executions which alters the state, while the atomic propositions represent the basic properties that hold at a point of execution. A specification language, usually some kind of temporal logic, is used to express properties. The problem can be expressed mathematically as: given a temporal logic formula p and a model M with initial state s, decide if M,s \models p.
- modelling clay — mouldable substance fixed in a kiln
- modern english — the English language since c1475.
- money changing — the business of exchanging one currency for another, with the deduction of a commission for the service.
- money-changing — the business or act of exchanging currency, usually of different countries, esp. at a set rate
- money-grubbing — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- mongolian fold — epicanthus.
- mongrelization — to subject (a breed, group, etc.) to crossbreeding, especially with one considered inferior.
- monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
- monolingualism — knowing or able to use only one language; monoglot.
- monophthongise — Alternative spelling of monophthongize.
- monophthongize — to change into or pronounce as a monophthong.
- moonlight flit — a hurried departure at night, esp from rented accommodation to avoid payment of rent owed
- morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
- morganatically — In a morganatic manner.
- morning coffee — a mid-morning snack with a cup of coffee drunk during a short break at work, or in your house, when you might invite someone in
- morning prayer — matin (def 1c).
- morris dancing — Morris dancing is a type of old English country dancing which is performed by people wearing special costumes.
- mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- moulding board — a board on which dough is kneaded
- mountain guide — a trained professional mountaineer who guides climbers up a mountain
- mountain range — series or chain of mountains
- mountaineering — The sport or activity of climbing mountains.
- mounting-block — a block of stone formerly used to aid a person when mounting a horse