18-letter words containing i, m, u, n, o, a

make up one's mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
malicious wounding — the intentional violent wounding or injuring of someone
market opportunity — a situation in which a company can meet an unsatisfied customer need before its competitors
marriage encounter — a meeting with a person or thing, especially a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting: Our running into each other was merely a chance encounter.
medium of exchange — anything generally accepted as representing a standard of value and exchangeable for goods or services.
microencapsulation — the process of enclosing chemical substances in microcapsules.
microminiaturizing — Present participle of microminiaturize.
minor tranquilizer — antianxiety drug.
misunderestimation — (nonstandard) An inaccurate underestimation, or an act of misunderestimating.
mix communications — (MIX) Providers of Internet access and presentation services for businesses and individuals in the Milwaukee, WI, USA metropolitan area. MIX started providing Internet access services to the Milwaukee area in 1990. It was the first business in Milwaukee to provide Internet access services to the public. MIX Communications is owned and operated by Dean Roth. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 (414) 351 1868 (Office), +1 (414) 351 1139 (BBS). Address: MIX Communications, P.O. Box 17166, Milwaukee, WI 53217, USA.
modelling language — (language) Possibly a kind of programming language designed for describing models and their behaviour. See also data modelling, object relational model, simulation, UML, VRML.
molecular genetics — a subdivision of genetics concerned with the structure and function of genes at the molecular level.
molecular medicine — the study of disease or injury at the molecular or cellular level.
mordovian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
mortgage insurance — policy to compensate for property loan payments
mount saint helens — a city in Merseyside, in NW England, near Liverpool.
mountain cranberry — cowberry
mozambique channel — a channel in SE Africa, between Mozambique and Madagascar. 950 miles (1530 km) long; 250–550 miles (400–885 km) wide.
mozilla foundation — (body, web, open source) The body set up by Netscape in January 1998 to coordinate development of the Mozilla browser and to provide a point of contact.
multicast backbone — (MBONE) A virtual network on top of the Internet which supports routing of IP multicast packets, intended for multimedia transmission. MBONE gives public access desktop video communications. The quality is poor with only 3-5 frames per second instead of the 30 frames per second of commercial television. Its advantage is that it avoids all telecommunications costs normally associated with teleconferencing. An interesting innovation is the use of MBONE for audio communications and an electronic "whiteboard" where the computer screen becomes a shared workspace where two physically remote parties can draw on and edit shared documents in real-time.
multifunctionality — The condition of being multifunctional.
national guardsman — guardsman (def 2).
neuropsychodynamic — Of or pertaining to neuropsychodynamics.
neutrino astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the detection and measurement of neutrinos emitted by the sun and other celestial objects.
no laughing matter — sth serious
nocturnal emission — the release of semen during sleep, often during a sexual dream.
non-circumstantial — of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances: a circumstantial result.
non-fundamentalist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
nonstriated muscle — smooth muscle
numerical taxonomy — classification of organisms by a comparison of large numbers of observable characteristics that are given equal value instead of being weighted according to possible evolutionary significance.
of your own making — If you say that something such as a problem you have is of your own making, you mean you have caused or created it yourself.
oil of catechumens — holy oil used in baptism, the ordination of a cleric, the coronation of a sovereign, or in the consecration of a church.
on automatic pilot — If you are on automatic pilot or on autopilot, you are acting without thinking about what you are doing, usually because you have done it many times before.
optimum population — a population that is sufficiently large to provide an adequate workforce with minimal unemployment
order of magnitude — You can use order of magnitude when you are giving an approximate idea of the amount or importance of something.
pan american union — a former organization of American republics dedicated to furthering understanding and peace: replaced in 1970 by the secretariat of the Organization of American States.
parallel computing — parallel processing
passing modulation — a modulation of a temporary nature.
pernicious anaemia — Pernicious anaemia is a very severe blood disease.
phytohemagglutinin — a lectin, obtained from the red kidney bean, that binds to the membranes of T cells and stimulates metabolic activity, cell division, etc.
plenum ventilation — a system of mechanical ventilation in which fresh air is forced into the spaces to be ventilated from a chamber (plenum chamber) at a pressure slightly higher than atmospheric pressure, so as to expel foul air.
pneumatic conveyor — a tube through which powdered or granular material, such as cement, grain, etc is transported by a flow of air
population pyramid — a graph showing the distribution of a population by sex, age, etc.
portable equipment — Portable equipment is electrical equipment that can easily be moved from one place to another while in operation or while connected to the supply.
potassium myronate — sinigrin.
presumption of law — a presumption based upon a policy of law or a general rule and not upon the facts or evidence in an individual case.
production company — an organization which produces, films, plays, television or radio programmes
production manager — a supervisor of the budget, crew and other details in the production of a film or play
public examination — an examination, such as a GCSE exam, that is set by a central examining board
publishing company — a firm which publishes books

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