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14-letter words containing i, r, a, t, o

  • misorientation — a bad or incorrect orientation
  • mistranslation — An incorrect translation.
  • mixed metaphor — the use in the same expression of two or more metaphors that are incongruous or illogical when combined, as in “The president will put the ship of state on its feet.”.
  • mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
  • moderate-sized — not large or small
  • modularization — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
  • moisturization — The act or process of moisturizing.
  • mongrelization — to subject (a breed, group, etc.) to crossbreeding, especially with one considered inferior.
  • monochromatism — the quality of having one color: the monochromatism of Picasso's Blue Period.
  • monocratically — In a monocratic manner.
  • monotransitive — In grammar, pertaining to a transitive verb that takes a single mandatory object, either a direct object or a primary object depending on the language.
  • moral majority — a political action group formed mainly of Protestant fundamentalists to further strict conservative aims, as strong antiabortion laws, the restoration of school prayer, the teaching of creationism in public schools, and the curbing of books and television programs considered antireligious or immoral.
  • moralistically — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
  • morbid anatomy — the branch of medical science concerned with the study of the structure of diseased organs and tissues
  • morbidity rate — a measure of the relative incidence of a particular disease in a specific locality
  • morganatically — In a morganatic manner.
  • mortality rate — number of deaths in a population
  • mortifications — Plural form of mortification.
  • motion capture — a process by which a device can be used to capture patterns of live movement; the data is then transmitted to a computer, where simulation software displays it applied to a virtual actor
  • motor mechanic — a mechanic who maintains and repairs cars and other road vehicles
  • motor-assisted — mechanically assisted by a motor
  • motorola, inc. — (company)   One of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors and advanced electronic systems and services. Major equipment businesses include mobile telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications, personal communications, automotive, defense and space electronics, computers, satellite communications systems, police and emergency service radio systems, taxicab dispatching (radio) systems. Communication devices, computers and millions of consumer products are powered by Motorola semiconductors. They are probably best known in the computing world for their microprocessors, including the Motorola 6800 and Motorola 68000 CISC families and Motorola 88000 RISCs, the Motorola DSP56000 digital signal processors and the PowerPC on which they collaborated. They also led the development of VMEbus. Quarterly sales $5400M, profits $367M (Aug 1994). See also Envoy, Monsoon, MPL. Address: Schaumberg, Illinois, USA.
  • mount victoria — a mountain in SE Papua New Guinea: the highest peak of the Owen Stanley Range. Height: 4073 m (13 363 ft)
  • mountain range — series or chain of mountains
  • mountaineering — The sport or activity of climbing mountains.
  • mouth-watering — very appetizing in appearance, aroma, or description: a mouth-watering dessert.
  • multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
  • multichromatic — Involving more than one colour.
  • multicollinear — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting multicollinearity.
  • multifactorial — having or stemming from a number of different causes or influences: Some medical researchers regard cancer as a multifactorial disease.
  • multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
  • multigrade oil — Multigrade oil is engine or gear oil which works well at both low and high temperatures.
  • multimolecular — (chemistry, physics) Involving multiple molecules.
  • multivibrators — Plural form of multivibrator.
  • munition armor — armor made in quantity for common soldiers.
  • muster station — the place on a ship where passengers should assemble in the event of an emergency
  • myocardiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the myocardium.
  • myofibroblasts — Plural form of myofibroblast.
  • nanofiltration — Pressure-driven filtration through a membrane that removes particles of about two nanometres or larger.
  • narcocatharsis — a technique in narcoanalysis in which the patient is encouraged to reveal suppressed emotions or memories with the aid of narcotic drugs
  • narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
  • narcoterrorism — terrorist tactics employed by dealers in illicit drugs, as against competitors or government agents.
  • narratological — of or relating to narratology
  • national dress — the traditional clothing of a country
  • national front — (in Britain) a small political party of the right with racist and other extremist policies
  • national guard — state military forces, in part equipped, trained, and quartered by the U.S. government, and paid by the U.S. government, that become an active component of the army when called into federal service by the president in civil emergencies. Compare militia (def 2).
  • national party — (in New Zealand) the more conservative of the two main political parties
  • national press — newspapers which concern national events of a country collectively
  • national trust — (in Britain) an organization concerned with the preservation of historic buildings and monuments and areas of the countryside of great beauty in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1895 and incorporated by act of parliament in 1907. The National Trust for Scotland was founded in 1931
  • native country — the country someone is born in or native to
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