13-letter words containing l, a, m, i, n
- multi-tasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- multifilament — having two or more filaments: multifilament yarn.
- multilocation — the state or power of being in more than two places at the same time.
- multinational — a large corporation with operations and subsidiaries in several countries.
- multinucleate — having a nucleus.
- multipartisan — Relating to or supported by multiple groups, especially by multiple political parties.
- multiplatinum — Denoting or relating to a musical recording that has sold more than two million copies.
- multiplicands — Plural form of multiplicand.
- multiregional — of, relating to or involving several regions
- multistandard — able to process signals from several different systems
- multistranded — having several strands
- multitalented — having talent or special ability; gifted.
- multiterminal — Having, or supporting, multiple terminals (in all senses).
- multitracking — the process of recording separate audio tracks for later mixing into a single audio track.
- multivitamins — Plural form of multivitamin.
- municipalized — Simple past tense and past participle of municipalize.
- mutagenically — in a mutagenic manner
- mutualization — to make mutual.
- muzzleloading — Of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel where it will exit.
- myelin sheath — a wrapping of myelin around certain nerve axons, serving as an electrical insulator that speeds nerve impulses to muscles and other effectors.
- myelinisation — Alt form myelinization.
- myelinization — Myelination.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- naive realism — the theory that the world is perceived exactly as it is.
- nanomaterials — Plural form of nanomaterial.
- naphthylamine — (organic compound) Either of two isomeric primary amines derived from naphthalene; they occur in crude oil, and are used in the preparation of dyes and other compounds.
- nautical mile — a unit of distance used chiefly in navigation, equal to 6080.20 feet (1853.25 meters) in the U.S., now replaced by the international nautical mile.
- necromantical — Alternative form of necromantic.
- nemathelminth — any worm of the phylum Nemathelminthes (now usually broken up into several phyla), including the nematodes and hairworms, having an elongated, unsegmented, cylindrical body.
- nematological — of or pertaining to nematology
- neo-platonism — a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance
- neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
- neoclassicism — (often initial capital letter) Architecture. the trend or movement prevailing in the architecture of Europe, America, and various European colonies at various periods during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, characterized by the introduction and widespread use of Greek orders and decorative motifs, the subordination of detail to simple, strongly geometric overall compositions, the presence of light colors or shades, frequent shallowness of relief in ornamental treatment of façades, and the absence of textural effects.
- neoliberalism — an outgrowth of the U.S. liberal movement, beginning in the late 1960s, that modified somewhat its traditional endorsement of all trade unions and opposition to big business and military buildup.
- neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- neosurrealism — a revival of the 20th-century surrealism movement in art, especially painting and sculpture, depicting the imagery of dreams and the subconscious mind.
- nettle family — the plant family Urticaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs, sometimes covered with stinging hairs, having alternate or opposite simple leaves, clusters of small flowers, and small, dry, seedlike fruit, and including baby's-tears, clearweed, nettles of the genus Urtica, and ramie.
- neurilemmomas — Plural form of neurilemmoma.
- neurochemical — of or relating to neurochemistry.
- neurofilament — (anatomy) A neurofibril.
- nightmarishly — In a nightmarish manner.
- nimonic alloy — type of nickel-based alloy
- nitromannitol — mannitol hexanitrate.
- nizam al-mulk — title of Abu Ali Hasan Ibn Ali. ?1018–92, Persian statesman; vizier of Persia (1063–92) for the Seljuk sultans: assassinated
- nodical month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- nominal group — A nominal group is the same as a noun group.
- nominal scale — a discrete classification of data, in which data are neither measured nor ordered but subjects are merely allocated to distinct categories: for example, a record of students' course choices constitutes nominal data which could be correlated with school results
- nominal value — book or par value, as of securities; face value.
- nominal wages — minimum pay