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16-letter words containing l, i, o, n, c, u

  • magellanic cloud — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
  • marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
  • microcirculation — the movement of blood through the arterioles, capillaries, and venules.
  • microencapsulate — (transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
  • microlinguistics — the branch of linguistics that is concerned with the study of languages in the abstract, and that looks at specific linguistic data without consideration of meaning
  • micromanipulator — A device, used for micromanipulation, consisting of microscopic needles and instruments viewed through a microscope.
  • moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
  • moulding process — the process of shaping or compacting a material into a frame or mould
  • mountain climber — someone who climbs or walks up mountains
  • mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
  • mousseline sauce — a light sauce, made by adding whipped cream or egg whites to hollandaise sauce
  • multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
  • municipalization — (economics) The transfer of corporations or other assets to municipal ownership.
  • mutual exclusion — (parallel, operating system)   (Or "mutex", plural: "mutexes") A collection of techniques for sharing resources so that different uses do not conflict and cause unwanted interactions. One of the most commonly used techniques for mutual exclusion is the semaphore.
  • mutual induction — the production of an electromotive force in one circuit by a change in current in another circuit.
  • mutual recursion — recursion
  • national costume — traditional dress
  • neurolinguistics — the study of the neurological processes underlying the development and use of language.
  • nicholas of cusa — 1401–64, German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician: anticipated Copernicus in asserting that the earth revolves around the sun
  • nicoya peninsula — a peninsula in NW Costa Rica, on the Pacific Ocean.
  • nitrosylsulfuric — of or derived from nitrosylsulfuric acid.
  • no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
  • non-accumulative — tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
  • non-naturalistic — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
  • non-reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
  • nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
  • nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
  • nouvelle cuisine — a modern style of French cooking that emphasizes the use of the finest and freshest ingredients simply and imaginatively prepared, often with fresh herbs, the artful arrangement and presentation of food, and the use of reduced stocks in place of flour-thickened sauces.
  • nuclear emulsion — a photographic emulsion in the form of a thick block, used to record the tracks of elementary particles.
  • nuclear reaction — reaction (def 8).
  • nucleophilically — In a nucleophilic manner.
  • occupation layer — (on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.
  • oligonucleotides — Plural form of oligonucleotide.
  • optical illusion — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
  • order in council — (in Britain and various other Commonwealth countries) a decree of the Cabinet, usually made under the authority of a statute: in theory a decree of the sovereign and Privy Council
  • osculating plane — the plane containing the circle of curvature of a point on a given curve.
  • over-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • overaccumulation — Accumulation of too much.
  • panel discussion — a formal discussion before an audience for which the topic, speakers, etc., have been selected in advance.
  • partial function — A function which is not defined for all arguments of its input type. E.g. f(x) = 1/x if x /= 0. The opposite of a total function. In denotational semantics, a partial function f : D -> C may be represented as a total function ft : D' -> lift(C) where D' is a superset of D and ft x = f x if x in D ft x = bottom otherwise where lift(C) = C U bottom. Bottom (LaTeX \perp) denotes "undefined".
  • percussion drill — a drill that is operated by percussion
  • personality cult — deliberately cultivated adulation of a person, esp a political leader
  • photocoagulation — a surgical technique using an intense beam of light from a laser or a xenon-arc bulb to seal blood vessels or coagulate tissue, used primarily in ophthalmology to repair detached retinas or to treat certain kinds of retinopathy.
  • photoluminescent — luminescence induced by the absorption of infrared radiation, visible light, or ultraviolet radiation.
  • picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
  • pilot production — sth produced on a trial basis
  • pneumonic plague — a form of plague characterized by lung involvement.
  • pro bono publico — for the public good or welfare.
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