14-letter words containing l, u, n
- mental cruelty — behaviour that causes distress to another person but that does not involve physical assault
- merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
- metalinguistic — Pertaining to metalinguistics.
- methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
- methylene blue — a dark-green, crystalline compound, C 1 6 H 1 8 ClN 3 S, that dissolves in water to form a deep-blue solution: used chiefly as a dye, as a bacteriological and biological stain, and as an antidote for cyanide poisoning.
- meticulousness — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- microevolution — evolutionary change involving the gradual accumulation of mutations leading to new varieties within a species.
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
- midwall column — a column or the like carrying a wall overhanging it on both sides.
- millennium bug — Year 2000
- milling cutter — any of various rotating toothed cutters used in a milling machine to cut or shape metal parts
- mind uploading — (application) The science fiction concept of copying one's mind into an artificial body or computer.
- 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.
- minicalculator — a very small handheld calculator
- minucius felix — Marcus, Roman writer of the 2nd century a.d. whose dialogue Octavius is the earliest known work of Latin-Christian literature.
- miraculousness — performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency: a miraculous cure.
- miscalculating — Present participle of miscalculate.
- miscalculation — An act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgment.
- miscounselling — the act of giving bad or incorrect counselling
- misutilization — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- mixed language — any language containing items of vocabulary or other linguistic characteristics borrowed from two or more existing languages
- modularization — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- monolingualism — knowing or able to use only one language; monoglot.
- mononucleotide — (genetics) A single nucleotide.
- monumentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of monumentalize.
- moulding board — a board on which dough is kneaded
- mound builders — a member of any of the early American Indian peoples who built the burial mounds, fortifications, and other earthworks found in the Midwest and the Southwest
- mount mckinley — a mountain in S central Alaska: highest peak in North America, 20,310 feet (6190 meters).
- mount pleasant — a city in central Michigan.
- mount wrangell — a mountain in S Alaska, in the W Wrangell Mountains. Height: 4269 m (14 005 ft)
- mountain nyala — a similar and related Ethiopian animal, T. buxtoni, lacking the white crest
- mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
- mounting-block — a block of stone formerly used to aid a person when mounting a horse
- mourning cloak — a common butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) having purplish-brown wings with a wide yellow border, found throughout Europe and North America
- mulching mower — a lawn mower that shreds blades of grass into very small pieces that are left on the lawn to decay and return moisture and nutrients to the soil
- multi-function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- multi-location — the state or power of being in more than two places at the same time.
- multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- multi-skilling — Multi-skilling is the practice of training employees to do a number of different tasks.
- multi-talented — having talent or special ability; gifted.
- multicollinear — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting multicollinearity.
- multicomponent — Having, or affecting, multiple components.
- multiconductor — having or involving several electrical conductors
- multiethnicity — The state of being multiethnic.
- multifrequency — Of or pertaining to multiple frequencies.
- multilingually — In a multilingual manner.
- multinationals — Plural form of multinational.
- multinucleated — Having multiple nuclei; multinucleate.
- multiplication — the act or process of multiplying or the state of being multiplied.
- multipotential — able to differentiate along several lines