16-letter words containing m, a, d, e, t, o
- embarkation card — an official document that allows travellers to leave a country by boarding a ship or plane
- endarterectomies — Plural form of endarterectomy.
- exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
- exhumation order — a legal instruction to exhume a body
- extradimensional — (jargon, science fiction) Originating outside the known physical reality of the universe.
- feme-sole trader — a married woman who is entitled to carry on business on her own account and responsibility, independently of her husband.
- four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
- fourth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, prohibiting unlawful search and seizure of personal property.
- gender-normative — cisgender.
- gold star mother — an American woman whose son or daughter has died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
- governmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of governmentalize.
- hammer and tongs — with great vigor, determination, or vehemence: When he starts a job he goes at it hammer and tongs.
- hard times token — any of a series of U.S. copper tokens, issued 1834–41, bearing a political inscription or advertising message and serving as currency during coin shortages.
- have a good time — enjoy yourself, have fun
- hermaphroditical — Alternative form of hermaphroditic.
- heteropalindrome — Something that spells something else when reversed, a semordnilap.
- home health aide — a worker, usually trained and state-certified, who provides care for elderly, sick, or disabled people in their own home.
- hydration number — the number of molecules of water with which an ion can combine in an aqueous solution of given concentration.
- immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
- immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
- indian meal moth — a small pyralid moth, Plodia interpunctella, whose larvae are an important pest of stored cereals.
- information desk — helpdesk, information point
- interdimensional — Between dimensions.
- liberal democrat — In Britain, a Liberal Democrat is a member of the Liberal Democrat Party.
- limited monarchy — a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.
- limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
- macrolepidoptera — a collector's name for that part of the lepidoptera that comprises the butterflies and the larger moths (noctuids, geometrids, bombycids, springtails, etc): a term without taxonomic significance
- majority verdict — a decision supported by more than half, but not all, the jury
- make a day of it — to cause an activity to last a day
- malcontentedness — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
- man of the world — a man who is widely experienced in the ways of the world and people; an urbane, sophisticated man.
- many-plumed moth — a moth of the species, Alucita hexadactyla
- maritime command — the naval branch of the Canadian armed forces
- mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
- matter of record — a fact or statement that appears on the record of a court and that can be proved or established by producing such record.
- media atropatene — an ancient region in NW Iran, formerly a part of Media.
- medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
- medulloblastomas — Plural form of medulloblastoma.
- melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- melodramatically — In a melodramatic manner.
- menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
- mercury autocode — Autocode for the Ferranti Mercury machine.
- metes and bounds — the precisely described boundary lines of a parcel of land, as found in a deed
- methodologically — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
- microlepidoptera — a collector's name for the smaller moths: a term without taxonomic significance
- middle stone age — the Mesolithic period.
- mind over matter — You can use the expression mind over matter to describe situations in which a person seems to be able to control events, physical objects, or the condition of their own body using their mind.
- mineral deposits — amounts of minerals that occur naturally in particular areas
- miniature poodle — a breed of poodle, bred to be much smaller than standard poodles