16-letter words containing m, a, n, c, h, i
- radio microphone — a microphone incorporating a radio transmitter so that the user can move around freely
- reaction chamber — the chamber in a rocket engine in which the reaction or combustion of fuel occurs
- richard stallman — (person) Richard M. Stallman. Founder of the GNU project. He resigned from the AI lab at MIT so he would be free to produce free software which he could then distribute on his own terms. He went on to establish the Free Software Foundation to support the production of free software and ensure its free distribution. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- safety mechanism — a psychological or physiological response in an individual that protects the individual from harm
- schmaltz herring — herring caught just before spawning, when it has much fat
- secular humanism — any set of beliefs that promotes human values without specific allusion to religious doctrines.
- sharia-compliant — (of a product or service) produced or offered in accordance with the doctrines of the sharia
- shipping company — business that sends goods overseas
- simonyi, charles — Charles Simonyi
- smack in the eye — a snub or setback
- sounding machine — any of various machines for taking and recording soundings.
- spanish mackerel — an American game fish, Scomberomorus maculatus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean.
- spanish moroccan — of or relating to the former Spanish colony of Spanish Morocco (now part of Morocco) or its inhabitants
- spanish-american — noting or pertaining to the parts of America where Spanish is the prevailing language.
- spraying machine — a device for spraying large volumes of liquid, such as insecticide onto crops
- stocking machine — a type of knitting machine
- stomach stapling — Stomach stapling is an operation in which part of the stomach is removed in order to help a person to eat less and lose weight.
- stomach-churning — causing nausea.
- submarine chaser — a small patrol vessel, 100–200 feet (30–60 meters) long, designed for military operations against submarines.
- system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
- teaching machine — a mechanical, electrical, or other automatic device that presents the user with items of information in planned sequence, registers his or her response to each item, and immediately indicates the acceptability of each response.
- the caine mutiny — a novel by Herman Wouk, later made into a film
- the fact remains — You say the fact remains that something is the case when you want to emphasize that the situation must be accepted.
- thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
- thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
- thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
- thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
- trichloromethane — chloroform (def 1).
- trichotillomania — a compulsion to pull out one's hair.
- tsushima current — a warm ocean current flowing northward along the west coast of Japan.
- umbilical hernia — a hernia of the umbilicus.
- unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- vitamin-enriched — having had vitamins added
- weighing machine — large measuring scales
- wheel animalcule — a rotifer.