18-letter words containing m, a, n, g

mechanical testing — Mechanical testing is the testing of a material to find out its mechanical properties, for example its yield strength or hardness.
medicine bow range — a range of the Rocky Mountains, in Wyoming and Colorado. Highest peak, Medicine Bow Peak, 12,014 feet (3662 meters).
medium of exchange — anything generally accepted as representing a standard of value and exchangeable for goods or services.
menthol cigarettes — cigarettes that are flavoured with menthol
metacentric height — the distance between the center of gravity and the metacenter of a floating body, as of a vessel.
mexican gold poppy — an annual wildflower, Eschscholzia mexicana, having orange-gold, cup-shaped flowers, found in dry, mountainous regions of western North America.
microgravitational — Of or pertaining to microgravitation.
microminiaturizing — Present participle of microminiaturize.
micropalaeontology — the branch of palaeontology concerned with the study of microscopic fossils
microsoft exchange — (messaging) Microsoft's messaging and enterprise collaboration server. Exchange's primary role is as an electronic mail message store but it can also store calendars, task lists, contact details, and other data.
mid-atlantic ridge — a north-south suboceanic ridge in the Atlantic Ocean from Iceland to Antarctica on whose crest are several groups of islands; shown by plate tectonics to be the axis along which North America has split away from Eurasia, and along which South America has split away from Africa.
middle high german — the High German language of the period 1100–1500. Abbreviation: MHG.
minority programme — a programme that appeals to a minority of the available audience
moccasin telegraph — the transmission of rumour or secret information; the grapevine
modelling language — (language) Possibly a kind of programming language designed for describing models and their behaviour. See also data modelling, object relational model, simulation, UML, VRML.
molecular genetics — a subdivision of genetics concerned with the structure and function of genes at the molecular level.
monetary aggregate — a measure of the money in circulation.
monographic series — a series of monographs issued in uniform style or format and related by subject or by issuing agency.
monophthongization — to change into or pronounce as a monophthong.
montgomery village — a city in central Maryland.
morning-after pill — a contraceptive pill containing only an estrogen and used by women within a few hours after sexual intercourse.
mortgage insurance — policy to compensate for property loan payments
moving bed reactor — A moving bed reactor is a reactor in which a layer of catalyst in the form of granules is moved between a reaction area and a regeneration area.
national agreement — written formal agreements covering rates of pay and other terms and conditions of employment that are the result of collective bargaining at national level between one or more trade unions and employers in a sector of the economy
national guardsman — guardsman (def 2).
neo-pythagoreanism — a philosophical system, established in Alexandria and Rome in the second century b.c., consisting mainly of revived Pythagorean doctrines with elements of Platonism and Stoicism.
net book agreement — a former agreement between UK publishers and booksellers that until 1995 prohibited booksellers from undercutting the price of books sold in bookshops
network management — (networking) The process of controlling a network so as to maximise its efficiency and productivity. ISO's model divides network management into five categories: fault management, accounting management, configuration management, security management and performance management. Fault management is the process of identifying and locating faults in the network. This could include discovering the existence of the problem, identifying the source, and possibly repairing (or at least isolating the rest of the network from) the problem. Configuration management is the process of identifying, tracking and modifying the setup of devices on the network. This category is extremely important for devices that come with numerous custom settings (e.g. routers and file servers). Security management is the process of controlling (granting, limiting, restricting or denying) access to the network and resources thereon. This could include setting up and managing access lists in routers (creating "firewalls" to keep intruders out), creating and maintaining password access to critical network resources, identifying the points of entry used by intruders and closing them. Performance Management is the process of measuring the performance of various network components. This also includes taking measures to optimise the network for maximum system performance (periodically measuring of the use of network resources).
neuroophthalmology — the branch of ophthalmology that deals with the optic nerve and other nervous system structures involved in vision.
new storage system — (storage) (NSS) A major Multics implementation project during the 1970s. The initial Multics file system design had evolved from the one-huge-disk world of CTSS. When multiple disk units were used they were just assigned increasing ranges of disk addresses, so a segment could have pages scattered over all disks on the system. This provided good I/O parallelism but made crash recovery expensive. NSS redesigned the lower levels of the file system, introducing the concepts of logical volume and physical volume and a mapping from a Multics directory branch to a VTOC entry for each file. The new system had much better recovery performance in exchange for a small space and performance cost.
nightmare scenario — If you describe a situation or event as a nightmare scenario, you mean that it is the worst possible thing that could happen.
no laughing matter — sth serious
nonpharmacological — Not pharmacological.
of your own making — If you say that something such as a problem you have is of your own making, you mean you have caused or created it yourself.
operations manager — business director
order of magnitude — You can use order of magnitude when you are giving an approximate idea of the amount or importance of something.
osteogenic sarcoma — osteosarcoma
overnight telegram — a type of domestic telegram sent at a reduced rate with a minimum charge for 10 words or less and accepted until midnight for delivery the following day.
palm beach gardens — a city in SE Florida, near North Palm Beach.
parachute regiment — an airborne regiment of an army
parallel computing — parallel processing
parallel importing — the importing of certain goods, esp pharmaceutical drugs, by dealers who undersell local manufacturers
passing modulation — a modulation of a temporary nature.
pathologic anatomy — the branch of pathology dealing with the morphologic changes in tissues.
perceptual mapping — the use of a graph or map in the development of a new product, in which the proximity of consumers' images of the new product to those of an ideal product provide an indication of the new product's likely success
phantasmagorically — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
phytohemagglutinin — a lectin, obtained from the red kidney bean, that binds to the membranes of T cells and stimulates metabolic activity, cell division, etc.
plane trigonometry — the branch of trigonometry dealing with plane triangles.
postmaster general — the executive head of the postal system of a country.
pragmatic sanction — any one of various imperial decrees with the effect of fundamental law.

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