14-letter words containing m, a, r, i, n
- arms inspector — a person who carries out an arms inspection
- arrondissement — the largest administrative subdivision of a department
- arthroconidium — A kind of asexual fungal spore, typically produced by segmentation of pre-existing fungal hyphae.
- asian-american — of or connected with Americans of Asian ancestry
- asthenospermia — (medicine) Loss or reduction in the strength or energy of sperm cells, hence infertility. Not always infertile many are subfertile.
- asthenospermic — (medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile.
- astronomically — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- atomic veteran — a veteran of the armed forces who was exposed to radioactivity during the testing or use of nuclear (atomic) weapons in World War II or subsequent wars.
- back formation — the invention of a new word on the assumption that a familiar word is derived from it. The verbs edit and burgle were so created from editor and burglar
- back-formation — the analogical creation of one word from another word that appears to be a derived or inflected form of the first by dropping the apparent affix or by modification.
- bactrian camel — a two-humped camel, Camelus bactrianus, used as a beast of burden in the cold deserts of central Asia
- bamboo curtain — (esp in the 1950s and 1960s) the political and military barrier to communications around the People's Republic of China
- bamboo turning — turning of spindles and framing members to simulate the jointing of bamboo.
- bavarian cream — a cold dessert consisting of a rich custard set with gelatine and flavoured in various ways
- bedside manner — A doctor's bedside manner is the way in which they talk to their patients.
- beta geminorum — Pollux
- bildungsromane — a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist.
- bioinformatics — the branch of information science concerned with large databases of biochemical or pharmaceutical information
- bioregionalism — the conviction that environmental and social policies should be determined by the bioregion rather than economics or politics
- bioremediation — the use of plants to extract heavy metals from contaminated soils and water
- blantyre-limbe — a city in S Malawi: largest city in the country; formed in 1956 from the adjoining towns of Blantyre and Limbe. Pop: 647 000 (2005 est)
- board chairman — the chairman of the board of a company, etc
- boring machine — a machine that bores holes, tunnels, etc
- breast implant — an object such as a sachet filled with gel introduced surgically into a woman's breast to enlarge it
- bring onstream — To bring onstream a plant, mine, oilfield, etc. is to start production there.
- browntail moth — kind of moth
- buying manager — The buying manager of a store is a senior employee whose job is to manage the purchase and delivery of products and supplies, maintaining stock levels.
- cadmium bronze — an alloy of copper with about 1 percent cadmium.
- cadmium orange — a yellow color approaching orange.
- cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
- calamine brass — an alloy of zinc carbonate and copper, formerly used to imitate gold.
- campaign trail — the series of appearances that a politician makes at different locations as part of a political campaign, esp before an election
- campina grande — a city in NE Brazil, in E Paraíba state. Pop: 366 000 (2005 est)
- caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
- caramelization — the conversion of sugar into caramel, caused by heating
- carcinomatosis — a condition characterized by widespread dissemination of carcinomas or by a carcinoma that affects a large area
- carcinosarcoma — a malignant tumour composed of carcinoma and sarcoma
- carpet bombing — Carpet bombing is heavy bombing from aircraft, with the intention of hitting as many places as possible in a particular area.
- castrametation — the art of designing and laying out an encampment
- celto-germanic — having the characteristics of both the Celtic and Germanic peoples.
- centenarianism — the situation or condition of being a centenarian
- centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
- ceremonial tea — a Japanese green tea made from choice shade-grown leaves that are cured by a steaming, drying, and powdering process: used in chanoyu.
- chemical toner — toner (def 4).
- chemical-toner — a person or thing that tones.
- chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
- chimney breast — A chimney breast is the part of a wall in a room which is built out round a chimney.
- china syndrome — a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth.
- chlorpromazine — a drug derived from phenothiazine, used as a tranquillizer and sedative, esp in psychotic disorders. Formula: C17H19ClN2S
- cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body