16-letter words containing m, e, a, d, o
- man of the world — a man who is widely experienced in the ways of the world and people; an urbane, sophisticated man.
- manganese nodule — a small irregular concretion found on deep ocean floors having high concentrations of certain metals, esp manganese
- manhood suffrage — the right of adult male citizens to vote
- manic depression — bipolar disorder.
- many-plumed moth — a moth of the species, Alucita hexadactyla
- maremma sheepdog — a large strongly-built sheepdog of a breed with a long, slightly wavy, white coat
- maritime command — the naval branch of the Canadian armed forces
- marmalade orange — a bitter variety of orange suitable for making marmalade
- mason-dixon line — the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland, partly surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon between 1763 and 1767, popularly considered before the end of slavery as a line of demarcation between free and slave states.
- 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.
- measured daywork — a system of wage payment, usually determined by work-study techniques, whereby the wage of an employee is fixed on the understanding that a specific level of work performance will be maintained
- medal of bravery — a Canadian award for courage
- medal of freedom — a former name of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- media atropatene — an ancient region in NW Iran, formerly a part of Media.
- medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
- 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.
- microfilm reader — a machine that displays on a screen a magnified image of a microfilm
- 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
- missionary ridge — a ridge in NW Georgia and SE Tennessee: Civil War battle 1863.
- modacrylic fiber — any of various synthetic copolymer textile fibers, as Dynel, containing less than 85 percent but more than 35 percent of acrylonitrile.
- modern icelandic — the Icelandic language since c1550.
- modern languages — languages currently spoken
- modified-release — denoting a formulation of a medicinal drug taken orally that releases the active ingredients over several hours, in order to maintain a relatively constant plasma concentration of the drug
- modular language — (language) (Modula) Wirth's 1977 predecessor of Modula-2. The original Modula was, more oriented toward concurrent programming, but otherwise quite similar.
- mohammed of ghor — (Mu'izz-ad-din) died 1206, Muslim Sultan of Ghazni 1173–1206: established Muslim power in India.
- molybdate orange — a pigment consisting of a solid solution of sulfate, molybdate, and chromate compounds of lead.
- mönchen-gladbach — city in WC Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: pop. 266,000
- money laundering — Money laundering is the crime of processing stolen money through a legitimate business or sending it abroad to a foreign bank, to hide the fact that the money was illegally obtained.
- monkey-faced owl — barn owl.
- most wanted list — an actual or supposed listing of the names of persons who are urgently being sought for a specific reason, as apprehension for an alleged crime.
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
- mover and shaker — a person who has power and influence, esp., a member of a group having power and influence
- movies on demand — Movies on demand is a service that allows you to choose and watch a movie on your television.
- multidimensional — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
- musical director — A musical director is the same as a music director.