16-letter words containing m, e, d, i, c, n
- indiscriminative — Making no distinction; not discriminating.
- infinite decimal — nonterminating decimal.
- informed consent — a patient's consent to a medical or surgical procedure or to participation in a clinical study after being properly advised of the relevant medical facts and the risks involved.
- interlaced image — progressive coding
- limited monarchy — a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.
- limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
- lord chamberlain — (in Britain) the chief official of the royal household
- machine moulding — the process of making moulds and cores for castings by mechanical means, usually by compacting the moulding sand by vibration instead of by ramming down
- machine readable — of or relating to data encoded on an appropriate medium and in a form suitable for processing by computer.
- machine-readable — of or relating to data encoded on an appropriate medium and in a form suitable for processing by computer.
- magellanic cloud — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
- maleic anhydride — a colorless crystalline, unsaturated compound, C 4 H 2 O 3 , that is soluble in acetone and hydrolyzes in water: used in the production of polyester resins, pesticides, and fumaric and tartaric acids.
- mandarin chinese — the official language of China since 1917; the form of Chinese spoken by about two thirds of the population and taught in schools throughout China
- manic depression — bipolar disorder.
- manic-depressive — suffering from bipolar disorder.
- maritime command — the naval branch of the Canadian armed forces
- masculine ending — a final inflection or suffix designating that a word belongs to the masculine gender.
- mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
- measuring device — gauge
- medical examiner — a physician or other person trained in medicine who is appointed by a city, county, or the like, to perform autopsies on the bodies of persons supposed to have died from unnatural causes and to investigate the cause and circumstances of such deaths.
- medicine cabinet — cupboard where medication is stored
- medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
- medium frequency — any frequency between 300 and 3000 kilohertz. Abbreviation: MF.
- melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- mental defective — a person who suffers from a learning disability or from some form of mental illness
- metavanadic acid — an oxyacid of vanadium, known chiefly in the form of its vanadate salts; Formula: H4V2O7
- mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
- mittelland canal — a canal in Germany, linking the Rivers Rhine and Elbe. Length: 325 km (202 miles)
- modern icelandic — the Icelandic language since c1550.
- moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
- moulding process — the process of shaping or compacting a material into a frame or mould
- multi-discipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
- multidisciplined — composed of or combining several usually separate branches of learning or fields of expertise: a multidisciplinary study of the 18th century.
- mutual impedance — the ratio of the potential difference between either of two pairs of terminals to the current applied at the other pair of terminals when the circuit is open.
- nevado de colima — a volcano in SW Mexico, in Jalisco state. Height: 4339 m (14 235 ft)
- non-commissioned — A non-commissioned officer in the armed forces is someone with a rank such as corporal or sergeant who used to have a lower rank, rather than an officer of higher rank who has been given a commission.
- nondeterministic — the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
- nuclear medicine — diagnostic and therapeutic medical techniques using radionuclides or radioisotopes.
- oneida community — a society of religious perfectionists established by John Humphrey Noyes, in 1848 at Oneida, N.Y., on the theory that sin can be eliminated through social reform: dissolved and reorganized in 1881 as a joint-stock company.
- permanganic acid — an acid, HMnO 4 , known only in solution.
- picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
- presence of mind — a calm state of mind that allows one to think clearly or act effectively in an emergency.
- primary deviance — the violation of a norm or rule that does not result in the violator's being stigmatized as deviant.
- promotional code — A promotional code is a code offered by retailers to customers who can use it to receive a discounted price when buying products online.
- radio microphone — a microphone incorporating a radio transmitter so that the user can move around freely
- ramsden eyepiece — an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex crown-glass lenses of equal focal length, placed with the convex sides facing each other and with a separation between the lenses of about two-thirds of the focal length of each.
- rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
- residence permit — permission allowing someone to legally reside in a country
- richmond heights — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.