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16-letter words containing m, e, i, o, n

  • protection money — law: criminal fee
  • proxima centauri — the nearest star to the sun at a distance of 4.3 light-years, part of the Alpha Centauri triple-star system located in the constellation Centaurus.
  • pulse modulation — a type of modulation in which a train of pulses is used as the carrier wave, one or more of its parameters, such as amplitude, being modulated or modified in order to carry information
  • put someone wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
  • queen's champion — a hereditary official at British coronations, representing the king (King's Champion) or the queen (Queen's Champion) who is being crowned, and having originally the function of challenging to mortal combat any person disputing the right of the new sovereign to rule.
  • radio microphone — a microphone incorporating a radio transmitter so that the user can move around freely
  • radium emanation — (formerly) radon.
  • rambunctiousness — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • ramen profitable — If a startup business is ramen profitable, it is barely profitable, just enough to allow the founder to live on the cheapest diet.
  • re-apportionment — the act of redistributing or changing the apportionment of something.
  • reaction chamber — the chamber in a rocket engine in which the reaction or combustion of fuel occurs
  • 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
  • redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
  • redemption yield — the yield produced by a redeemable gilt-edged security taking into account the annual interest it pays and an annualized amount to account for any profit or loss when it is redeemed
  • reflexive domain — A domain satisfying a recursive domain equation. E.g. D = D -> D.
  • relational model — relational data model
  • remilitarization — the act of re-arming a country or territory that has previously been disarmed
  • remineralization — to convert into a mineral substance.
  • repossession man — someone employed to take back or repossess property, esp due to nonpayment of money due under a hire-purchase agreement
  • residential home — a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as esp the elderly, and also children in care or mentally handicapped adults
  • richmond heights — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
  • romeo and juliet — a tragedy (produced between 1591 and 1596) by Shakespeare.
  • rumour-mongering — the act of spreading rumours
  • run-time support — run-time system
  • sales automation — Sales Force Automation
  • sales commission — Sales commission is the percentage of the value of a sale that a sales associate or sales representative may earn.
  • scheme of things — Someone's scheme of things is the way in which they think that things in their life should be organized.
  • schlieren method — a method for detecting regions of differing densities in a clear fluid by photographing a beam of light passed obliquely through it.
  • sedimentary rock — rock formed from compacted minerals
  • self-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
  • self-confinement — the act of confining.
  • self-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • self-containment — the state of being self-contained.
  • self-examination — examination into one's own state, conduct, motives, etc.
  • self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
  • self-improvement — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
  • self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • self-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
  • self-stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • semi-hibernation — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
  • semi-mountainous — abounding in mountains: a mountainous wilderness.
  • semiconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • semiprofessional — actively engaged in some field or sport for pay but on a part-time basis: semiprofessional baseball players.
  • senate committee — a committee formed from the upper chamber of the legislature in, for example, the US, Canada, Australia, etc
  • sendero luminoso — Spanish. a Maoist guerrilla movement active in Peru since 1980.
  • session musician — a studio musician, esp one who works freelance
  • severance motion — an application made to a judge or court for the division into separate parts of a joint estate, contract, etc
  • shopping complex — a shopping centre
  • shotgun marriage — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
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