17-letter words containing m, e, n, t, u
- mare fecunditatis — (Sea of Fertility) a dark plain in the fourth quadrant and extending into the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 160,000 sq. mi. (415,000 sq. km).
- margaret of anjou — 1430–82, queen of Henry VI of England.
- maxwell equations — equations developed by James Clerk Maxwell (1831–79) upon which classical electromagnetic theory is based
- mechanical tissue — a plant tissue made up of hard, thick-walled cells that add strength to an organ
- media access unit — (networking) (MAU or Multistation Access Unit, MSAU) In a Token Ring network, a device to attach multiple network stations in a star topology, internally wired to connect the stations into a logical ring. The MAU contains relays to short out nonoperating stations. Multiple MAUs can be connected into a larger ring through their Ring In/Ring Out connectors.
- medulla oblongata — the lowest or hindmost part of the brain, continuous with the spinal cord.
- memoised function — memo function
- memoized function — memo function
- mensural notation — a system of musical notation of the 13th to the late 16th centuries, marked by the use of note symbols such as the longa and brevis, the absence of bar lines and ties, and the equivalence in value of one note to either two or three of the next smaller degree.
- mesembryanthemums — Plural form of mesembryanthemum.
- metacommunication — Communication that indicates how verbal information should be interpreted; stimuli surrounding the verbal communication that also have meaning, which may or may not be congruent with that of or support the verbal talk. It may support or contradict verbal communication; Communication which is implicit and not expressed in words.
- metallofullerenes — Plural form of metallofullerene.
- metatungstic acid — an oxyacid acid of tungsten. Formula: H2W4O13
- methylidyne group — the trivalent group ≡CH.
- microconstituents — a microscopically small constituent of a metal or alloy.
- microencapsulated — Encapsulated using microencapsulation.
- microevolutionary — Of or pertaining to microevolution.
- microminiaturized — Simple past tense and past participle of microminiaturize.
- microreproduction — a photographic image too small to be read by the unaided eye.
- minimum seek time — (storage) (Or track-to-track seek time) The time it takes to move the head of a disk drive from one track to the next. The minimum seek time gives a good measure of the speed of the drive in a single-user/single-process environment where successive read/write request are largely correlated and thus if correlated data is stored in nearby cylinders most seeks are from one cylinder to the next.
- mis en bouteilles — (of a wine) bottled by a specified château, shipper, etc.
- missense mutation — a type of mutation to a specific protein, that results from the substitution, during translation, of one amino acid for another
- misunderstandable — Capable of being misunderstood.
- misunderstandings — Plural form of misunderstanding.
- monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
- money-market fund — a mutual fund that invests in the money market.
- montagu's harrier — a brownish European bird of prey, Circus pygargus, with long narrow wings and a long tail: family Accipitridae (hawks, harriers, etc)
- monumentalization — to establish an enduring memorial or record of.
- more than usually — You use more than usually to show that something shows even more of a particular quality than it normally does.
- motion of censure — a motion by opposition parties criticizing the government
- mount fairweather — a mountain in W North America, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Height: 4663 m (15 300 ft)
- mountain sickness — illness caused by being at high altitude
- mounted policeman — policemen who patrol on horseback
- muenster (cheese) — a mild light-yellow semisoft cheese
- multi-directional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
- multi-millionaire — a person who possesses a fortune that amounts to many millions of dollars, francs, etc.
- multicollinearity — (statistics) A phenomenon in which two or more predictor variables in a multiple regression model are highly correlated, so that the coefficient estimates may change erratically in response to small changes in the model or data.
- multigenerational — of or relating to several generations, as of a family, or society: a multigenerational novel covering 300 years.
- multiline insurer — an insurance company that is engaged in more than two fields of insurance.
- multimillionaires — Plural form of multimillionaire.
- multiple cropping — the use of the same field for two or more crops, whether of the same or of different kinds, successively during a single year.
- multiple integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of more than one variable and which requires for evaluation repetition of the integration process.
- multiple neuritis — polyneuritis.
- multiple-unit car — a self-propelled railroad car, generally used in commuting service, equipped so that a train of such cars can be operated from any one of them.
- multiplex printer — (hardware) A duplex circuit using time-division multiplexing to provide multiple duplex channels over one wire. For example, channels A, B, C, and D could be used for simultaneous transmission in both directions.
- multipotentiality — The capacity to develop in multiple ways; the state of having multiple potentialities.
- multitudinousness — The state or condition of being multitudinous.
- mundane astrology — the astrology of worldly events, in contrast to the astrology of the individual: used especially in interpretations and forecasts involving politics, the stock market, weather, and disasters.
- muscae volitantes — floater (def 6).
- musical interlude — an interval in a play, event or occasion during which music is played