16-letter words containing m, e, r, o, u
- immunosuppressor — (pharmacology) An immunosuppressive agent.
- impact extrusion — an extrusion process in which a slug of cold metal in a shallow die cavity is formed by the action of a rapidly moving punch that forces the metal through the die or back around the punch.
- import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
- in your own time — If you do something in your own time, you do it at the speed that you choose, rather than allowing anyone to hurry you.
- incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
- inharmoniousness — The quality of being inharmonious.
- inmos transputer — transputer
- intercommunicate — to communicate mutually, as people.
- interim accounts — accounts published in the course of the financial year
- intramolecularly — In an intramolecular manner; within a molecule.
- italian vermouth — sweet vermouth
- journeyman baker — a baker who is qualified to work in the employment of another
- juvenile hormone — any of a class of insect and plant hormones acting to inhibit the molting of a juvenile insect into its adult form.
- kekule's formula — the structural formula of benzene represented as a hexagonal ring with alternate single and double bonds between the carbon atoms.
- labour agreement — a contract between workers and managers setting out working conditions, wages, etc
- letter of marque — license or commission granted by a state to a private citizen to capture and confiscate the merchant ships of another nation.
- lithium chloride — a white, water-soluble, deliquescent, crystalline solid, LiCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of mineral water, especially lithia water, and as a flux in metallurgy.
- lithium fluoride — a fine, white, slightly water-soluble powder, LiF, used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramics.
- lose your memory — If you lose your memory, you forget things that you used to know.
- lourenco marques — former name of Maputo.
- macpherson strut — an automobile suspension-system component that consists of a strut combined with a spring and shock absorber and connects the wheel to the frame of the vehicle.
- magnetic equator — aclinic line.
- mail-order house — a retail firm that conducts its business by receiving orders and shipping its merchandise through the mail and that supplies its customers with catalogs, circulars, etc.
- make a virtue of — If you make a virtue of something, you pretend that you did it because you chose to, although in fact you did it because you had to.
- manhood suffrage — the right of adult male citizens to vote
- marriage customs — the acts that are traditionally done in connection with a marriage
- marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
- mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
- matter of course — an event or result that is natural or inevitable
- matter-of-course — occurring or proceeding in or as if in the logical, natural, or customary course of things; expected or inevitable.
- 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
- menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
- merchant account — A merchant account is a type of bank account that allows a company to accept credit cards.
- mercury autocode — Autocode for the Ferranti Mercury machine.
- mercury chloride — mercuric chloride
- meretriciousness — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- metallofullerene — (chemistry) A fullerene containing an enclosed metal atom.
- microconstituent — a microscopically small constituent of a metal or alloy.
- microencapsulate — (transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
- microminiaturize — (especially of electronic equipment) to make extremely small; subject to microminiaturization.
- microvasculature — the system of tiny blood vessels, including capillaries, venules, and arterioles, that perfuse the body's tissues.
- miniature poodle — a breed of poodle, bred to be much smaller than standard poodles
- mock turtle soup — a rich, clear soup prepared to resemble green turtle soup, made with a calf's head or other meat, seasonings, and often with wine.
- modern languages — languages currently spoken
- modular language — (language) (Modula) Wirth's 1977 predecessor of Modula-2. The original Modula was, more oriented toward concurrent programming, but otherwise quite similar.
- molecular volume — the volume occupied by one mole of a substance
- molecular weight — the average weight of a molecule of an element or compound measured in units once based on the weight of one hydrogen atom taken as the standard or on 1/16 (0.0625) the weight of an oxygen atom, but after 1961 based on 1/12 (0.083) the weight of the carbon-12 atom; the sum of the atomic weights of all the atoms in a molecule. Abbreviation: mol. wt.
- 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.
- monoline insurer — insurer who pays the principal and interest on a bond in the event of a default
- montague grammar — a model-theoretic semantic theory for natural language that seeks to encompass indexical expressions and opaque contexts within an extensional theory by constructing set-theoretic representations of the intension of an expression in terms of functions of possible worlds