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14-letter words containing m, e, t, a, c, n

  • multisectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
  • narcoterrorism — terrorist tactics employed by dealers in illicit drugs, as against competitors or government agents.
  • neoromanticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) Fine Arts. a style of painting developed in the 20th century, chiefly characterized by forms or images that project a sense of nostalgia and fantasy.
  • nietzscheanism — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
  • nitrobacterium — Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate.
  • nomenclatorial — Relating to nomenclature.
  • non-compatible — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
  • nonachievement — Something that does not achieve the intended goal.
  • noncommutative — of or relating to commutation, exchange, substitution, or interchange.
  • noncomplicated — (esp of a medical condition or procedure) not involving complications
  • nondocumentary — a film or television programme not reflecting real life
  • nongeometrical — not geometrical
  • nonmechanistic — Not mechanistic.
  • nonrecombinant — not involved in or produced by genetic recombination
  • nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
  • norteamericano — a citizen or inhabitant of the U.S., especially as distinguished from the peoples of Spanish-speaking America.
  • north american — the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 feet (6187 meters); lowest, Death Valley, 276 feet (84 meters) below sea level. About 9,360,000 sq. mi. (24,242,400 sq. km).
  • north germanic — the subbranch of Germanic that includes the languages of Scandinavia and Iceland.
  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • old-time dance — a formal or formation dance, such as the lancers
  • omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
  • ordnance datum — mean sea level calculated from observation taken at Newlyn, Cornwall, and used as the official basis for height calculation on British maps
  • organic matter — matter derived from organisms, esp decayed matter in soil
  • organometallic — pertaining to or noting an organic compound containing a metal or a metalloid linked to carbon.
  • osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
  • outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
  • overcompensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • overmedication — the act or instance of medicating unnecessarily or excessively
  • pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
  • parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • parent company — a corporation or other business enterprise that owns controlling interests in one or more subsidiary companies (distinguished from holding company).
  • peace movement — a movement seeking to end wars and reduce nuclear weapons
  • pendulum watch — (formerly) a watch having a balance wheel, especially a balance wheel bearing a fake pendulum bob oscillating behind a window in the dial.
  • pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
  • permanent echo — a radar signal reflected to a radar station on the ground by a building or other fixed object.
  • petty criminal — someone who commits petty crime or a petty crime
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • pinealectomize — to perform a pinealectomy on (a person or animal)
  • placement test — a test to determine a student's level of ability in one or more subjects in order to place the student with others of the same approximate ability.
  • pneumatic duct — the duct joining the air bladder and alimentary canal of a physostomous fish.
  • pneumatic pile — a hollow pile, used under water, in which a vacuum is induced so that air and water pressure force it into place.
  • pneumatic tire — wheel cover filled with pressurized air
  • pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
  • pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • point calimere — a cape on the SE coast of India, on the Palk Strait
  • premanufacture — to manufacture in advance
  • primary accent — the principal or strongest stress of a word.
  • private income — econ: from outside employment
  • pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
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