16-letter words containing m, i, g, r, a, n
- kamerlingh onnes — Heike [hahy-kuh] /ˈhaɪ kə/ (Show IPA), 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1913.
- kamerlingh-onnes — Heike (ˈhaɪkə). 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: a pioneer of the physics of low-temperature materials and discoverer (1911) of superconductivity. Nobel prize for physics 1913
- kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
- landed immigrant — foreigner: permanent resident
- lymphangiography — x-ray visualization of lymph vessels and nodes following injection of a contrast medium.
- machine learning — The ability of a machine to improve its performance based on previous results.
- macro-linguistic — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
- macrolinguistics — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
- magnesiochromite — (mineral) A chromite species with the formula MgCr2O4.
- magnetic bearing — the bearing of a point relative to that of the nearest magnetic pole.
- magnetic circuit — the closed path described by magnetic flux. It is analogous to the electric circuit with resistance, where flux, reluctance, and magnetomotive force correspond to electric current, resistance, and electromotive force.
- magnetic equator — aclinic line.
- magnetic pyrites — Mineralogy. pyrrhotite.
- magneto-electric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
- magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
- magnetoresistive — Of or pertaining to magnetoresistance.
- magnetostriction — a change in dimensions exhibited by ferromagnetic materials when subjected to a magnetic field.
- magnetostrictive — Of or pertaining to magnetostriction.
- magnolia warbler — a black and yellow wood warbler, Dendroica magnolia, of North America.
- make the running — If someone is making the running in a situation, they are more active than the other people involved.
- malpighian layer — the deep, germinative layer of the epidermis.
- man-eating shark — any shark known to attack humans, especially the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
- managerial staff — staff in positions of management
- margin of safety — therapeutic index.
- marginal costing — a method of cost accounting and decision making used for internal reporting in which only marginal costs are charged to cost units and fixed costs are treated as a lump sum
- marginal utility — the extra utility or satisfaction derived by a consumer from the consumption of the last unit of a commodity.
- marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
- market gardening — Chiefly British. truck farm.
- marriage licence — an official document stating that a marriage will be allowed to take place
- marriage license — permit to marry
- marriage partner — a person you are married to
- marriage portion — dowry.
- marshalling yard — a place or depot where railway wagons are shunted and made up into trains and where engines, carriages, etc, are kept when not in use
- measuring device — gauge
- megacorporations — Plural form of megacorporation.
- megasporogenesis — the formation and development of megaspores.
- mengagement ring — an engagement ring bought for a man
- menometrorrhagia — (pathology) Excessive uterine bleeding occurring outside of the normal menstrual period.
- mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
- metamorphosising — Present participle of metamorphosise.
- microaggressions — Plural form of microaggression.
- microangiopathic — Of, pertaining to or accompanied by microangiopathy.
- microprogramming — microcode
- micropropagation — the propagation of plants from tissue cultures, often from single cells.
- minstrel gallery — a gallery in a building meant for use by musicians playing to provide background music or entertainment at a feast or other event
- misappropriating — Present participle of misappropriate.
- misconfiguration — An incorrect or inappropriate configuration.
- missionary ridge — a ridge in NW Georgia and SE Tennessee: Civil War battle 1863.
- misunderstanding — failure to understand correctly; mistake as to meaning or intent.
- 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.