14-letter words containing m, o, n, a, t
- pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
- proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
- psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
- pulmonary tree — the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.
- put on the map — a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- put the arm on — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quantum optics — the branch of optics dealing with light as a stream of photons, each possessing a quantum of energy proportional to the frequency of light when it is considered as a wave motion.
- quantum theory — any theory predating quantum mechanics that encompassed Planck's radiation formula and a scheme for obtaining discrete energy states for atoms, as Bohr theory.
- quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
- questionmaster — quizmaster.
- quinnat salmon — chinook salmon.
- quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
- quotation mark — one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as “ at the beginning and ” at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as “He said, ‘I will go.’ ” Frequently, especially in Great Britain, single marks are used instead of double, the latter being then used for a quotation within a quotation.
- quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
- radiostrontium — strontium 90.
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- random testing — (programming, testing) A black-box testing approach in which software is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work.
- re-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
- re-embarkation — the act of boarding a ship or aircraft again
- re-enumeration — an act of enumerating.
- reaccumulation — act or state of accumulating; state of being accumulated.
- reamalgamation — the act or process of amalgamating.
- recommendation — an act of recommending.
- recommendatory — serving to recommend; recommending.
- recompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- reconfirmation — the act of confirming.
- reformationist — someone who was part of the Reformation
- reimplantation — the surgical restoration of a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure to its original site.
- relative minor — the minor key whose tonic is the sixth degree of a given major key.
- remobilization — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- remonstrations — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- remoralization — the act of instilling with morals again; the act of making moral again
- repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- restorationism — belief in a future life in which human beings will be restored to a state of perfection and happiness
- retinoblastoma — Pathology. an inheritable tumor of the eye.
- retransmission — the act or process of transmitting.
- rhaeto-romance — the group of closely related Romance dialects, including Romansch and Ladin, spoken in SE Switzerland, the Tirol, and N Italy
- rhaeto-romanic — a Romance language consisting of Friulian, Tyrolese, Ladin, and the Romansh dialects.
- rock formation — rock that is arranged or formed in a certain way
- roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
- roman catholic — of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.
- root treatment — a procedure, used for treating an abscess at the tip of the root of a tooth, in which the pulp is removed and a filling (root filling) inserted in the root canal
- rostral column — a memorial column having sculptures representing the rams of ancient ships.
- sacred monster — a celebrity whose eccentricities or indiscretions are easily forgiven by admirers.
- sagging moment — a bending moment that produces concave bending at the middle of a simple supported beam
- salvation army — an international Christian organization founded in England in 1865 by William Booth, organized along quasi-military lines and devoted chiefly to evangelism and to providing social services, especially to the poor.
- sample section — a section of sth, intended as representative of the whole
- sanitation man — a man who collects and disposes of refuse for the sanitation department of local government
- schematization — to reduce to or arrange according to a scheme.