13-letter words containing m, o, n, c, a
- low churchman — a person who advocates or follows Low Church practices.
- lowerclassman — underclassman.
- lowerclassmen — underclassman.
- luncheon meat — any of various sausages or molded loaf meats, usually sliced and served cold, as in sandwiches or as garnishes for salads.
- maccheroncini — thin pasta tubes made from wheat flour
- machicolation — an opening in the floor between the corbels of a projecting gallery or parapet, as on a wall or in the vault of a passage, through which missiles, molten lead, etc., might be cast upon an enemy beneath.
- machine error — an error caused by a fault or defect in a machine rather than by human error
- mackinaw boat — a flat-bottomed boat with sharp prow and square stern, propelled by oars and sometimes sails, formerly widely used on the upper Great Lakes.
- mackinaw coat — a short double-breasted coat of a thick woolen material, commonly plaid.
- macro-mineral — any mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts, especially calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.
- macro-segment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- macrodiagonal — the longer of two diagonals
- macrodynamics — Large-scale dynamics.
- macroeconomic — the branch of economics dealing with the broad and general aspects of an economy, as the relationship between the income and investments of a country as a whole.
- macroglobulin — A plasma globulin of high molecular weight.
- macromutation — a mutation that has a profound effect on the resulting organism, as a change in a regulatory gene that controls the expression of many structural genes.
- macronucleate — having a macronucleus.
- macronutrient — Nutrition. any of the nutritional components of the diet that are required in relatively large amounts: protein, carbohydrate, fat, and the macrominerals.
- macroorganism — an organism that can be seen with the naked eye.
- macropinacoid — a crystalline pinacoid which runs parallel to the longer horizontal axis
- macroplankton — planktonic organisms of about 1 mm in length.
- magnet school — a public school with special programs and instruction that are not available elsewhere in a school district and that are specially designed to draw students from throughout a district, especially to aid in desegregation.
- magnetic core — Computers. core1 (def 12a).
- magnetic pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
- magnetic wood — wood containing fine particles of nickel-zinc ferrite which absorb microwave radio signals, used to line rooms where mobile phone use is undesirable
- magnetometric — Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, 'magnetometric' instruments; 'magnetometric' measurements.
- magnetooptics — the branch of physics that deals with magnetooptic phenomena.
- magnetostatic — Of or pertaining to magnetostatics.
- magnification — the act of magnifying or the state of being magnified.
- magniloquence — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- magnoliaceous — belonging to the plant family Magnoliaceae.
- malacostracan — belonging or pertaining to the crustacean subclass Malacostraca, which includes the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, etc.
- malfunctional — Not functioning as intended.
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- maliciousness — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- malleoincudal — Of or relating to both the malleus and the incus.
- mango chutney — chutney which contains or is made from the fruit mango
- mangrove jack — a predatory food and game fish, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, of Australian rivers and tidal creeks dominated by mangroves
- manhole cover — a removable metal plate covering a shaft that leads down to a sewer or drain
- manon lescaut — a novel (1731) by Antoine François Prévost.
- manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
- many-coloured — having many colours
- marching song — a song with the rhythm of a march, esp sung by marching soldiers
- marchionesses — Plural form of marchioness.
- mare chronium — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- marginal cost — the cost of one additional unit of any item produced or bought in quantity.
- massification — the practice of making luxury products available to the mass market
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- matriculation — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
- mechanisation — Alternative spelling of mechanization.