16-letter words containing m, o, n, s, a, c
- mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
- mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
- microaggressions — Plural form of microaggression.
- microcrystalline — minutely crystalline; composed of microscopic crystals.
- microencapsulate — (transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
- microtransmitter — a small electronic device which transmits television or radio signals
- midair collision — a crash, such as a plane crash, that takes place in the air
- mint is not trac — (text, tool) (MINT) A version of TRAC used as the extension language in the Freemacs editor.
- misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
- miscommunication — Failure to communicate adequately.
- misconfiguration — An incorrect or inappropriate configuration.
- misogynistically — In a misogynistic manner.
- mispronunciation — (uncountable) The act of mispronouncing.
- mission-critical — essential for a project to launch
- misspecification — An incorrect specification.
- mistranscription — the act or process of transcribing.
- monopolistically — In a monopolistic manner.
- monosyllabically — In single syllables.
- monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
- mousseline sauce — a light sauce, made by adding whipped cream or egg whites to hollandaise sauce
- moving staircase — Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
- musculocutaneous — of, relating to, or supplying the muscles and skin
- mutual exclusion — (parallel, operating system) (Or "mutex", plural: "mutexes") A collection of techniques for sharing resources so that different uses do not conflict and cause unwanted interactions. One of the most commonly used techniques for mutual exclusion is the semaphore.
- mutual recursion — recursion
- national costume — traditional dress
- neo-conservatism — (in the US) a right-wing tendency that originated amongst supporters of the political left and has become characterized by its support of hawkish foreign policies
- nominal sentence — a sentence consisting of a subject and complement without a linking verb, as Very interesting, those books.
- non-consummation — the act of consummating; completion.
- non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- noncompassionate — Not compassionate.
- not miss a trick — to be very alert
- nuclear emulsion — a photographic emulsion in the form of a thick block, used to record the tracks of elementary particles.
- ohmic resistance — resistance (def 3a).
- overcompensating — Present participle of overcompensate.
- overcompensation — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
- overcompensatory — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
- panoramic screen — a very wide screen, as of a television, etc
- pascal's limacon — limaçon.
- pectoralis minor — the smaller of the two large chest muscles that assist in movements of the shoulder and upper arm
- performance test — a test requiring little or no use of language, the test materials being designed to elicit manual or behavioral responses rather than verbal ones.
- phantasmagorical — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- pharmacodynamics — the branch of pharmacology dealing with the course of action, effect, and breakdown of drugs within the body.
- pharmacogenetics — the branch of pharmacology that examines the relation of genetic factors to variations in response to drugs.
- pharmacogenomics — the study of human genetic variability in relation to drug action and its application to medical treatment
- pharmacokinetics — the branch of pharmacology that studies the fate of pharmacological substances in the body, as their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination.
- physiognomically — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- plainclothes man — a detective or police officer who wears civilian clothes while on duty
- pocono mountains — ridge of the Appalachians, in E Pa.: resort area: c. 2,000 ft (610 m) high
- policy statement — a declaration of the plans and intentions of an organization or government
- post-romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.