16-letter words containing m, o, n, t, c, l
- overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
- palaeolithic man — any of various primitive types of man, such as Neanderthal man and Java man, who lived in the Palaeolithic
- pectoralis minor — the smaller of the two large chest muscles that assist in movements of the shoulder and upper arm
- perchloromethane — carbon tetrachloride.
- phantasmagorical — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- photoluminescent — luminescence induced by the absorption of infrared radiation, visible light, or ultraviolet radiation.
- picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
- placement office — an office in a university that offers students careers advice and help to find employment
- plainclothes man — a detective or police officer who wears civilian clothes while on duty
- platform-balance — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
- plymouth company — a company, formed in England in 1606 to establish colonies in America and that founded a colony in Maine in 1607.
- policy statement — a declaration of the plans and intentions of an organization or government
- precontemplation — the act of contemplating; thoughtful observation.
- primary election — primary (def 15a).
- primary electron — in thermionics, any of the electrons falling on a body, distinguished from those emitted by it
- promotional code — A promotional code is a code offered by retailers to customers who can use it to receive a discounted price when buying products online.
- punctuationalism — punctuated equilibrium.
- replacement cost — fee to obtain new version of sth
- schlieren method — a method for detecting regions of differing densities in a clear fluid by photographing a beam of light passed obliquely through it.
- sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- self-confinement — the act of confining.
- self-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- self-containment — the state of being self-contained.
- self-enforcement — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
- sharia-compliant — (of a product or service) produced or offered in accordance with the doctrines of the sharia
- simply-connected — (of a set or domain) having a connected complement.
- stamp collecting — Stamp collecting is the hobby of building up a collection of stamps.
- stamp collection — the act of collecting postage stamps as a hobby
- steal a march on — to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body.
- stomach stapling — Stomach stapling is an operation in which part of the stomach is removed in order to help a person to eat less and lose weight.
- stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
- summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
- teachable moment — a specific occurrence, situation, or experience that can be used to teach people about something more general: Her death created a teachable moment about prescription drug abuse.
- telecommunicator — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
- thalamencephalon — the diencephalon.
- the commonwealth — the government in England under the Cromwells and Parliament from 1649 to 1660
- thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
- thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
- trail commission — A trail commission is a further commission of between 0.1 and 1 percent that is paid to an advisor provided that the client’s funds remain invested in the product for a specified time.
- trichloromethane — chloroform (def 1).
- trichotillomania — a compulsion to pull out one's hair.
- two-percent milk — Two-percent milk is milk from which some of the cream has been removed.
- unconfirmability — to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify: This report confirms my suspicions.
- vertebral column — spinal column.
- voluntary muscle — muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will; mainly skeletal muscle, composed of parallel bundles of striated, multinucleate fibers.
- well-compensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.