15-letter words containing m, o, r, g, a
- magnetoreceptor — The part of an organism responsible for magnetoreception.
- magnetorheology — the study of the relationships between the particle and fluid properties of magnetic suspensions.
- make a long arm — to reach out for something, as from a sitting position
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- managing editor — an editor assigned to the supervision and coordination of certain editorial activities of a newspaper, magazine, book publishing company, or the like. Abbreviation: M.E., m.e.
- mandarin orange — mandarin (def 4).
- marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
- margaritiferous — yielding or wearing pearls
- margin of error — statistics: variance
- marginalisation — (British) alternative spelling of marginalization.
- marginalization — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marigold window — wheel window.
- marlborough leg — a tapered leg having a square section.
- marriage broker — a person who arranges marriages, usually between strangers, for a fee.
- massage parlour — A massage parlour is a place where people go and pay for a massage. Some places that are called massage parlours are in fact places where people pay to have sex.
- measuring spoon — a spoon for measuring amounts, as in cooking, usually part of a set of spoons of different sizes.
- megacorporation — a giant company formed from two or more large companies or a number of companies of various sizes.
- megalokaryocyte — Megakaryocyte.
- messier catalog — a catalog of nonstellar objects compiled by Charles Messier in 1784 and later slightly extended, now known to contain nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters.
- metallo-organic — organometallic.
- microaggression — a subtle but offensive comment or action directed at a minority or other nondominant group that is often unintentional or unconsciously reinforces a stereotype: microaggressions such as "I don't see you as black.".
- microangiopathy — any disease of the small blood vessels.
- microbiological — Of or pertaining to microbiology.
- microgametocyte — a gametocyte that produces microgametes
- microgeneration — the small-scale generation of electrical power, through means such as solar or wind power
- micromanagement — The direct management of a project etc to an excessive degree, with too much attention to detail and insufficient delegation.
- micropegmatitic — relating to, or designating, a microscopic pegmatitic structure
- microphotograph — microfilm (def 1).
- microradiograph — an enlarged version of an image obtained by a form of radiography that reveals minute details
- microsporangium — a sporangium containing microspores.
- microtopography — microrelief.
- mid-ocean ridge — any of several seismically active submarine mountain ranges that extend through the Atlantic, Indian, and South Pacific oceans: each is hypothesized to be the locus of seafloor spreading.
- mineral kingdom — minerals collectively.
- mineralogically — With regard to mineralogy.
- mis-categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- miscoordinating — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- misregistration — the act of registering.
- modern language — one of the literary languages currently in use in Europe, as French, Spanish, or German, treated as a departmental course of study in a school, college, or university.
- mogi das cruzes — a city in SE Brazil, E of São Paulo.
- mollier diagram — a graph showing the enthalpy of a substance as a function of its entropy when some physical property of the substance, as temperature or pressure, is kept at a specified constant value.
- morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
- moreton bay bug — a flattish edible shellfish, Thenus orientalis, of Northern Australian waters
- moreton bay fig — a large Australian fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark
- morning prayers — early-morning act of religious worship
- morphologically — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- mortgage broker — agent who matches house buyer with mortgage lender
- mortgage lender — a financial institution which provides money to borrowers for mortgages
- mortgage relief — (formerly) a reduction of tax on income being used to pay off a mortgage
- mother language — a language from which another language is descended; parent language.
- motor generator — one or more motors mechanically coupled to one or more generators for converting or transforming electric current into mechanical energy.