16-letter words containing m, o, u, t, n, e
- mourne mountains — a mountain range in SE Northern Ireland. Highest peak: Slieve Donard, 853 m (2798 ft)
- mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
- multidimensional — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
- multifariousness — (uncountable) The characteristic of being multifarious.
- multilinear form — a function or functional of several variables such that when all variables but one are held fixed, the function is linear in the remaining variable.
- multimillionaire — a person who possesses a fortune that amounts to many millions of dollars, francs, etc.
- multiple fission — fission into more than two new organisms.
- multiplepoinding — an action to determine the division of a property or fund between several claimants, brought by or on behalf of the present holder
- musculocutaneous — of, relating to, or supplying the muscles and skin
- musique concrete — tape-recorded musical and natural sounds, often electronically distorted, arranged in planned combinations, sequences, and rhythmic patterns to create an artistic work.
- muskegon heights — a city in W Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
- mutation testing — (testing) A method to determine test set thoroughness by measuring the extent to which a test set can discriminate the program from slight variants of the program.
- 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
- network computer — a relatively inexpensive computer with minimal processing power, designed primarily to provide access to computer networks, as corporate intranets or the Internet. Abbreviation: NC.
- neurodevelopment — The development of the nervous system during the life of an organism.
- neuroepithelioma — Neurocytoma.
- neurotransmitter — any of several chemical substances, as epinephrine or acetylcholine, that transmit nerve impulses across a synapse to a postsynaptic element, as another nerve, muscle, or gland.
- nitrogen mustard — any of the class of poisonous, blistering compounds, as C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, analogous in composition to mustard gas but containing nitrogen instead of sulfur: used in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases; mechlorethamine.
- non-accumulative — tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
- non-instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
- non-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- non-remuneration — the act of remunerating.
- non-remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- noncommunicative — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- north massapequa — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- nuclear magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used to measure proton spin and approximately equal to 1/1836 Bohr magneton.
- numbered account — a bank account whose owner is identified by a number for the purpose of preserving anonymity.
- obsequent stream — a stream flowing in a direction opposite to that of the dip of the local strata.
- oculomotor nerve — either one of the third pair of cranial nerves, consisting chiefly of motor fibers that innervate most of the muscles of the eyeball.
- onboard computer — onboard a vehicle, ship, plane, train or spacecraft
- once upon a time — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- oneida community — a society of religious perfectionists established by John Humphrey Noyes, in 1848 at Oneida, N.Y., on the theory that sin can be eliminated through social reform: dissolved and reorganized in 1881 as a joint-stock company.
- operating manual — a leaflet of instructions on how to use something (such as an electrical appliance, etc)
- out of the money — If an investment is out of the money, it would be a loss if it was sold.
- outsmart oneself — to have one's efforts at cunning or cleverness result in one's own disadvantage
- over-communicate — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
- over-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- over-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- overaccumulation — Accumulation of too much.
- oxidation number — the state of an element or ion in a compound with regard to the electrons gained or lost by the element or ion in the reaction that formed the compound, expressed as a positive or negative number indicating the ionic charge of the element or ion.
- pairs tournament — an event in a sport such as tennis or darts open to pairs of competitors
- pentothal sodium — thiopental sodium
- perpetual motion — the motion of a theoretical mechanism that, without any losses due to friction or other forms of dissipation of energy, would continue to operate indefinitely at the same rate without any external energy being applied to it.
- phase modulation — radio transmission in which the carrier wave is modulated by changing its phase to transmit the amplitude and pitch of the signal.
- photoluminescent — luminescence induced by the absorption of infrared radiation, visible light, or ultraviolet radiation.
- picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
- pigeon guillemot — a black or brown-speckled seabird of the genus Cepphus, of northern seas, having a sharply pointed black bill, red legs, and white wing patches, as C. grylle (black guillemot) of the North Atlantic and the similar C. columba (pigeon guillemot) of the North Pacific.