16-letter words containing m, u, l, i, g, a
- moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
- multiprogramming — multitasking
- operating manual — a leaflet of instructions on how to use something (such as an electrical appliance, etc)
- oxycalcium light — calcium light.
- pneumonic plague — a form of plague characterized by lung involvement.
- quasi-legitimate — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- quasi-managerial — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
- saint-ulmo-light — St. Elmo's fire.
- schaumburg-lippe — a former state in NW Germany.
- semiagricultural — partly engaged in or given over to agriculture
- smelting furnace — an industrial oven used to heat ore in order to extract metal
- subliminal image — an image used in advertising, etc, that is too quick to be registered by the mind but is used to influence the viewer unconsciously
- summa theologica — a philosophical and theological work (1265–74) by St. Thomas Aquinas, consisting of an exposition of Christian doctrine.
- thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
- unix manual page — (operating system) (Or "man page") A part of Unix's extensive on-line documentation. To read a manual page from the Unix command line, type: man [-s
] e.g. "man ftp" (the section number can usually be omitted). Pages are traditionally referred to using the notation "page(section)", e.g. ftp(1). Under SunOS (which is fairly typical), Section 1 covers commands, 2 system calls, 3 C library routines, 4 devices and networks, 5 file formats, 6 games and demos, 7 miscellaneous, 8 system administration. Each section has an introduction which can be obtained with, e.g., "man 2 intro". Manual pages are stored as nroff source files. Formatted versions are also usually cached. Man pages for most versions of Unix are available on-line in HTML. - vaughan williams — Ralph, 1872–1958, English composer.
- visual magnitude — Astronomy. magnitude (def 5a).
- visual-magnitude — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.