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17-letter words containing m, u, s, i, c

  • employee discount — When the employees of a store or other retail business are entitled to an employee discount, they do not have to pay the full price for goods they buy in the store.
  • ethnomusicologist — A researcher in the field of ethnomusicology.
  • executive mansion — the White House (in Washington, D.C.), official home of the President of the U.S.
  • female chauvinist — a female who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates males in the belief that they are inferior to females and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
  • female-chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
  • functional isomer — any of several structural isomers that have the same molecular formula but with the atoms connected in different ways and therefore falling into different functional groups.
  • germanicus caesar — 15 b.c.–a.d. 19, Roman general.
  • hippocampal gyrus — a convolution on the inner surface of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum, bordering the hippocampus.
  • homeland security — national defence
  • immunocompromised — having an impaired or compromised immune response; immunodeficient.
  • immunodiagnostics — the determination of immunologic characteristics of individuals, cells, and other biologic entities.
  • immunofluorescent — Of, pertaining to, or using immunofluorescence.
  • inclusion complex — a solid solution in which molecules of one compound occupy places in the crystal lattice of another compound. Compare adduct (def 2).
  • insurance company — company that sells insurance policies
  • insurance premium — payment on an insurance policy
  • intercommunicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intercommunicate.
  • jerusalem cricket — a large, nocturnal, wingless, long-horned grasshopper, Stenopelmatus fuscus, occuring chiefly in loose soil and sand along the Pacific coast of the U.S.
  • jus primae noctis — droit du seigneur.
  • key man insurance — Key man insurance is an insurance policy taken out by a small company on the life of a senior executive whose death would create a serious loss.
  • lame-duck session — (formerly) the December to March session of those members of the U.S. Congress who were defeated for reelection the previous November.
  • limestone lettuce — a variety of lettuce derived from Bibb lettuce.
  • luminous efficacy — the quotient of the luminous flux of a radiation and its corresponding radiant flux
  • luminous exitance — the ability of a surface to emit light expressed as the luminous flux per unit area at a specified point on the surface
  • macro-linguistics — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
  • macroinstructions — Plural form of macroinstruction.
  • magellanic clouds — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
  • malagasy republic — former name of Madagascar.
  • manicure scissors — scissors for manicuring or trimming the nails
  • manifest function — any function of an institution or other social phenomenon that is planned and intentional.
  • mare fecunditatis — (Sea of Fertility) a dark plain in the fourth quadrant and extending into the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 160,000 sq. mi. (415,000 sq. km).
  • masculine caesura — a caesura occurring immediately after a stressed or a long syllable.
  • maurice of nassau — Prince of Orange 1567-1625; Du. statesman & military leader
  • mechanical tissue — a plant tissue made up of hard, thick-walled cells that add strength to an organ
  • media access unit — (networking)   (MAU or Multistation Access Unit, MSAU) In a Token Ring network, a device to attach multiple network stations in a star topology, internally wired to connect the stations into a logical ring. The MAU contains relays to short out nonoperating stations. Multiple MAUs can be connected into a larger ring through their Ring In/Ring Out connectors.
  • medical insurance — a type of insurance intended to cover possible future medical expenses
  • medium close shot — a shot taken fairly close to the subject, but not as close as a close-up
  • memoised function — memo function
  • mercuric sulphide — a compound of mercury, usually existing as a black solid (metacinnabarite) or a red solid (cinnabar or vermilion), which is used as a pigment. Formula: HgS
  • mercury poisoning — illness caused by exposure to mercury
  • messier catalogue — a catalogue of 103 nonstellar objects, such as nebulae and galaxies, prepared in 1781–86. An object is referred to by its number in this catalogue, for example the Andromeda Galaxy is referred to as M31
  • metatungstic acid — an oxyacid acid of tungsten. Formula: H2W4O13
  • microconstituents — a microscopically small constituent of a metal or alloy.
  • microencapsulated — Encapsulated using microencapsulation.
  • microinstructions — Plural form of microinstruction.
  • micromanipulators — Plural form of micromanipulator.
  • mill construction — heavy, fire-resistant timber construction within masonry walls, all vertical communication being within masonry towers provided with fire doors.
  • miscellaneousness — Quality of being miscellaneous.
  • miscommunications — Plural form of miscommunication.
  • motion of censure — a motion by opposition parties criticizing the government
  • mountain sickness — illness caused by being at high altitude
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