15-letter words containing m, u, s, i, g, n
- mouse droppings — 1. (graphics, operating system, jargon) Pixels (usually single) that are not properly restored when the mouse pointer moves away from a particular location on the screen, producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are MS-DOS programs that write to the screen memory corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not quite support the graphics mode in use. 2. (web, jargon) The client address recorded in a web server's log whenever a client connects to a site. Users may be unaware that their activity is being logged in this way but the potential for misuse of the information is limited.
- mucosanguineous — containing or made up of blood and mucus
- multilingualism — using or able to speak several or many languages with some facility.
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- musical evening — a social evening with a musical programme
- nonmucilaginous — Not mucilaginous.
- numismatologist — One versed in numismatology.
- opus anglicanum — fine embroidery, esp of church vestments, produced in England c.1200–c.1350; characterized by the rich materials used, esp silver gilt thread
- organomagnesium — pertaining to or noting an organic compound, especially an organic halide, containing magnesium linked to carbon.
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- quite something — a remarkable or noteworthy thing or person
- sausage machine — a machine for making sausages
- sit in judgment — To sit in judgment means to decide whether or not someone is guilty of doing something wrong.
- solution mining — removal of a soluble mineral by dissolving it and leaching it out, as in the Frasch process.
- stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
- steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
- stomping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- sub-machine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
- subminimum wage — See example at subminimum (def 1).
- suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
- summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- swimming trunks — men's swimsuit shorts
- system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
- tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
- tissue-matching — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- unmitigatedness — the state of being unmitigated
- untransmigrated — not transmigrated; not transferred or caused to be transferred