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16-letter words containing n, a, i, r, e, g

  • life-threatening — endangering life: a life-threatening illness.
  • lighter than air — (of an aircraft) weighing less than the air it displaces, hence obtaining lift from aerostatic buoyancy.
  • lighter-than-air — (of an aircraft) weighing less than the air it displaces, hence obtaining lift from aerostatic buoyancy.
  • lightheartedness — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
  • like gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
  • little englander — an English person who believes the best interests of Britain are served by attention to Britain itself, rather than to the concerns of the empire.
  • logical relation — A relation R satisfying f R g <=> For all a, b, a R b => f a R g b This definition, by Plotkin, can be used to extend the definition of a relation on the types of a and b to a relation on functions.
  • long-wire aerial — a travelling-wave aerial consisting of one or more conductors, the length of which usually exceeds several wavelengths
  • lost river range — a mountain range in E central Idaho. Highest peak, Borah Peak (also highest in the state), 12,662 feet (3862 meters).
  • machine learning — The ability of a machine to improve its performance based on previous results.
  • magnesiochromite — (mineral) A chromite species with the formula MgCr2O4.
  • magnetic bearing — the bearing of a point relative to that of the nearest magnetic pole.
  • magnetic circuit — the closed path described by magnetic flux. It is analogous to the electric circuit with resistance, where flux, reluctance, and magnetomotive force correspond to electric current, resistance, and electromotive force.
  • magnetic equator — aclinic line.
  • magnetic pyrites — Mineralogy. pyrrhotite.
  • magneto-electric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
  • magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
  • magnetoresistive — Of or pertaining to magnetoresistance.
  • magnetostriction — a change in dimensions exhibited by ferromagnetic materials when subjected to a magnetic field.
  • magnetostrictive — Of or pertaining to magnetostriction.
  • magnolia warbler — a black and yellow wood warbler, Dendroica magnolia, of North America.
  • make the running — If someone is making the running in a situation, they are more active than the other people involved.
  • malpighian layer — the deep, germinative layer of the epidermis.
  • man-eating shark — any shark known to attack humans, especially the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
  • managerial staff — staff in positions of management
  • margin of safety — therapeutic index.
  • marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
  • market gardening — Chiefly British. truck farm.
  • marriage licence — an official document stating that a marriage will be allowed to take place
  • marriage license — permit to marry
  • marriage partner — a person you are married to
  • marriage portion — dowry.
  • measuring device — gauge
  • megacorporations — Plural form of megacorporation.
  • megasporogenesis — the formation and development of megaspores.
  • mengagement ring — an engagement ring bought for a man
  • menometrorrhagia — (pathology) Excessive uterine bleeding occurring outside of the normal menstrual period.
  • mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
  • metamorphosising — Present participle of metamorphosise.
  • microaggressions — Plural form of microaggression.
  • minstrel gallery — a gallery in a building meant for use by musicians playing to provide background music or entertainment at a feast or other event
  • missionary ridge — a ridge in NW Georgia and SE Tennessee: Civil War battle 1863.
  • misunderstanding — failure to understand correctly; mistake as to meaning or intent.
  • money laundering — Money laundering is the crime of processing stolen money through a legitimate business or sending it abroad to a foreign bank, to hide the fact that the money was illegally obtained.
  • mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
  • moving staircase — Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
  • munching squares — A display hack dating back to the PDP-1 (ca. 1962, reportedly discovered by Jackson Wright), which employs a trivial computation (repeatedly plotting the graph Y = X XOR T for successive values of T - see HAKMEM items 146--148) to produce an impressive display of moving and growing squares that devour the screen. The initial value of T is treated as a parameter, which, when well-chosen, can produce amazing effects. Some of these, later (re)discovered on the LISP Machine, have been christened "munching triangles" (try AND for XOR and toggling points instead of plotting them), "munching w's", and "munching mazes". More generally, suppose a graphics program produces an impressive and ever-changing display of some basic form, foo, on a display terminal, and does it using a relatively simple program; then the program (or the resulting display) is likely to be referred to as "munching foos". [This is a good example of the use of the word foo as a metasyntactic variable.]
  • narcotics charge — a criminal charge or accusation concerning the use or dealing of illegal drugs
  • national gallery — a major art gallery in London, in Trafalgar Square. Founded in 1824, it contains the largest collection of paintings in Britain
  • natural religion — religion based on principles derived solely from reason and the study of nature.
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