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14-letter words containing n, o, a, d

  • meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
  • mean deviation — a measure of dispersion, computed by taking the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of the deviations of the functional values from some central value, usually the mean or median.
  • mean solar day — day (def 3a).
  • medal of honor — The Medal of Honor is a medal that is given to members of the U.S. armed forces who have shown special courage or bravery in battle.
  • medial moraine — a ridge of glacial drift formed by the junction of two converging valley glaciers.
  • mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
  • medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
  • medicalization — The act or process of medicalizing.
  • medicine woman — (among North American Indians and some other aboriginal peoples) a woman believed to possess magical or supernatural powers; a female shaman.
  • mendaciousness — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
  • methanoic acid — systematic name for formic acid
  • methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
  • michael jordan — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
  • microsporidian — Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, that are very small fungi.
  • midwall column — a column or the like carrying a wall overhanging it on both sides.
  • mills-and-boon — of or relating to novels by the British publisher Mills and Boon, esp in being romantic or sexual in nature
  • mind uploading — (application)   The science fiction concept of copying one's mind into an artificial body or computer.
  • minicoy island — a small island in the S Laccadive Islands, off the SW coast of India. 1.25 sq. mi. (3.24 sq. km).
  • mis-coordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
  • misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
  • misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
  • mobile command — the Canadian army and other land forces
  • modal analysis — Modal analysis is the analysis of a structure to find its natural frequencies of vibration.
  • modelling clay — mouldable substance fixed in a kiln
  • modern persian — the Persian language since the Middle Persian stage.
  • modularization — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
  • modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
  • mongolian fold — epicanthus.
  • monoprionidian — having cells or sacs only on one half of the axis
  • monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
  • mont-de-marsan — a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
  • monumentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of monumentalize.
  • morbid anatomy — the branch of medical science concerned with the study of the structure of diseased organs and tissues
  • morris dancing — Morris dancing is a type of old English country dancing which is performed by people wearing special costumes.
  • mottled enamel — fluorosis (def 2).
  • moulding board — a board on which dough is kneaded
  • mount demavend — a volcanic peak in N Iran, in the Elburz Mountains. Height: 5671 m (18 606 ft)
  • mountain guide — a trained professional mountaineer who guides climbers up a mountain
  • municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
  • nacreous cloud — a rarely seen, luminous, iridescent cloud shaped like a cirrus or altocumulus, approximately 15 miles (24 km) above the earth, and of unknown composition.
  • naked mole rat — a nearly hairless rodent, Heterocephalus glaber, of eastern African dry steppes and savannas, having two protruding upper and lower front teeth and living entirely underground in colonies, based on a single breeding female and specialized workers of both sexes.
  • nanostructured — Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on the nano scale.
  • narcodiagnosis — the use of drugs to produce narcosis as an aid in diagnosis.
  • national dress — the traditional clothing of a country
  • national guard — state military forces, in part equipped, trained, and quartered by the U.S. government, and paid by the U.S. government, that become an active component of the army when called into federal service by the president in civil emergencies. Compare militia (def 2).
  • naval dockyard — a place where a Navy's ships are kept
  • neanderthaloid — resembling or characteristic of the physical type of Neanderthal man.
  • nelson mandela — Nelson (Rolihlahla) [raw-lee-lah-luh] /ˌrɔ liˈlɑ lə/ (Show IPA), 1918–2013, South African black antiapartheid activist: president of South Africa 1994–99.
  • nematodiriasis — the condition, esp in sheep, of having parasitic nematode worms of the genus Nematodirus in the small intestine
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