16-letter words containing n, o, c, e
- microengineering — The engineering of microscopic devices.
- microenterprises — Plural form of microenterprise.
- microenvironment — the environment of a small area or of a particular organism; microhabitat.
- microminiaturize — (especially of electronic equipment) to make extremely small; subject to microminiaturization.
- microtransmitter — a small electronic device which transmits television or radio signals
- mineral charcoal — a fibrous substance resembling charcoal and having a high carbon content, often occurring in thin layers in bituminous coal.
- minority carrier — the entity responsible for carrying the lesser part of the current in a semiconductor
- miscomprehension — the act or process of comprehending.
- misspecification — An incorrect specification.
- mnemotechnically — In a mnemotechnic manner; using mnemotechny.
- mock examination — an examination, esp in a school, taken as practice before an official examination
- modern icelandic — the Icelandic language since c1550.
- modersohn-becker — Paula [pou-lah] /ˈpaʊ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1907, German painter.
- mönchen-gladbach — city in WC Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: pop. 266,000
- money of account — a monetary denomination used in reckoning, especially one not issued as a coin, as the U.S. mill.
- monkey-faced owl — barn owl.
- monocotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the monocotyledons.
- monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
- monterey cypress — a tree, Cupressus macrocarpa, of southern California, being pyramid-shaped in youth, but spreading in age: occurs naturally in only two groves on the coast of Monterey County, California, but is cultivated extensively.
- montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
- morning sickness — nausea occurring in the early part of the day, especially as a characteristic symptom in the first months of pregnancy.
- mortgage company — business providing loans to property buyers
- mos technologies — MOS Technology
- motoring offence — a crime committed which concerns driving
- moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
- moulding process — the process of shaping or compacting a material into a frame or mould
- mount carmel man — an early human of Neanderthaloid type, known from skeletal remains from the late Pleistocene Epoch, c50,000–40,000 b.c., found in Palestine.
- mountain climber — someone who climbs or walks up mountains
- mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
- mousseline sauce — a light sauce, made by adding whipped cream or egg whites to hollandaise sauce
- moving staircase — Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
- multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
- musculocutaneous — of, relating to, or supplying the muscles and skin
- musique concrete — tape-recorded musical and natural sounds, often electronically distorted, arranged in planned combinations, sequences, and rhythmic patterns to create an artistic work.
- mutual exclusion — (parallel, operating system) (Or "mutex", plural: "mutexes") A collection of techniques for sharing resources so that different uses do not conflict and cause unwanted interactions. One of the most commonly used techniques for mutual exclusion is the semaphore.
- mutual recursion — recursion
- myelomeningocele — (pathology) A form of spina bifida characterized by protrusion of the spinal meninges.
- nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
- nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
- narcotics charge — a criminal charge or accusation concerning the use or dealing of illegal drugs
- narcotraffickers — Plural form of narcotrafficker.
- nassella tussock — type of tussock grass
- national charter — the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
- national costume — traditional dress
- national service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
- native companion — brolga.
- natural resource — a naturally occurring source of wealth, as land or water.
- neo-christianity — any interpretation of Christianity based on the prevalent philosophy of a given period.
- neo-confucianist — of or relating to neo-Confucians or neo-Confucianism.
- neo-conservatism — (in the US) a right-wing tendency that originated amongst supporters of the political left and has become characterized by its support of hawkish foreign policies