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17-letter words containing n, s, i

  • minister resident — a diplomatic agent serving in a minor country and ranking next below an ambassador.
  • ministering angel — a spirit who is believed to look after the needs of a particular person or group
  • mis en bouteilles — (of a wine) bottled by a specified château, shipper, etc.
  • misadministration — the management of any office, business, or organization; direction.
  • misappropriations — Plural form of misappropriation.
  • miscellaneousness — Quality of being miscellaneous.
  • mischaracterizing — Present participle of mischaracterize.
  • miscommunications — Plural form of miscommunication.
  • misidentification — to identify incorrectly.
  • misinterpretation — An instance of misinterpreting.
  • misorganization's — the act or process of organizing.
  • misrepresentation — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
  • misrepresentative — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
  • miss lonelyhearts — a novel (1933) by Nathanael West.
  • missense mutation — a type of mutation to a specific protein, that results from the substitution, during translation, of one amino acid for another
  • missing in action — If a member of the armed forces is missing in action, they have not returned from a battle, their body has not been found, and they are not thought to have been captured.
  • mission statement — an official document that sets out the goals, purpose, and work of an organization.
  • mississippi sound — an arm of the Gulf of Mexico, extending from Lake Borgne, SE Louisiana, to Mobile Bay, SW Alabama: part of the Intracoastal Waterway. About 100 miles (160 km) long.
  • mistaken identity — when sb is identified as sb else
  • misunderstandable — Capable of being misunderstood.
  • misunderstandings — Plural form of misunderstanding.
  • mitigation system — A mitigation system is a set of arrangements or equipment to make the effects of something less bad, for example the effects of an accident.
  • monoamine oxidase — a copper-containing enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of monoamines. Abbreviation: MAO.
  • monolith catalyst — A monolith catalyst is a type of catalyst whose surface is flat.
  • mont-saint-michel — a rocky islet near the coast of NW France, in an inlet of the Gulf of St. Malo: famous abbey and fortress.
  • montagu's harrier — a brownish European bird of prey, Circus pygargus, with long narrow wings and a long tail: family Accipitridae (hawks, harriers, etc)
  • montessori method — a system for teaching young children, in which the fundamental aim is self-motivated education by the children themselves, as they are encouraged to move freely through individualized instruction and physical exercises, accompanied by special emphasis on the training of the senses and the early development of reading and writing skills.
  • moon and sixpence — a novel (1919) by W. Somerset Maugham.
  • morphic resonance — the idea that, through a telepathic effect or sympathetic vibration, an event or act can lead to similar events or acts in the future or an idea conceived in one mind can then arise in another
  • motion of censure — a motion by opposition parties criticizing the government
  • mountain sickness — illness caused by being at high altitude
  • mountain viscacha — the mountain chinchilla
  • multi-nationalism — a large corporation with operations and subsidiaries in several countries.
  • multidisciplinary — composed of or combining several usually separate branches of learning or fields of expertise: a multidisciplinary study of the 18th century.
  • multiline insurer — an insurance company that is engaged in more than two fields of insurance.
  • multimillionaires — Plural form of multimillionaire.
  • multiple neuritis — polyneuritis.
  • multitudinousness — The state or condition of being multitudinous.
  • munitions factory — a factory where munitions are made
  • muscae volitantes — floater (def 6).
  • musical interlude — an interval in a play, event or occasion during which music is played
  • myasthenia gravis — a disease of impaired transmission of motor nerve impulses, characterized by episodic muscle weakness and easy fatigability, especially of the face, tongue, neck, and respiratory muscles: caused by autoimmune destruction of acetylcholine receptors. Abbreviation: MG.
  • naked singularity — an infinitely dense point mass without a surrounding black hole
  • nakhon ratchasima — a city in central Thailand.
  • nashville warbler — a North American wood warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla, having a gray head, an olive-green back, and yellow underparts.
  • nasolacrimal duct — a membranous canal extending from the lacrimal sac to the nasal cavity, through which tears are discharged into the nose.
  • national assembly — the body constituted by the French Third Estate in June 1789 after the calling of the Estates General. It was dissolved in Sept 1791 to be replaced by the new Legislative Assembly
  • national seashore — an area of seacoast set aside and maintained by the U.S. government for purposes of recreation or wildlife study.
  • national security — defence of a country
  • nationalist china — China, Republic of.
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