16-letter words containing n, u, t, e, r
- junior flyweight — a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kg), between minimumweight and flyweight.
- justices in eyre — the justices travelling on circuit and presiding over such courts
- karelian isthmus — a narrow strip of land between Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland, in the NW Russian Federation.
- kentucky warbler — a wood warbler, Oporornis formosus, of the U.S., olive-green above, yellow below, and marked with black on the face.
- labour agreement — a contract between workers and managers setting out working conditions, wages, etc
- labour relations — Labour relations refers to the relationship between employers and employees in industry, and the political decisions and laws that affect it.
- labour-intensive — Labour-intensive industries or methods of making things involve a lot of workers. Compare capital-intensive.
- labrador current — a cold ocean current flowing southwards off the coast of Labrador and meeting the warm Gulf Stream, causing dense fogs off the coast of Newfoundland
- laurentides park — a national park in SE Canada, in Quebec province between the St. Lawrence and Lake St. John.
- lenticular cloud — a very smooth, round or oval, lens-shaped cloud that is often seen, singly or stacked in groups, near a mountain ridge.
- liberal unionist — a Liberal who opposed Gladstone's policy of Irish Home Rule in 1886 and after
- lighting fixture — a lighting fixture is part of a light that is attached to the wall or ceiling where you put the light bulb or other lighting element, and which cannot be easily removed
- like gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- lines per minute — (unit) (lpm) A unit used to measure line printer throughput.
- loire-atlantique — a department in NW France. 2695 sq. mi. (6980 sq. km). Capital: Nantes.
- macpherson strut — an automobile suspension-system component that consists of a strut combined with a spring and shock absorber and connects the wheel to the frame of the vehicle.
- 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.
- make the running — If someone is making the running in a situation, they are more active than the other people involved.
- manufactured gas — a gaseous fuel created from coal, oil, etc., as differentiated from natural gas.
- martin van buren — Martin, 1782–1862, 8th president of the U.S. 1837–41.
- mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
- mcnaughten rules — (in English law) a set of rules established by the case of Regina v. McNaughten (1843) by which legal proof of insanity in the commission of a crime depends upon whether or not the accused can show either that he did not know what he was doing or that he is incapable of realizing that what he was doing was wrong
- menstrual cramps — pain in the lower abdomen as well as possibly in the lower back and legs associated with menstruation
- menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
- merchant account — A merchant account is a type of bank account that allows a company to accept credit cards.
- meretriciousness — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- mesembryanthemum — any of various chiefly Old World plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, having thick, fleshy leaves and often showy flowers.
- metallofullerene — (chemistry) A fullerene containing an enclosed metal atom.
- metteur en scene — a director of a theatrical or cinematic production.
- mexican fruitfly — a brightly colored fly, Anastrepha ludens, whose larvae are a serious pest chiefly of citrus fruits and mangoes in Mexico, Central America, and southern Texas.
- microconstituent — a microscopically small constituent of a metal or alloy.
- microencapsulate — (transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
- microminiaturize — (especially of electronic equipment) to make extremely small; subject to microminiaturization.
- miniature camera — a small camera using film that is 35 millimeters wide or less.
- miniature poodle — a breed of poodle, bred to be much smaller than standard poodles
- minimum-security — (of a prison) designed for prisoners regarded as being less dangerous; having fewer restrictions.
- minute secretary — the person responsible for noting the minutes of a meeting
- misunderestimate — (colloquial, malapropism, or, intentionally incorrect) To underestimate by mistake.
- misunderstanding — failure to understand correctly; mistake as to meaning or intent.
- montague grammar — a model-theoretic semantic theory for natural language that seeks to encompass indexical expressions and opaque contexts within an extensional theory by constructing set-theoretic representations of the intension of an expression in terms of functions of possible worlds
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- 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.
- mount erymanthus — a mountain in SW Greece, in the NW Peloponnese. Height: 2224 m (7297 ft)
- mountain climber — someone who climbs or walks up mountains
- mourne mountains — a mountain range in SE Northern Ireland. Highest peak: Slieve Donard, 853 m (2798 ft)
- mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
- multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
- multifariousness — (uncountable) The characteristic of being multifarious.
- multilinear form — a function or functional of several variables such that when all variables but one are held fixed, the function is linear in the remaining variable.