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15-letter words containing r, i, n, g

  • managing editor — an editor assigned to the supervision and coordination of certain editorial activities of a newspaper, magazine, book publishing company, or the like. Abbreviation: M.E., m.e.
  • mandarin orange — mandarin (def 4).
  • manual steering — Manual steering is steering in which the driver does all the work, without the help of mechanical power.
  • manual training — training in the various manual arts and crafts, as woodworking.
  • marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
  • margin of error — statistics: variance
  • marginalisation — (British) alternative spelling of marginalization.
  • marginalization — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
  • marigold window — wheel window.
  • marine engineer — an officer who operates, maintains, and repairs the machinery of a ship.
  • master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
  • maternity grant — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a flat-rate benefit for pregnant women on low incomes
  • measuring chain — a flexible length of metal links used in calculating distances
  • measuring glass — a graduated glass container used to measure quantities of liquid
  • measuring spoon — a spoon for measuring amounts, as in cooking, usually part of a set of spoons of different sizes.
  • megacorporation — a giant company formed from two or more large companies or a number of companies of various sizes.
  • metallo-organic — organometallic.
  • microaggression — a subtle but offensive comment or action directed at a minority or other nondominant group that is often unintentional or unconsciously reinforces a stereotype: microaggressions such as "I don't see you as black.".
  • microangiopathy — any disease of the small blood vessels.
  • microcentrifuge — A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
  • microgeneration — the small-scale generation of electrical power, through means such as solar or wind power
  • micromanagement — The direct management of a project etc to an excessive degree, with too much attention to detail and insufficient delegation.
  • microprocessing — an integrated computer circuit that performs all the functions of a CPU.
  • micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
  • microsporangium — a sporangium containing microspores.
  • microtechnology — technology that uses microelectronics
  • microtunnelling — a technique used to excavate tunnels mechanically for the laying of pipes
  • mid-ocean ridge — any of several seismically active submarine mountain ranges that extend through the Atlantic, Indian, and South Pacific oceans: each is hypothesized to be the locus of seafloor spreading.
  • midgard serpent — a serpent, the child of Loki and Angerboda, who lies wrapped around the world, tail in mouth, and is destined to kill and to be killed by Thor at Ragnarok; Jormungand.
  • mignonette tree — henna (sense 1)
  • mineral kingdom — minerals collectively.
  • mineralogically — With regard to mineralogy.
  • mining engineer — a person whose job is to carry out mining engineering
  • misapprehending — Present participle of misapprehend.
  • miscoordinating — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
  • misinterpreting — Present participle of misinterpret.
  • misregistration — the act of registering.
  • misrepresenting — Present participle of misrepresent.
  • montgomeryshire — a historic county in Powys, in central Wales.
  • morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
  • moreton bay fig — a large Australian fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark
  • morning prayers — early-morning act of religious worship
  • morning service — a regular church service in the mornng
  • motoring public — the population that drive road vehicles
  • motoring school — an organization that provides driving lessons
  • mouse droppings — 1.   (graphics, operating system, jargon)   Pixels (usually single) that are not properly restored when the mouse pointer moves away from a particular location on the screen, producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are MS-DOS programs that write to the screen memory corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not quite support the graphics mode in use. 2.   (web, jargon)   The client address recorded in a web server's log whenever a client connects to a site. Users may be unaware that their activity is being logged in this way but the potential for misuse of the information is limited.
  • mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
  • moving stairway — escalator (def 1).
  • multi-binprolog — (language)   A multi-threaded Linda-style parallel extension to BinProlog for Solaris 2.3. Version: 3.30.
  • multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
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