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14-letter words containing r, o, m, a, n, t

  • intermigration — reciprocal migration; interchange of habitat by migrating groups.
  • intermolecular — existing or occurring between molecules.
  • intervalometer — an automatic device for operating the shutter of a camera at regular intervals, as in making aerial photographs.
  • intraabdominal — Within the cavity of the abdomen.
  • intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
  • intrapulmonary — (anatomy) Within the material of the lungs.
  • inverted comma — quotation mark.
  • joint mortgage — a loan of money from a bank or building society to buy a house which two or more people are jointly responsible for repaying
  • journal intime — a personal or private diary.
  • khartoum north — a city in E central Sudan, on the Blue Nile River, opposite Khartoum.
  • labor movement — labor unions collectively: The labor movement supported the bill.
  • laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
  • le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
  • levant morocco — a fine morocco leather with a large, irregular grain, used esp. in bookbinding
  • light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
  • loan agreement — an agreement on the terms of a loan
  • loan repayment — a repayment of part of a loan, usually monthly
  • long-term care — continuing help and attention
  • macaroni wheat — durum wheat.
  • macartney rose — a trailing or climbing evergreen rose, Rosa bracteata, of China, having shiny leaves and large, solitary white flowers.
  • mackinaw trout — lake trout.
  • macro-mutation — a mutation that has a profound effect on the resulting organism, as a change in a regulatory gene that controls the expression of many structural genes.
  • macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
  • macromarketing — marketing concerning all marketing as a whole, marketing systems, and the mutual effect that society and marketing systems have on each other
  • macronutrients — Plural form of macronutrient.
  • magnetic force — the repelling or attracting force between a magnet and a ferromagnetic material, between a magnet and a current-carrying conductor, etc.
  • magnetic north — north as indicated by a magnetic compass, differing in most places from true north.
  • magnetic storm — a temporary disturbance of the earth's magnetic field, induced by radiation and streams of charged particles from the sun.
  • magnetospheres — Plural form of magnetosphere.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • magnox reactor — a nuclear reactor using carbon dioxide as the coolant, graphite as the moderator, and uranium cased in magnox as the fuel
  • main door flat — a flat in a tenement that can be accessed directly from outside rather than one which can only be accessed via a communal stairwell
  • maine-et-loire — a department in W France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Angers.
  • make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
  • make no secret — If you make no secret of something, you tell others about it openly and clearly.
  • malacostracans — Plural form of malacostracan.
  • malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
  • malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
  • man of letters — highly educated man
  • managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
  • mandelbrot set — (mathematics, graphics)   (After its discoverer, Benoit Mandelbrot) The set of all complex numbers c such that | z[N] | < 2 for arbitrarily large values of N, where z[0] = 0 z[n+1] = z[n]^2 + c The Mandelbrot set is usually displayed as an Argand diagram, giving each point a colour which depends on the largest N for which | z[N] | < 2, up to some maximum N which is used for the points in the set (for which N is infinite). These points are traditionally coloured black. The Mandelbrot set is the best known example of a fractal - it includes smaller versions of itself which can be explored to arbitrary levels of detail.
  • manometrically — Using a manometer.
  • map projection — a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
  • marathon group — an encounter group that meets for an extended period of time, as eight hours to a week, in the belief that the resultant intensity and intimacy will lead to a more open expression of feelings.
  • margin account — an account opened by a customer with a brokerage house in which listed securities can be purchased on margin.
  • mariano arista — Mariano [mah-ryah-naw] /mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1802–55, Mexican general: president of Mexico 1851–53.
  • market economy — a capitalistic economic system in which there is free competition and prices are determined by the interaction of supply and demand.
  • masonry cement — a mix typically of Portland cement, hydrated lime, and other materials, used to improve the water retention and workability of the cement in masonry work.
  • master workman — a worker in charge.
  • mastocarcinoma — carcinoma of the breast.
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