16-letter words containing s, a, c, r, o
- macrolinguistics — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
- macrorestriction — In physical gene mapping, the digestion of DNA of high molecular weight with a restriction enzyme having a low number of restriction sites.
- magnesiochromite — (mineral) A chromite species with the formula MgCr2O4.
- magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
- magnetoreceptors — Plural form of magnetoreceptor.
- magnetostriction — a change in dimensions exhibited by ferromagnetic materials when subjected to a magnetic field.
- magnetostrictive — Of or pertaining to magnetostriction.
- malacostracology — (obsolete) carcinology, the study of crustaceans.
- malchus-porphyry — (Malchus) a.d. c233–c304, Greek philosopher.
- man on horseback — a military leader who presents himself as the savior of the country during a period of crisis and either assumes or threatens to assume dictatorial powers.
- manic depression — bipolar disorder.
- marginal costing — a method of cost accounting and decision making used for internal reporting in which only marginal costs are charged to cost units and fixed costs are treated as a lump sum
- marriage customs — the acts that are traditionally done in connection with a marriage
- marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
- mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
- matter of course — an event or result that is natural or inevitable
- matter-of-course — occurring or proceeding in or as if in the logical, natural, or customary course of things; expected or inevitable.
- mechanochemistry — the field of chemistry that deals with the direct conversion of chemical into mechanical energy.
- mechanoreceptors — Plural form of mechanoreceptor.
- medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
- megacorporations — Plural form of megacorporation.
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- memorial service — ceremony held in commemoration
- mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
- microaggressions — Plural form of microaggression.
- microcosmic salt — sodium ammonium phosphate.
- microcrystalline — minutely crystalline; composed of microscopic crystals.
- microencapsulate — (transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
- microphotographs — Plural form of microphotograph.
- microsoft access — 1. (database) A relational database running under Microsoft Windows. Data is stored as a number of "tables", e.g. "Stock". Each table consists of a number of "records" (e.g. for different items) and each record contains a number of "fields", e.g. "Product code", "Supplier", "Quantity in stock". Access allows the user to create "forms" and "reports". A form shows one record in a user-designed format and allows the user to step through records one at a time. A report shows selected records in a user-designed format, possibly grouped into sections with different kinds of total (including sum, minimum, maximum, average). There are also facilities to use links ("joins") between tables which share a common field and to filter records according to certain criteria or search for particular field values. Version: 2 (date?). 2. (communications) A communications program from Microsoft, meant to compete with ProComm and other programs. It sucked and was dropped. Years later they reused the name for their database.
- microtransmitter — a small electronic device which transmits television or radio signals
- microvasculature — the system of tiny blood vessels, including capillaries, venules, and arterioles, that perfuse the body's tissues.
- midair collision — a crash, such as a plane crash, that takes place in the air
- migratory locust — any of several locusts that migrate in great swarms, especially Locusta migratoria, of Africa and Asia.
- mint is not trac — (text, tool) (MINT) A version of TRAC used as the extension language in the Freemacs editor.
- miraculous fruit — miracle fruit.
- misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
- misconfiguration — An incorrect or inappropriate configuration.
- mispronunciation — (uncountable) The act of mispronouncing.
- mission-critical — essential for a project to launch
- mistranscription — the act or process of transcribing.
- mortgagee clause — a clause attached to a fire-insurance policy for protecting a mortgagee against loss or damage.
- mossbauer effect — the phenomenon in which an atom in a crystal undergoes no recoil when emitting a gamma ray, giving all the emitted energy to the gamma ray, resulting in a sharply defined wavelength.
- moving staircase — Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
- multiple factors — polygene.
- musical director — A musical director is the same as a music director.
- mustard-coloured — of a brownish-yellow colour
- mutual recursion — recursion
- narcotics charge — a criminal charge or accusation concerning the use or dealing of illegal drugs
- narcotraffickers — Plural form of narcotrafficker.