15-letter words containing s, e, n, i, m
- mephistophelean — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- mephistophelian — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- meritoriousness — The property of being meritorious.
- mesh connection — (in a polyphase system) an arrangement in which the end of each phase is connected to the beginning of the next, forming a ring, each junction being connected to a terminal
- message passing — One of the two techniques for communicating between parallel processes (the other being shared memory). A common use of message passing is for communication in a parallel computer. A process running on one processor may send a message to a process running on the same processor or another. The actual transmission of the message is usually handled by the run-time support of the language in which the processes are written, or by the operating system. Message passing scales better than shared memory, which is generally used in computers with relatively few processors. This is because the total communications bandwidth usually increases with the number of processors. A message passing system provides primitives for sending and receiving messages. These primitives may by either synchronous or asynchronous or both. A synchronous send will not complete (will not allow the sender to proceed) until the receiving process has received the message. This allows the sender to know whether the message was received successfully or not (like when you speak to someone on the telephone). An asynchronous send simply queues the message for transmission without waiting for it to be received (like posting a letter). A synchronous receive primitive will wait until there is a message to read whereas an asynchronous receive will return immediately, either with a message or to say that no message has arrived. Messages may be sent to a named process or to a named mailbox which may be readable by one or many processes. Transmission involves determining the location of the recipient and then choosing a route to reach that location. The message may be transmitted in one go or may be split into packets which are transmitted independently (e.g. using wormhole routing) and reassembled at the receiver. The message passing system must ensure that sufficient memory is available to buffer the message at its destination and at intermediate nodes. Messages may be typed or untyped at the programming language level. They may have a priority, allowing the receiver to read the highest priority messages first. Some message passing computers are the MIT J-Machine, the Illinois Concert Project and transputer-based systems.
- metalinguistics — the study of the relation between languages and the other cultural systems they refer to.
- metropolitanism — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- mexican spanish — Spanish as used in Mexico. Abbreviation: MexSp.
- 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.".
- microbusinesses — Plural form of microbusiness.
- microcontinents — Plural form of microcontinent.
- microdissection — dissection performed under a microscope.
- microenterprise — A business operating on a very small scale, especially one with a sole proprietor and fewer than six employees.
- microinjections — Plural form of microinjection.
- microprocessing — an integrated computer circuit that performs all the functions of a CPU.
- mid-lent sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- middle distance — Also called middle ground, middle plane. Fine Arts. the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.
- middle-distance — Also called middle ground, middle plane. Fine Arts. the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.
- 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.
- miles and miles — a long distance
- millionairesses — Plural form of millionairess.
- miner's lettuce — winter purslane.
- mineral spirits — a volatile distillation product of petroleum, used as a thinner for paints and varnishes. Compare naphtha (def 1).
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- ministerialists — Plural form of ministerialist.
- mis-informative — to give false or misleading information to.
- mis-measurement — the act of measuring.
- misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
- misapprehending — Present participle of misapprehend.
- misapprehension — misunderstanding.
- misbecomingness — the characteristic or state of being unbecoming or unattractive
- miscegenational — of or relating to miscegenation
- miscellaneously — In a miscellaneous manner.
- mischievousness — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- miscommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscommunicate.
- miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
- miscue analysis — analysis of the errors a pupil makes while reading
- mishnaic hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 to 500.
- misintelligence — incorrect information or intelligence
- misinterpreting — Present participle of misinterpret.
- misproportioned — Having incorrect or distorted proportions.
- misrecollection — the act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance.
- misregistration — the act of registering.
- misrepresenting — Present participle of misrepresent.
- mistrustfulness — Quality of being mistrustful.
- mitotic spindle — spindle (def 11).
- mitral stenosis — abnormal narrowing of the mitral valve usually resulting from disease, as rheumatic fever, and obstructing the free flow of blood from the atrium to the ventricle.
- moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
- monkey business — frivolous or mischievous behavior.
- mononucleotides — Plural form of mononucleotide.