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16-letter words containing s, o, n

  • monkey's wedding — a combination of sunshine and light rain
  • monocotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the monocotyledons.
  • monohybrid cross — the offspring of individuals that differ with respect to a particular gene pair.
  • monoline insurer — insurer who pays the principal and interest on a bond in the event of a default
  • monopolistically — In a monopolistic manner.
  • monosyllabically — In single syllables.
  • monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
  • monotransitivity — (grammar) The state or quality of being monotransitive.
  • montagu's blenny — a small blenny, Coryphoblennius galerita, found among rocks in shallow water
  • monterey cypress — a tree, Cupressus macrocarpa, of southern California, being pyramid-shaped in youth, but spreading in age: occurs naturally in only two groves on the coast of Monterey County, California, but is cultivated extensively.
  • montes apenninus — a mountain range in the first and second quadrants of the visible face of the moon, forming the SE border of Mare Imbrium: about 600 miles (970 km) long.
  • month of sundays — a long time
  • monumental mason — a person who makes gravestones and suchlike
  • morning sickness — nausea occurring in the early part of the day, especially as a characteristic symptom in the first months of pregnancy.
  • morris plan bank — a private banking organization, formerly common in the U.S., designed primarily to grant small loans to industrial workers.
  • mos technologies — MOS Technology
  • mosquito netting — netting used in the making of mosquito nets.
  • most wanted list — an actual or supposed listing of the names of persons who are urgently being sought for a specific reason, as apprehension for an alleged crime.
  • mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
  • moulding process — the process of shaping or compacting a material into a frame or mould
  • mount erymanthus — a mountain in SW Greece, in the NW Peloponnese. Height: 2224 m (7297 ft)
  • mount kosciuszko — a mountain in Australia, in SE New South Wales in the Australian Alps: the highest peak in Australia. Height: 2230 m (7316 ft)
  • mount washington — a mountain in N New Hampshire, in the White Mountains: the highest peak in the northeast US; noted for extreme weather conditions. Height: 1917 m (6288 ft)
  • 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
  • mousseline sauce — a light sauce, made by adding whipped cream or egg whites to hollandaise sauce
  • mover and shaker — a person who has power and influence, esp., a member of a group having power and influence
  • movies on demand — Movies on demand is a service that allows you to choose and watch a movie on your television.
  • moving staircase — Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
  • multidimensional — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
  • multifariousness — (uncountable) The characteristic of being multifarious.
  • multinationalism — a large corporation with operations and subsidiaries in several countries.
  • multiple fission — fission into more than two new organisms.
  • musculocutaneous — of, relating to, or supplying the muscles and skin
  • musique concrete — tape-recorded musical and natural sounds, often electronically distorted, arranged in planned combinations, sequences, and rhythmic patterns to create an artistic work.
  • muskegon heights — a city in W Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
  • mutation testing — (testing)   A method to determine test set thoroughness by measuring the extent to which a test set can discriminate the program from slight variants of the program.
  • mutual exclusion — (parallel, operating system)   (Or "mutex", plural: "mutexes") A collection of techniques for sharing resources so that different uses do not conflict and cause unwanted interactions. One of the most commonly used techniques for mutual exclusion is the semaphore.
  • mutual recursion — recursion
  • myelosuppression — (medicine) A reduction of bone marrow activity that leads to a lower concentration of platelets, red blood cells and white blood cells.
  • nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
  • nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
  • narcotics charge — a criminal charge or accusation concerning the use or dealing of illegal drugs
  • narcotraffickers — Plural form of narcotrafficker.
  • narrowmindedness — Alternative spelling of narrow-mindedness.
  • nasal applicator — A nasal applicator is a device for administering medication through the nose.
  • nassella tussock — type of tussock grass
  • national costume — traditional dress
  • national savings — a borrowing programme set up by the UK government, aimed esp at retail investors, and providing bonds, saving certificates, etc
  • national service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
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