16-letter words containing s, o, r, i, t
- mass observation — the study of the social habits of people through observation, interviews, etc
- matthew of paris — c1200–59, English chronicler.
- mechanochemistry — the field of chemistry that deals with the direct conversion of chemical into mechanical energy.
- medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
- megacorporations — Plural form of megacorporation.
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
- mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
- meretriciousness — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- metamorphosising — Present participle of metamorphosise.
- microconstituent — a microscopically small constituent of a metal or alloy.
- microcosmic salt — sodium ammonium phosphate.
- microcrystalline — minutely crystalline; composed of microscopic crystals.
- microelectronics — the technology dealing with the design, development, and construction of electronic systems utilizing extremely small elements, especially solid-state devices employing microminiaturization.
- microencapsulate — (transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
- microenterprises — Plural form of microenterprise.
- microinstruction — an instruction that defines part of a machine-language instruction in terms of simpler operations.
- microlinguistics — the branch of linguistics that is concerned with the study of languages in the abstract, and that looks at specific linguistic data without consideration of meaning
- micrometer screw — a screw with a fine thread of definite pitch, such as that of a micrometer gauge
- 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.
- microsoft office — (product) Microsoft's bundles of productivity tools including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Front Page, Microsoft Team Manager, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Schedule+, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Small Business Financial Manager, Automap Streets Plus. Editions of Office include Microsoft Office Professional Edition, Microsoft Office Standard Edition, Microsoft Office Small Business Edition, Microsoft Office Developer Edition. Different editions contain different subsets of the above applications. Current version, as of 2004-08-30: Office 2003.
- microstethoscope — a stethoscope containing an apparatus that greatly amplifies the sounds heard.
- 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.
- migratory locust — any of several locusts that migrate in great swarms, especially Locusta migratoria, of Africa and Asia.
- military honours — ceremonies performed by troops in honour of royalty, at the burial of an officer, etc
- mineral deposits — amounts of minerals that occur naturally in particular areas
- minerva software — A company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes.
- 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.
- misappropriating — Present participle of misappropriate.
- misappropriation — to put to a wrong use.
- misconfiguration — An incorrect or inappropriate configuration.
- misconstructions — Plural form of misconstruction.
- mispronunciation — (uncountable) The act of mispronouncing.
- mission-critical — essential for a project to launch
- mistranscription — the act or process of transcribing.
- modern synthesis — a consolidation of the results of various lines of investigation from the 1920s through the 1950s that supported and reconciled the Darwinian theory of evolution and the Mendelian laws of inheritance in terms of natural selection acting on genetic variation.
- monotransitivity — (grammar) The state or quality of being monotransitive.
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- 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
- moving staircase — Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
- multifariousness — (uncountable) The characteristic of being multifarious.
- multiple factors — polygene.
- musical director — A musical director is the same as a music director.
- musique concrete — tape-recorded musical and natural sounds, often electronically distorted, arranged in planned combinations, sequences, and rhythmic patterns to create an artistic work.
- mutual recursion — recursion