16-letter words containing t, a, s, i
- magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
- magnetoresistive — Of or pertaining to magnetoresistance.
- magnetostriction — a change in dimensions exhibited by ferromagnetic materials when subjected to a magnetic field.
- magnetostrictive — Of or pertaining to magnetostriction.
- mainstream media — newspapers, magazines, television, and radio, as opposed to social media
- malpractice suit — a lawsuit brought against a professional accused of illegal or unethical practices or neglect of duty
- man-eating shark — any shark known to attack humans, especially the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
- managerial staff — staff in positions of management
- manganese violet — a moderate to strong purple color.
- manifest destiny — the belief or doctrine, held chiefly in the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, social, and economic influences.
- manipulativeness — Quality of being manipulative.
- mare serenitatis — (Sea of Serenity) a dark plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 120,000 sq. mi. (310,000 sq. km).
- margin of safety — therapeutic index.
- 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
- marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
- marine scientist — a scientist concerned with the sea
- marriage customs — the acts that are traditionally done in connection with a marriage
- married quarters — the housing provided on a military base for married servicemen or servicewomen
- marsupialization — (surgery) The surgical technique of cutting a slit into a cyst and suturing its edges to form a continuous surface from the exterior to the interior of the cyst, allowing it to drain freely.
- mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
- mass observation — the study of the social habits of people through observation, interviews, etc
- matrix mechanics — a formulation of non-relativistic quantum mechanics in which physical quantities are represented by matrices and matrix algebra is used to predict the outcome of physical measurements.
- matthew flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
- matthew of paris — c1200–59, English chronicler.
- maximum-security — designed for or housing prisoners regarded as being very dangerous to society.
- mayfield heights — a city in N Ohio, near Cleveland.
- 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
- medieval studies — a course of study based on the history of the Middle Ages
- megacorporations — Plural form of megacorporation.
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- menippean satire — a form of satire that is indirect and nonrealistic in approach and that consists typically of a loosely organized narrative incorporating a series of dialogues between representatives of various points of view
- 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.
- merchant service — A merchant service is a provider of credit card processing services.
- meristematically — In a meristematic way.
- message digest 5 — (messaging) The message digest function defined in RFC 1321.
- metamorphosising — Present participle of metamorphosise.
- metasilicic acid — the hypothetical acid H2SiO3
- methamphetamines — Methamphetamine.
- mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
- 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.
- middelmannetjies — Plural form of middelmannetjie.
- middle latitudes — the latitude of the point that is midway between two parallels on the same side of the equator.