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17-letter words containing t, i, n

  • military governor — the military officer in command of a military government.
  • military training — drilling in army discipline and techniques
  • mill construction — heavy, fire-resistant timber construction within masonry walls, all vertical communication being within masonry towers provided with fire doors.
  • mill on the floss — a novel (1860) by George Eliot.
  • milton work count — a system of hand valuation in which aces count 4, kings 3, queens 2, and jacks 1
  • minamoto yoritomo — 1147–99, Japanese nobleman; the first shogun (1192–99) of the feudal era
  • minas de riotinto — a town in SW Spain: copper mines.
  • mineralocorticoid — Biochemistry. any of a group of corticosteroid hormones, synthesized by the adrenal cortex, that regulate the excretion or reabsorption of sodium and potassium by the kidneys, salivary glands, and sweat glands.
  • minimal automaton — (theory)   An automaton possessing with redundant states.
  • minimum seek time — (storage)   (Or track-to-track seek time) The time it takes to move the head of a disk drive from one track to the next. The minimum seek time gives a good measure of the speed of the drive in a single-user/single-process environment where successive read/write request are largely correlated and thus if correlated data is stored in nearby cylinders most seeks are from one cylinder to the next.
  • minion of the law — a policeman.
  • minister of state — (in the British Parliament) a minister, usually below cabinet rank, appointed to assist a senior minister with heavy responsibilities
  • minister resident — a diplomatic agent serving in a minor country and ranking next below an ambassador.
  • ministering angel — a spirit who is believed to look after the needs of a particular person or group
  • mis en bouteilles — (of a wine) bottled by a specified château, shipper, etc.
  • misadministration — the management of any office, business, or organization; direction.
  • misappropriations — Plural form of misappropriation.
  • mischaracterizing — Present participle of mischaracterize.
  • miscommunications — Plural form of miscommunication.
  • misidentification — to identify incorrectly.
  • misinterpretation — An instance of misinterpreting.
  • misorganization's — the act or process of organizing.
  • misrepresentation — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
  • misrepresentative — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
  • miss lonelyhearts — a novel (1933) by Nathanael West.
  • missense mutation — a type of mutation to a specific protein, that results from the substitution, during translation, of one amino acid for another
  • missing in action — If a member of the armed forces is missing in action, they have not returned from a battle, their body has not been found, and they are not thought to have been captured.
  • mission statement — an official document that sets out the goals, purpose, and work of an organization.
  • mistaken identity — when sb is identified as sb else
  • misunderstandable — Capable of being misunderstood.
  • misunderstandings — Plural form of misunderstanding.
  • mitigation system — A mitigation system is a set of arrangements or equipment to make the effects of something less bad, for example the effects of an accident.
  • mitochondrial dna — DNA found in mitochondria, which contains some structural genes and is generally inherited only through the female line
  • mitre corporation — (body)   A US federally funded R&D center, spun off in 1958 from the MIT Lincoln Laboratory (also an FFRDC). MITRE is a non-profit corporation chartered to do R&D in the public interest. MITRE were responsible for system engineering and implementation oversight of SAGE. MITRE does not stand for MIT Research and Engineering, though it could have.
  • moment of inertia — the sum of the products of the mass and the square of the perpendicular distance to the axis of rotation of each particle in a body rotating about an axis.
  • mongolian hot pot — a stewlike dish of sliced meat, seafood, and vegetables cooked together in hot broth, often in a clay pot, and seasoned with a hot sauce.
  • monochromatically — of or having one color.
  • monolith catalyst — A monolith catalyst is a type of catalyst whose surface is flat.
  • mont-saint-michel — a rocky islet near the coast of NW France, in an inlet of the Gulf of St. Malo: famous abbey and fortress.
  • montagu's harrier — a brownish European bird of prey, Circus pygargus, with long narrow wings and a long tail: family Accipitridae (hawks, harriers, etc)
  • montessori method — a system for teaching young children, in which the fundamental aim is self-motivated education by the children themselves, as they are encouraged to move freely through individualized instruction and physical exercises, accompanied by special emphasis on the training of the senses and the early development of reading and writing skills.
  • monumentalization — to establish an enduring memorial or record of.
  • mother of vinegar — mother2 .
  • motion of censure — a motion by opposition parties criticizing the government
  • motorcycle engine — the engine of a motorcycle
  • motorcycle racing — sport: competing on motorcycles
  • motoring magazine — a magazine about cars
  • mount fairweather — a mountain in W North America, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Height: 4663 m (15 300 ft)
  • mount kirkpatrick — a mountain in Antarctica, in S Victoria Land in the Queen Alexandra Range. Height: 4528 m (14 856 ft)
  • mountain mahogany — any of a genus (Cercocarpus) of W North American shrubs or small trees of the rose family, with lobed leaves and single dry fruits
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