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16-letter words containing t, o, n, g

  • like cat and dog — quarrelling savagely
  • linguistic stock — a parent language and all its derived dialects and languages.
  • live on the edge — take risks
  • local government — the administration of the civic affairs of a city, town, or district by its inhabitants rather than by the state or country at large.
  • logical constant — one of the connectives of a given system of formal logic, esp those of the sentential calculus, not, and, or, and if … then …
  • logical relation — A relation R satisfying f R g <=> For all a, b, a R b => f a R g b This definition, by Plotkin, can be used to extend the definition of a relation on the types of a and b to a relation on functions.
  • logical unit 6.2 — (networking)   (LU6.2) A type of logical unit that governs peer-to-peer SNA communications. LU6.2 supports general communication between programs in a distributed processing environment. LU6.2 is characterised by a peer relationship between session partners, efficient use of a session for multiple transactions, comprehensive end-to-end error processing and a generic application program interface consisting of structured verbs that are mapped into a product inplementation. LU6.2 is used by IBM's TPF operating system.
  • long time no see — I haven't seen you for a long time
  • long-established — having a long history; old
  • long-nosed skate — a fish; Raja oxyrinchus
  • long-tail claims — Long-tail claims are claims that are made or settled a long time after the insurance policy has expired.
  • long-term memory — information stored in the brain and retrievable over a long period of time, often over the entire life span of the individual (contrasted with short-term memory).
  • longicorn beetle — any beetle of the family Cerambycidae, having a long narrow body, long legs, and long antennae
  • lost river range — a mountain range in E central Idaho. Highest peak, Borah Peak (also highest in the state), 12,662 feet (3862 meters).
  • macro-linguistic — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
  • macrolinguistics — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
  • magazine section — a magazinelike section in the Sunday editions of many newspapers, containing articles rather than news items and often letters, reviews, stories, puzzles, etc.
  • magmatic stoping — the process by which country rock is broken up and engulfed by the upward movement of magma
  • magnesiochromite — (mineral) A chromite species with the formula MgCr2O4.
  • magnetic anomaly — a departure from the normal magnetic field of the earth.
  • magnetic compass — a compass having a magnetized needle generally in line with the magnetic poles of the earth.
  • magnetic equator — aclinic line.
  • magneto-electric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
  • magnetoacoustics — (used with a singular verb) the branch of physics studying the effects of magnetism on acoustics or their interaction.
  • magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
  • magnetogenerator — magneto.
  • magnetoreceptors — Plural form of magnetoreceptor.
  • 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.
  • management union — a union that represents managers in negotiations with their employers concerning terms and conditions of employment
  • manganese violet — a moderate to strong purple color.
  • 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
  • marriage portion — dowry.
  • megacorporations — Plural form of megacorporation.
  • megaphanerophyte — any tree with a height over 30 metres
  • menometrorrhagia — (pathology) Excessive uterine bleeding occurring outside of the normal menstrual period.
  • mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
  • metamorphosising — Present participle of metamorphosise.
  • microangiopathic — Of, pertaining to or accompanied by microangiopathy.
  • 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
  • micropropagation — the propagation of plants from tissue cultures, often from single cells.
  • middle stone age — the Mesolithic period.
  • misappropriating — Present participle of misappropriate.
  • misconfiguration — An incorrect or inappropriate configuration.
  • misogynistically — In a misogynistic manner.
  • mobility housing — houses designed or adapted for people who have difficulty in walking but are not necessarily chairbound
  • molybdate orange — a pigment consisting of a solid solution of sulfate, molybdate, and chromate compounds of lead.
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