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17-letter words containing u, n, s, i, t, e

  • mechanical tissue — a plant tissue made up of hard, thick-walled cells that add strength to an organ
  • media access unit — (networking)   (MAU or Multistation Access Unit, MSAU) In a Token Ring network, a device to attach multiple network stations in a star topology, internally wired to connect the stations into a logical ring. The MAU contains relays to short out nonoperating stations. Multiple MAUs can be connected into a larger ring through their Ring In/Ring Out connectors.
  • memoised function — memo function
  • mensural notation — a system of musical notation of the 13th to the late 16th centuries, marked by the use of note symbols such as the longa and brevis, the absence of bar lines and ties, and the equivalence in value of one note to either two or three of the next smaller degree.
  • metatungstic acid — an oxyacid acid of tungsten. Formula: H2W4O13
  • microconstituents — a microscopically small constituent of a metal or alloy.
  • microencapsulated — Encapsulated using microencapsulation.
  • 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.
  • mis en bouteilles — (of a wine) bottled by a specified château, shipper, etc.
  • missense mutation — a type of mutation to a specific protein, that results from the substitution, during translation, of one amino acid for another
  • misunderstandable — Capable of being misunderstood.
  • misunderstandings — Plural form of misunderstanding.
  • montagu's harrier — a brownish European bird of prey, Circus pygargus, with long narrow wings and a long tail: family Accipitridae (hawks, harriers, etc)
  • motion of censure — a motion by opposition parties criticizing the government
  • mountain sickness — illness caused by being at high altitude
  • multiline insurer — an insurance company that is engaged in more than two fields of insurance.
  • multimillionaires — Plural form of multimillionaire.
  • multiple neuritis — polyneuritis.
  • multitudinousness — The state or condition of being multitudinous.
  • muscae volitantes — floater (def 6).
  • musical interlude — an interval in a play, event or occasion during which music is played
  • naked singularity — an infinitely dense point mass without a surrounding black hole
  • national security — defence of a country
  • natural selection — the process by which forms of life having traits that better enable them to adapt to specific environmental pressures, as predators, changes in climate, or competition for food or mates, will tend to survive and reproduce in greater numbers than others of their kind, thus ensuring the perpetuation of those favorable traits in succeeding generations.
  • nausea anesthesia — a loss of the sensation of nausea that is normally stimulated by noxious and disgusting substances.
  • negative eugenics — the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population, especially by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics)
  • neo-malthusianism — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
  • neurofibromatosis — a dominantly inherited genetic disorder characterized by flat brown patches on the skin, neurofibromas of the skin and internal organs, and in some cases skeletal deformity.
  • neurophysiologist — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
  • neuropsychiatrist — A medical doctor specializing in neuropsychiatry; a medical doctor dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features.
  • neuropsychologist — A neurologist or psychologist whose speciality is neuropsychology.
  • neurotransmission — the transmission of a nerve impulse across a synapse.
  • neurotransmissive — Relating to neurotransmission.
  • neurotransmitters — Plural form of neurotransmitter.
  • newspaper cutting — clipping from a news publication
  • nikita khrushchev — Nikita S(ergeyevich) [ni-kee-tuh sur-gey-uh-vich;; Russian nyi-kyee-tuh syir-gye-yuh-vyich] /nɪˈki tə sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪˈkyi tə syɪrˈgyɛ yə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1971, Russian political leader: premier of the U.S.S.R. 1958–64.
  • non-reimbursement — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
  • nonproductiveness — The quality of being nonproductive.
  • northern studfish — See under studfish.
  • nuclear chemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with nuclear reactions
  • nuclear scientist — a scientist who studies nuclear physics
  • nursery education — education provided at a school for young children, usually from three to five years old
  • nyquist frequency — (DSP)   The highest frequency that can be represented in a digital signal of a specified sampling frequency. It is equal to one-half of the sampling rate. See Nyquist Theorem.
  • odds-on favourite — a person, team, horse, etc that is regarded as the most likely to win a competition
  • on cruise control — If you say that someone is on cruise control in a contest, you mean that they are winning the contest easily and without needing to make a lot of effort.
  • opening arguments — the statements or arguments provided by lawyers at the beginning of a trial
  • organ-pipe cactus — a treelike or columnar cactus, Lemaireocereus marginatus, of Mexico, having a central, erect spine surrounded by spreading spines in clusters of five to eight, and funnel-shaped, brownish-purple flowers.
  • osculating circle — circle of curvature.
  • out of one's mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
  • overconscientious — Excessively conscientious.
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