15-letter words containing u, n, t, a, s
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- light in august — a novel (1932) by William Faulkner.
- linguistic area — a geographical area in which several languages sharing common features are spoken.
- living quarters — accommodation
- loaded question — a question containing a hidden trap or implication
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
- lung specialist — doctor specializing in lung conditions
- lung transplant — a medical operation in which the lungs are taken out of someone who has died and are placed into another person's body
- lusatian neisse — a river in E Europe, rising near Liberec in the Czech Republic and flowing north to join the Oder: forms part of the German-Polish border. Length: 225 km (140 miles)
- luster painting — a method of decorating glazed pottery with metallic pigment, originated in Persia, popular from the 9th through the mid-19th centuries.
- magnesium light — the strongly actinic white light produced when magnesium is burned: used in photography, signaling, pyrotechnics, etc.
- magnetic course — a course whose bearing is given relative to the magnetic meridian of the area.
- mail user agent — (messaging) (MUA) The program that allows the user to compose and read electronic mail messages. The MUA provides the interface between the user and the Message Transfer Agent. Outgoing mail is eventually handed over to an MTA for delivery while the incoming messages are picked up from where the MTA left it (although MUA's running on single-user machines may pick up mail using POP). Popular MUAs for Unix include elm, mush, pine, and RMAIL.
- make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- male chauvinist — a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
- manasseh cutler — Manasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.
- manual steering — Manual steering is steering in which the driver does all the work, without the help of mechanical power.
- marcus antonius — Mark (Marcus Antonius) 83?–30 b.c, Roman general: friend of Caesar; member of the second triumvirate and rival of Octavian.
- masculinization — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- maundy thursday — the Thursday of Holy Week, commemorating Jesus' Last Supper and His washing of the disciples' feet upon that day.
- measurement ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- medical student — trainee doctor
- menstrual cycle — (in women of reproductive age) the cycle of physiological changes affecting the reproductive organs that takes place typically over a month and includes ovulation, thickening of the lining of the womb and menstruation if fertilization of the egg has not occurred
- metalinguistics — the study of the relation between languages and the other cultural systems they refer to.
- mid-lent sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- miniaturisation — Alternative spelling of miniaturization.
- mis-measurement — the act of measuring.
- misarticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
- miscalculations — Plural form of miscalculation.
- miscommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscommunicate.
- monoculturalism — The practice of actively preserving a culture to the exclusion of external influences.
- monounsaturated — of or noting a class of fats that lack a hydrogen bond at one point on the carbon chain and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
- motor insurance — insurance for a motor vehicle such as a car, which provides protection against loss in the event of an accident, theft, etc
- mount parnassus — a mountain in central Greece, in NW Boeotia: in ancient times sacred to Dionysus, Apollo, and the Muses, with the Castalian Spring and Delphi on its slopes. Height: 2457 m (8061 ft)
- mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
- mountain rescue — search and rescue conducted on a mountain, for example of someone who has fallen, got lost, etc
- mountainousness — The quality of being mountainous.
- mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
- multidivisional — Of or pertaining to more than one division.
- multilingualism — using or able to speak several or many languages with some facility.
- multnomah falls — a waterfall on Multnomah Creek in NW Oregon, E of Portland. 611 feet (186 meters) high.
- muscat and oman — former name of Oman.
- muscle relaxant — A muscle relaxant is any drug which relaxes muscles and may be used to treat muscle spasms and muscle pain.
- naismith's rule — a rule of thumb for calculating the time needed for a climbing expedition, allowing 1 hour for every 3 miles of distance plus 1 hour for every 2000 feet of height
- name resolution — (networking) The process of mapping a name into its corresponding address. The Domain Name System is the system which does name resolution on the Internet.
- narcotics squad — a department of the police which investigates crimes concerning illegal drugs