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14-letter words containing e

  • muscle spindle — Cell Biology. a proprioceptor in skeletal muscle, composed of striated muscle fibers and sensory nerve endings in a connective tissue sheath, that conveys information via the spinal nerves on the state of muscle stretch, important in the reflex mechanism that maintains body posture.
  • musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
  • museologically — In a museological manner.
  • music director — The music director of an orchestra or other group of musicians is the person who decides what they will play and where, and usually conducts them as well.
  • music festival — a festival, often an annual event, at which a lot of different performers play
  • musical comedy — musical (def 5).
  • muslin delaine — mousseline de laine.
  • mustard powder — Mustard powder is a yellow powder. You add hot water to it in order to make mustard.
  • muster station — the place on a ship where passengers should assemble in the event of an emergency
  • mutton snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus analis, inhabiting the warmer parts of the western Atlantic Ocean, valued as food and game.
  • mutual insurer — A mutual insurer is an insurance company which is owned by its members or policyholders rather than by shareholders.
  • mutual society — co-operative organization
  • myelencephalon — the posterior section of the hindbrain comprising the medulla oblongata.
  • myelodysplasia — (medicine) Any of various conditions characterized by the faulty or inadequate production of bone marrow or blood cells.
  • myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
  • myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
  • myrtle warbler — a common North American wood warbler, Dendroica coronata, having yellow spots on the rump, crown, and sides, including a white-throated eastern subspecies (myrtle warbler) and a yellow-throated western subspecies (Audubon's warbler)
  • mysteriousness — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
  • nacreous cloud — a rarely seen, luminous, iridescent cloud shaped like a cirrus or altocumulus, approximately 15 miles (24 km) above the earth, and of unknown composition.
  • naked mole rat — a nearly hairless rodent, Heterocephalus glaber, of eastern African dry steppes and savannas, having two protruding upper and lower front teeth and living entirely underground in colonies, based on a single breeding female and specialized workers of both sexes.
  • name and shame — If something such as a newspaper or an official body names and shames people who have performed badly or who have done something wrong, it identifies those people by name.
  • nanostructured — Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on the nano scale.
  • nanostructures — Plural form of nanostructure.
  • nanotechnology — a technology executed on the scale of less than 100 nanometers, the goal of which is to control individual atoms and molecules, especially to create computer chips and other microscopic devices.
  • napa (leather) — nappa (leather)
  • naphthoquinone — (organic compound) Either of two isomers of polycyclic aromatic ketones derived from naphthalene.
  • napier's bones — a form of multiplication table originally marked on sticks of bone or ivory that could be rearranged to carry out the operations of multiplication or division.
  • narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
  • narcoterrorism — terrorist tactics employed by dealers in illicit drugs, as against competitors or government agents.
  • narmer palette — a king of Egypt identified by modern scholars as the Menes of tradition and depicted as the unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt on an ancient slate tablet (Narmer Palette or Palette of Narmer) c3200 b.c. with relief carvings on both sides.
  • nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
  • nassau grouper — a colorful food and game fish, Epinephelus striatus, common off the Florida Keys.
  • national dress — the traditional clothing of a country
  • national press — newspapers which concern national events of a country collectively
  • national tests — externally devised assessments in the core subjects of English, mathematics, and science that school students in England and Wales sit at the end of Key Stages 1 to 3
  • native country — the country someone is born in or native to
  • native speaker — sb: language is their mother tongue
  • nativity scene — a set of figures displayed at Christmas as an artistic representation of the birth of Jesus Christ
  • natural bridge — a natural limestone bridge in western Virginia. 215 feet (66 meters) high; 90 feet (27 meters) span.
  • natural causes — If someone dies of or from natural causes, they die because they are ill or old rather than because of an accident or violence.
  • natural gender — gender based on the sex or, for neuter, the lack of sex of the referent of a noun, as English girl (feminine) is referred to by the feminine pronoun she, boy (masculine) by the masculine pronoun he, and table (neuter) by the neuter pronoun it.
  • natural number — a positive integer or zero.
  • natural parent — biological parent.
  • natural person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
  • natural rubber — rubber1 (def 1).
  • natural virtue — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
  • nature reserve — protected area for wildlife
  • nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
  • neanderthaloid — resembling or characteristic of the physical type of Neanderthal man.
  • near real-time — denoting or relating to a data-processing system that is slightly slower than real-time
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