18-letter words containing mi
- mixed martial arts — Mixed martial arts is a sport in which two people fight by hitting, kicking, and holding each other, both in a standing position and on the ground.
- mixed-flow turbine — a water turbine in which water flows radially and axially through the rotating vanes
- negligent homicide — a criminal charge brought against people who, through criminal negligence, allow others to die
- neuropsychodynamic — Of or pertaining to neuropsychodynamics.
- nocturnal emission — the release of semen during sleep, often during a sexual dream.
- nominative-address — a noun naming the person to whom one is speaking.
- non-denominational — of or relating to a denomination or denominations.
- non-discriminative — constituting a particular quality, trait, or difference; characteristic; notable.
- optical microscope — traditional magnifying instrument
- particeps criminis — an accomplice in a crime.
- peppermint camphor — menthol.
- pernicious anaemia — Pernicious anaemia is a very severe blood disease.
- photochemical smog — air pollution containing ozone and other reactive chemical compounds formed by the action of sunlight on nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons, especially those in automobile exhaust.
- physical chemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with the relations between the physical properties of substances and their chemical composition and transformations.
- politically-minded — (of a person or group of people) interested in the way power is achieved and used in a country or society (through government, policy-making, etc)
- population pyramid — a graph showing the distribution of a population by sex, age, etc.
- postmillenarianism — postmillennialism.
- premiere screening — the first screening of a film at a cinema, etc
- prime-ministership — the principal minister and head of government in parliamentary systems; chief of the cabinet or ministry: the British prime minister.
- programming skills — the skills required to write a program so that data may be processed by a computer
- proportional limit — elastic limit.
- public examination — an examination, such as a GCSE exam, that is set by a central examining board
- put one in mind of — to remind (one) of
- reggio nell'emilia — a city in N Italy.
- relative minor key — a minor key that has the same key signature as a major key, but a different tonic
- resistance plasmid — any of a group of bacterial plasmids carrying genetic information that provide resistance to antibiotic drugs: some resistance plasmids are able to transfer themselves, and hence resistance, during conjugation
- rhyming dictionary — a specialist dictionary organized by the final sounds of words, used to write poetry
- rufous hummingbird — a reddish-brown hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, of western North America.
- run in sb's family — If a characteristic runs in someone's family, it often occurs in members of that family, in different generations.
- run length limited — (storage) (RLL) The most popular scheme for encoding data on magnetic disks. RLL packs up to 50% more data on a disk than MFM. Groups of bits are mapped to specific patterns of flux. The density of flux transitions is limited by the spatial resolution of the disk and frequency response of the head and electronics. However, transitions must be close enough to allow reliable clock recovery. RLL implementations vary according to the minimum and maximum allowed numbers of transition cells between transitions. For example, the most common variant today, RLL 1,7, can have a transition in every other cell and must have at least one transition every seven cells. The exact mapping from bits to transitions is essentially arbitrary. Other schemes include GCR, FM, Modified Frequency Modulation (MFM). See also: PRML.
- secondary emission — the emission of electrons (secondary electrons) from a material that is bombarded with electrons or ions.
- self-determination — determination by oneself or itself, without outside influence.
- self-incriminating — serving to incriminate oneself or to expose oneself to prosecution: self-incriminating testimony.
- self-incrimination — the act of incriminating oneself or exposing oneself to prosecution, especially by giving evidence or testimony.
- self-recrimination — the act of recriminating, or countercharging: Hope gave way to recrimination with both sides claiming the moral high ground.
- semi-microanalysis — any analytical method in which the weight of the sample is between 10 and 100 milligrams.
- semicircular canal — any of the three curved tubular canals in the labyrinth of the ear, associated with the sense of equilibrium.
- semiprecious stone — See at semiprecious.
- sex discrimination — the practice of treating male and female people unequally
- shotgun microphone — a directional microphone with a narrow-angle range of sensitivity.
- sickle cell anemia — a chronic hereditary blood disease, occurring primarily among Africans or persons of African descent, in which abnormal hemoglobin causes red blood cells to become sickle-shaped and nonfunctional, characterized by enlarged spleen, chronic anemia, lethargy, weakness, joint pain, and blood clot formation.
- sickle-cell anemia — Sickle-cell anemia is an inherited illness in which the red blood cells become curved, causing a number of health problems.
- slobodan milosevic — Slobodan [sloh-buh-dain] /ˈsloʊ bəˌdɛən/ (Show IPA), 1941–2006, Yugoslav and Serbian politician: president of Serbia 1989–97, president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1997–2000, accused of war crimes 2001.
- standing committee — a permanent committee, as of a legislature, society, etc., intended to consider all matters pertaining to a designated subject.
- steering committee — a committee, especially of a deliberative or legislative body, charged with preparing the agenda of a session.
- stinking chamomile — mayweed.
- stokely carmichael — Hoagland Howard [hohg-luh nd] /ˈhoʊg lənd/ (Show IPA), ("Hoagy") 1899–1981, U.S. songwriter and musician.
- subatomic particle — physics:
- subliminal message — a message passed to the human mind without the mind being consciously aware of it, as, for example, in advertising
- super middleweight — a boxer weighing up to 168 pounds (75.6 kg), between middleweight and light heavyweight.