18-letter words containing mo
- dramatic monologue — a poetic form in which a single character, addressing a silent auditor at a critical moment, reveals himself or herself and the dramatic situation.
- electrodynamometer — An instrument that measures electric current by indicating the strength of repulsion or attraction between the magnetic fields of two sets of coils, one fixed and one movable.
- emotional literacy — the ability to deal with one's emotions and recognize their causes
- endowment mortgage — an arrangement whereby a person takes out a mortgage and pays the capital repayment instalments into a life assurance policy and only the interest to the mortgagee during the term of the policy. The loan is repaid by the policy either when it matures or on the prior death of the policyholder
- euglenoid movement — the expansion and contraction of the cell body of various flagellates
- fifth monarchy men — (during the Commonwealth in the 17th century) a militant sect of Puritans who identified the fifth monarchy with the millennial reign of Christ and who believed they should help to inaugurate that reign by force.
- first and foremost — primarily
- first class module — (programming) A module that is a first class data object of the programming language, e.g. a record containing functions. In a functional language, it is standard to have first class programs, so program building blocks can have the same status.
- from hand to mouth — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- gamblers anonymous — an organization that holds group meetings to help people who are addicted to gambling
- gentleman-commoner — (formerly) a member of a class of commoners enjoying special privileges at Oxford University.
- giant peacock moth — the largest European moth, an emperor, Saturnia pyri, reaching 15 cm (6 in.) in wingspan. It is mottled brown with a prominent ocellus on each wing and being night-flying can be mistaken for a bat
- grampian mountains — a mountain system of central Scotland, extending from the southwest to the northeast and separating the Highlands from the Lowlands. Highest peak: Ben Nevis, 1344 m (4408 ft)
- green-eyed monster — jealousy: Othello fell under the sway of the green-eyed monster.
- haemorrhagic fever — any of a group of fevers, such as Ebola virus disease and yellow fever, characterized by internal bleeding or bleeding into the skin
- have money to burn — to have more money than one needs, so that some can be spent foolishly
- have one's moments — If you say that someone or something has their moments, you are indicating that there are times when they are successful or interesting, but that this does not happen very often.
- heart-rate monitor — a machine that monitors or records a person's heart rate
- hemorrhoidectomies — Plural form of hemorrhoidectomy.
- histomorphological — histology.
- homelands movement — the programme to resettle native Australians on their tribal lands
- honour moderations — (at Oxford University) the first public examination, in which candidates are placed into one of three classes of honours
- hypermodern school — a style of chess characterized by control of the centre from the flanks
- in the mood for/to — If you say that you are in the mood for something, you mean that you want to do it or have it. If you say that you are in no mood to do something, you mean that you do not want to do it or have it.
- induction ceremony — a ceremony held to mark a person's formal introduction or entry into an office, position, group, etc
- industrial diamond — a small often synthetic diamond, valueless as a gemstone, used in cutting tools, abrasives, etc
- inner automorphism — an automorphism that maps an element x into an element of the form axa −1 where a −1 is the inverse of a.
- intention movement — behavior that is preparatory to another behavior, as a crouch before a leap.
- interior monologue — Literature. a form of stream-of-consciousness writing that represents the inner thoughts of a character.
- japanese persimmon — the soft, orange or reddish, edible fruit of an Asian tree, Diospyros kaki.
- junior common room — (in certain universities and colleges) a common room for the use of students
- king-of-the-salmon — a ribbonfish, Trachypterus altivelis, of northern parts of the Pacific Ocean.
- komsomolsk-on-amur — city in SE Russia, on the Amur River: pop. 309,000
- lactogenic hormone — prolactin.
- launching ceremony — a ceremony that celebrates the launch of a ship for the first time into the water
- low-start mortgage — a mortgage in which interest only is repaid for a fixed period at the outset, to make it more affordable
- maison-de-molieres — Comédie Française.
- mathematical model — a representation of a system, process, etc, in mathematical terms
- melt in your mouth — to require little or no chewing
- metamorphic facies — Geology. a group of metamorphic rock units characterized by particular mineralogic associations.
- meurthe-et-moselle — a department in NE France. 2038 sq. mi. (5280 sq. km). Capital: Nancy.
- middle common room — (in certain universities and colleges) a common room for the use of postgraduate students
- misplaced modifier — Grammar. a word, phrase, or clause that seems to refer to or modify an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence, as when young in When young, circuses appeal to all of us.
- mobile data system — a system consisting of a client computer requesting information and a server supplying this information
- mobile police unit — a motorized police unit
- mobility allowance — an allowance paid by the government to help people who have limited mobility
- moccasin telegraph — the transmission of rumour or secret information; the grapevine
- modelling language — (language) Possibly a kind of programming language designed for describing models and their behaviour. See also data modelling, object relational model, simulation, UML, VRML.
- modular arithmetic — arithmetic in which numbers that are congruent modulo a given number are treated as the same. Compare congruence (def 2), modulo, modulus (def 2b).
- modulus of torsion — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.