16-letter words containing a, g, m, l, o
- manganese violet — a moderate to strong purple color.
- marginal costing — a method of cost accounting and decision making used for internal reporting in which only marginal costs are charged to cost units and fixed costs are treated as a lump sum
- marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
- marmalade orange — a bitter variety of orange suitable for making marmalade
- marseille prolog — (language) One of the two main dialects of Prolog, the other being Edinburgh Prolog. The difference is largely syntax. The original Marseille Interpreter (1973) was written in Fortran.
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- megalomaniacally — In a megalomaniacal manner.
- mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
- meteorologically — In meteorological terms; in the context of weather.
- methodologically — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- microclimatology — the study of a microclimate.
- middle stone age — the Mesolithic period.
- migratory locust — any of several locusts that migrate in great swarms, especially Locusta migratoria, of Africa and Asia.
- milk of magnesia — a milky white suspension in water of magnesium hydroxide, Mg (OH) 2 , used as an antacid or laxative.
- misogynistically — In a misogynistic manner.
- modern languages — languages currently spoken
- modular language — (language) (Modula) Wirth's 1977 predecessor of Modula-2. The original Modula was, more oriented toward concurrent programming, but otherwise quite similar.
- molecular weight — the average weight of a molecule of an element or compound measured in units once based on the weight of one hydrogen atom taken as the standard or on 1/16 (0.0625) the weight of an oxygen atom, but after 1961 based on 1/12 (0.083) the weight of the carbon-12 atom; the sum of the atomic weights of all the atoms in a molecule. Abbreviation: mol. wt.
- molybdate orange — a pigment consisting of a solid solution of sulfate, molybdate, and chromate compounds of lead.
- mönchen-gladbach — city in WC Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: pop. 266,000
- money laundering — Money laundering is the crime of processing stolen money through a legitimate business or sending it abroad to a foreign bank, to hide the fact that the money was illegally obtained.
- mongolian idiocy — (no longer in technical use) Down syndrome.
- montagu's blenny — a small blenny, Coryphoblennius galerita, found among rocks in shallow water
- mortgagee clause — a clause attached to a fire-insurance policy for protecting a mortgagee against loss or damage.
- moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
- moving violation — any of various traffic violations committed while a vehicle is in motion, as speeding, driving through a red light, or going the wrong direction on a one-way street.
- multiprogramming — multitasking
- nuclear magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used to measure proton spin and approximately equal to 1/1836 Bohr magneton.
- operating manual — a leaflet of instructions on how to use something (such as an electrical appliance, etc)
- ophthalmological — Pertaining to ophthalmology.
- ophthalmologists — Plural form of ophthalmologist.
- orange marmalade — preserve made from oranges
- overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
- oxycalcium light — calcium light.
- paleoclimatology — the branch of paleogeography dealing with the study of paleoclimates.
- phantasmagorical — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- phenomenological — the study of phenomena.
- photograph album — bound book for photos
- physiognomically — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- pneumonic plague — a form of plague characterized by lung involvement.
- potemkin village — a pretentiously showy or imposing façade intended to mask or divert attention from an embarrassing or shabby fact or condition.
- programmatically — by using a computer program: You can set the value in each field programmatically with a simple algorithm. The background shapes can be programmatically drawn and animated.
- programme seller — someone who sells written or printed lists of the events, performers, etc, in a theatre performance
- rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- saint-ulmo-light — St. Elmo's fire.
- self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- solemn high mass — a Mass sung with the assistance of a deacon and subdeacon.
- spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
- stamp collecting — Stamp collecting is the hobby of building up a collection of stamps.