15-letter words containing n, i, m, p, o
- microenterprise — A business operating on a very small scale, especially one with a sole proprietor and fewer than six employees.
- microprocessing — an integrated computer circuit that performs all the functions of a CPU.
- microprojection — the projection of an image, captured by a microscope, onto a screen
- micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
- microsporangium — a sporangium containing microspores.
- minority report — a report by a minority of members of a group that disagrees with the official report issued by the group
- misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
- misapprehension — misunderstanding.
- miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
- misproportioned — Having incorrect or distorted proportions.
- mitotic spindle — spindle (def 11).
- monospecificity — the condition of being specific for a sole antigen
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- moo goo gai pan — a dish of sliced chicken stir-fried with button mushrooms and, often, assorted vegetables.
- morning prayers — early-morning act of religious worship
- morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
- morphophonemics — Also called morphonology, morphophonology. the study of the relations between morphemes and their phonological realizations, components, or mappings.
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- motoring public — the population that drive road vehicles
- mouse droppings — 1. (graphics, operating system, jargon) Pixels (usually single) that are not properly restored when the mouse pointer moves away from a particular location on the screen, producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are MS-DOS programs that write to the screen memory corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not quite support the graphics mode in use. 2. (web, jargon) The client address recorded in a web server's log whenever a client connects to a site. Users may be unaware that their activity is being logged in this way but the potential for misuse of the information is limited.
- mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
- multi-binprolog — (language) A multi-threaded Linda-style parallel extension to BinProlog for Solaris 2.3. Version: 3.30.
- multiple voting — the casting of ballots in more than one constituency in one election, as in England before the election reform of 1918.
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- multum in parvo — much in a small space
- municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- municipal court — a court whose jurisdiction is confined to a city or municipality, with criminal jurisdiction usually corresponding to that of a police court and civil jurisdiction over small causes.
- native compiler — (programming, tool) A compiler which runs on the computer for which it is producing machine code, in contrast to a cross-compiler, which produces code for a different computer.
- neoarsphenamine — a derivative of arsenic formerly used in treating syphilis
- nephrolithotomy — incision or opening of a kidney pelvis for removal of a calculus.
- neuroepithelium — Embryology. the part of the embryonic ectoderm that gives rise to the nervous system.
- nitramino group — the univalent group –NHNO 2 .
- nominal aphasia — aphasia in which the primary symptom is an inability to recall or recognize the names of objects
- non-compression — the act of compressing.
- non-compromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- non-consumptive — tending to consume; destructive; wasteful.
- non-improvement — an act of improving or the state of being improved.
- noncompressible — not able to be compressed
- noncomputerized — not computerized or controlled by computers
- nonexperimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
- nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
- nonmetropolitan — Not metropolitan.
- odd permutation — a permutation of a set of n elements, x 1 , x 2 , …, xn, which permutes the product of all differences of the form (xi – xj), where i is less than j, into the negative of the product.
- open admissions — a policy of admitting applicants to an institution, especially a university, regardless of previous academic record or grades.
- open-cut mining — mining by excavating from the surface
- open-pit mining — a method of mining, usually for metallic ores, in which the waste and ore are completely removed from the sides and bottom of a pit which gradually becomes an enormous canyonlike hole
- opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
- opening batsman — a player who bats the first ball in cricket
- operations room — a room from which all the operations of a military, police, or other disciplined activity are controlled
- opposite number — counterpart; equivalent: New members with an interest in folk art will find their opposite numbers in the association's directory.