14-letter words containing a, b, e, m
- james breasted — James Henry, 1865–1935, U.S. archaeologist and historian of ancient Egypt.
- james buchanan — James, 1791–1868, 15th president of the U.S. 1857–61.
- keep sb amused — If you keep someone amused, you find things to do which stop them getting bored.
- khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
- labor movement — labor unions collectively: The labor movement supported the bill.
- lake maracaibo — a lake in NW Venezuela, linked with the Gulf of Venezuela by a dredged channel: centre of the Venezuelan and South American oil industry. Area: about 13 000 sq km (500 sq miles)
- lamb's lettuce — corn salad.
- lambeth degree — an honorary degree conferred by the archbishop of Canterbury in divinity, arts, law, medicine, or music.
- lambeth palace — the official residence of the archbishop of Canterbury, in Lambeth.
- lamentableness — The state or characteristic of being lamentable.
- lemonade berry — a sumac, Rhus integrifolia, of southern California, having hairy, dark-red fruits used to make a beverage resembling lemonade.
- les miserables — a novel (1862) by Victor Hugo.
- lethal chamber — a room or enclosure where animals may be killed by exposure to a poison gas.
- liberal-minded — espousing liberal views and policies
- libertarianism — a person who advocates liberty, especially with regard to thought or conduct.
- lobelia family — the plant family Lobeliaceae (sometimes considered a subfamily, Lobelioideae, of the Campanulaceae, or bellflower family), typified by usually herbaceous plants having milky sap, simple alternate leaves, irregular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the cardinal flower, Indian tobacco, and lobelia.
- lombard street — a street in London, England: a financial center.
- lord baltimore — David, born 1938, U.S. microbiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
- madame darblay — Charles, 1726–1814, English organist, composer, and music historian.
- magdeburg laws — the local laws of the city of Magdeburg, which were adopted by many European cities in the middle ages
- make a bargain — to agree on terms
- make a stab at — to make an attempt at
- make one's bed — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- make-and-break — noting or pertaining to a device, operated by an electric current, for automatically opening or closing a circuit once it has been closed or opened by a mechanical springlike device, as in a doorbell.
- malleable iron — malleable cast iron.
- man-made fibre — a type of fibre that is made artificially, such as polyester or rayon, rather than occurring naturally, like cotton or wool
- manageableness — The state of being manageable; tractableness; docility.
- mandelbrot set — (mathematics, graphics) (After its discoverer, Benoit Mandelbrot) The set of all complex numbers c such that | z[N] | < 2 for arbitrarily large values of N, where z[0] = 0 z[n+1] = z[n]^2 + c The Mandelbrot set is usually displayed as an Argand diagram, giving each point a colour which depends on the largest N for which | z[N] | < 2, up to some maximum N which is used for the points in the set (for which N is infinite). These points are traditionally coloured black. The Mandelbrot set is the best known example of a fractal - it includes smaller versions of itself which can be explored to arbitrary levels of detail.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- manitoba maple — a Canadian fast-growing variety of maple
- manufacturable — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- marble orchard — cemetery.
- margaret brent — Margaret, 1600?–1671? U.S. colonial landowner, born in England: regarded as an early feminist.
- marine biology — science of sea life
- marketableness — The state or quality of being marketable.
- marmalade bush — a shrub, Streptosolen jamesonii, of the nightshade family, native to South America, bearing showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers, grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
- marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
- marsupial bone — epipubis.
- mashie niblick — a club with an iron head whose face has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitcher.
- master bedroom — a principal bedroom in a house or apartment, usually the largest, typically occupied by the person or persons who head the household.
- master builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
- master butcher — a butcher who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
- matteo bojardo — Matteo Maria [mah-tey-oh muh-ree-uh;; Italian maht-te-aw mah-ree-ah] /mɑˈteɪ oʊ məˈri ə;; Italian mɑtˈtɛ ɔ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), Boiardo, Matteo Maria.
- megakaryoblast — a cell that gives rise to a megakaryocyte.
- megavertebrate — a very big vertebrate, such as a rhinoceros
- melton mowbray — a town in central England, in Leicestershire: pork pies and Stilton cheese. Pop: 25 554 (2001)
- membranophones — Plural form of membranophone.
- memorabilities — Plural form of memorability.
- merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
- metabolic heat — animal heat.