15-letter words containing a, l, e, n, c, o
- liaison officer — a person who liaises between groups or units
- lichenification — a leathery hardening of the skin, usually caused by chronic irritation.
- lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- limited company — a company in which the shareholders cannot be assessed for debts of the company beyond the sum they still have invested in the company.
- linear collider — a particle accelerator in which two beams of particles are made to collide
- linear function — linear transformation.
- lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
- liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
- loan collection — a number of works of art lent by their owners for a temporary public exhibition
- long-case clock — tall-case clock.
- long-grain rice — a type of rice that has long grains, rather than round grains
- long-sufferance — long-suffering.
- longhorn cattle — cattle of a long-horned breed, usually red or variegated, formerly common in SW US
- lord chancellor — the highest judicial officer of the British crown: law adviser of the ministry, keeper of the great seal, presiding officer in the House of Lords, etc.
- low-maintenance — requiring little attention or upkeep
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
- lymphadenectomy — the excision of one or more lymph nodes, usually as a procedure in the surgical removal or destruction of a cancer.
- lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- magnetic bottle — Physics. a magnetic field so shaped that it can confine a plasma: used in a proposed design for fusion reactors.
- magnetoelectric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
- make allowances — to take mitigating circumstances into account in consideration (of)
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- mannheim school — a group of musicians of the mid-18th century in Mannheim, Germany, notable for developing a style of orchestral composition and performance directly antecedent to and influential on the classical style of Haydn and Mozart.
- mechanochemical — involving the conversion of chemical energy into mechanical energy
- mechlorethamine — a nitrogen mustard, C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, used in combination with other drugs in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other cancers.
- melamine-coated — covered with an outer layer of melamine
- melancholically — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- memory location — (storage) A byte, word or other small unit of storage space in a computer's main memory that is identified by its starting address (and size).
- metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
- metallo-organic — organometallic.
- methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
- mineralogically — With regard to mineralogy.
- miscegenational — of or relating to miscegenation
- miscellaneously — In a miscellaneous manner.
- moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
- mock pennyroyal — pennyroyal (def 2).
- molecular knife — a segment of genetic material that inhibits the reproduction of the AIDS virus by breaking up specific areas of the virus's genes.
- monchengladbach — a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- monomolecularly — In monomolecular terms.
- multinucleolate — having two or more nucleoli
- nanocrystalline — Of, pertaining to, or composed of nanocrystals.
- napoleonic code — Code Napoléon
- napoleonic wars — French-led war in early 19th century
- natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
- nathaniel bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
- national income — the total net earnings from the production of goods and services in a country over a period of time, usually one year, and consisting essentially of wages, salaries, rent, profits, and interest.
- 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.
- necessary stool — close-stool.