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14-letter words containing a, l, r, m, c, o

  • mourning cloak — a common butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) having purplish-brown wings with a wide yellow border, found throughout Europe and North America
  • multichromatic — Involving more than one colour.
  • multicollinear — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting multicollinearity.
  • multifactorial — having or stemming from a number of different causes or influences: Some medical researchers regard cancer as a multifactorial disease.
  • multimolecular — (chemistry, physics) Involving multiple molecules.
  • neo-lamarckism — Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold especially that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution.
  • neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
  • nomenclatorial — Relating to nomenclature.
  • non-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
  • nonchromosomal — any of several threadlike bodies, consisting of chromatin, that carry the genes in a linear order: the human species has 23 pairs, designated 1 to 22 in order of decreasing size and X and Y for the female and male sex chromosomes respectively.
  • nonformalistic — Not formalistic.
  • nongeometrical — not geometrical
  • nongrammatical — (of a sentence or expression) not conforming to the grammatical rules of a given language.
  • nonpalindromic — Not palindromic.
  • nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
  • normal balance — The normal balance of an account is the side of the account that is positive or increasing.
  • normoglycaemia — the condition of having a normal blood sugar level
  • normoglycaemic — Alt form normoglycemic.
  • nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
  • open classroom — a spacious instructional area shared by several groups or classes in elementary school, permitting more individualized, less supervised project learning and movement of pupils from one activity to another.
  • optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.
  • oral eroticism — libidinal pleasure derived from the lips and mouth, for example by kissing
  • oral-formulaic — noting or pertaining to poetry of an earlier spoken tradition, as the Iliad, that uses formulas to aid its continued expression.
  • organometallic — pertaining to or noting an organic compound containing a metal or a metalloid linked to carbon.
  • orthomolecular — being or pertaining to the treatment of disease by increasing, decreasing, or otherwise controlling the intake of natural substances, especially vitamins. Compare megavitamin (def 1).
  • overcompliance — excessive compliance
  • overcomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
  • oxymoronically — in an oxymoronic way
  • petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • pharmacologist — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
  • pharmacopoeial — a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
  • pharmacopolist — a person who sells pharmaceutical products
  • pinhole camera — a simple camera in which an aperture provided by a pinhole in an opaque diaphragm is used in place of a lens.
  • plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
  • platform scale — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
  • point calimere — a cape on the SE coast of India, on the Palk Strait
  • polar molecule — a molecule in which the centroid of the positive charges is different from the centroid of the negative charges.
  • polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
  • port coquitlam — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, E of Vancouver.
  • pre-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
  • pre-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
  • primary colour — Primary colours are basic colours that can be mixed together to produce other colours. They are usually considered to be red, yellow, blue, and sometimes green.
  • primary school — a school usually covering the first three or four years of elementary school and sometimes kindergarten.
  • primatological — relating to primatology
  • proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
  • rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
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