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.