14-letter words containing a, l, t, m
- loan agreement — an agreement on the terms of a loan
- loan repayment — a repayment of part of a loan, usually monthly
- lobotomization — to perform a lobotomy on.
- logic emulator — A system of FPGAs, programmable interconnect and software which automatically configures itself into an operating prototype of a large-scale logic design, such as a microprocessor. An emulated design can be connected into the target system and really operated and tested before the design is made into an integrated circuit.
- lombard street — a street in London, England: a financial center.
- long-term care — continuing help and attention
- lord baltimore — David, born 1938, U.S. microbiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
- lords temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
- love-in-a-mist — a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers.
- low-water mark — the lowest point reached by a low tide.
- luminous paint — paint containing a phosphor that emits visible light when irradiated with ultraviolet light.
- lunatic asylum — psychiatric hospital
- lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
- machicolations — Plural form of machicolation.
- machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
- macrobiologist — One who studies macrobiology.
- macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- magistral line — the line from which the position of the other lines of fieldworks is determined.
- magnetic field — a region of space near a magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle in which a magnetic force acts on any other magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle.
- magnetooptical — Having both magnetic and optical elements.
- magniloquently — In a magniloquent manner.
- magnolia metal — an alloy used for bearings, consisting largely of lead (up to 80 per cent) and antimony, with the addition of smaller quantities of iron and tin
- magnolia state — Mississippi (used as a nickname).
- main door flat — a flat in a tenement that can be accessed directly from outside rather than one which can only be accessed via a communal stairwell
- maine-et-loire — a department in W France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Angers.
- maitre d'hotel — a headwaiter.
- majesticalness — the glory or majesty of someone or something
- major mitchell — an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe leadbeateri, with a white-and-pink plumage
- make little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- malacostracans — Plural form of malacostracan.
- maladjustments — Plural form of maladjustment.
- malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
- malappropriate — inappropriate
- malcontentedly — in a discontented manner
- maldevelopment — malformation
- male-dominated — with men in control
- male-to-female — noting or relating to a person who was born male but whose gender identity and gender expression is female.
- malefactresses — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
- malfunctioning — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
- man of letters — highly educated man
- 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.
- manipulability — capable of or susceptible to being manipulated; manipulatable.
- manipulatively — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- manitoba maple — a Canadian fast-growing variety of maple
- manometrically — Using a manometer.
- manslaughterer — (legal) Someone who commits manslaughter.
- manual testing — (testing) That part of software testing that requires human input, analysis, or evaluation.