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14-letter words containing a, l, y, m, e, r

  • livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
  • loan repayment — a repayment of part of a loan, usually monthly
  • lyre-form sofa — a sofa of the early 19th century having a front rail curving upward and outward at either end to form arms and terminating in a downward scroll.
  • madame darblay — Charles, 1726–1814, English organist, composer, and music historian.
  • major delivery — (programming)   A (chiefly British) synonym for major release. E.g, the ninth major release of a piece of software might be called MD9. The release notation would be "v9.0".
  • manometrically — Using a manometer.
  • marine biology — science of sea life
  • marine geology — the branch of geology dealing with the rocks, sediments, and processes of the floors and margins of the oceans.
  • marine railway — a railway having a rolling cradle for hauling ships out of water onto land and returning them.
  • mary magdalene — Mary of Magdala, whom Jesus healed of possession by devils, Luke 8:2: traditionally identified with the repentant woman whom Jesus forgave. Luke 7:37–50.
  • maturity value — The maturity value of a life insurance policy is the amount of money that is paid out when it matures.
  • maturity yield — Finance. the rate of return on a bond expressed as a percentage that accounts for the difference between the interest earned based on current market value and that earned if the bond is held to maturity.
  • mean solar day — day (def 3a).
  • megakaryoblast — a cell that gives rise to a megakaryocyte.
  • megasporophyll — a sporophyll producing megasporangia only.
  • melton mowbray — a town in central England, in Leicestershire: pork pies and Stilton cheese. Pop: 25 554 (2001)
  • mental cruelty — behaviour that causes distress to another person but that does not involve physical assault
  • metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
  • metallotherapy — therapy by the use of metals or their salts.
  • metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
  • methyl formate — a colorless, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 2 H 4 O 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a solvent.
  • metronomically — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
  • metrosexuality — The quality of being metrosexual.
  • milieu therapy — a type of inpatient therapy, used in psychiatric hospitals, involving prescription of particular activities and social interactions according to a patient's emotional and interpersonal needs.
  • mobile library — travelling book-lending facility
  • molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
  • monocarpellary — consisting of a single carpel.
  • moral theology — the branch of theology dealing with principles of moral conduct.
  • morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
  • mortality rate — number of deaths in a population
  • mpeg-1 layer 3 — MPEG-1 audio layer 3
  • multi-part key — compound key
  • multilaterally — In a multilateral manner.
  • myrtle warbler — a common North American wood warbler, Dendroica coronata, having yellow spots on the rump, crown, and sides, including a white-throated eastern subspecies (myrtle warbler) and a yellow-throated western subspecies (Audubon's warbler)
  • new model army — the army established in 1645 during the Civil War by the English parliamentarians, which exercised considerable political power under Cromwell
  • nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
  • normoglycaemia — the condition of having a normal blood sugar level
  • normoglycaemic — Alt form normoglycemic.
  • nuclear family — a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.
  • numeral system — any notation for the representation of numerals or numbers.
  • ophthalmometry — the measurement and determination of the eye's defects and powers of refraction
  • osmoregulatory — Of or pertaining to osmoregulation.
  • overfamiliarly — In an overfamiliar way.
  • paper mulberry — a mulberry tree, Broussonetia papyrifera, of eastern Asia, having alternate leaves that vary in size, round catkins, and orange-red fruit, grown widely as a shade tree.
  • parametrically — in terms of a parameter
  • parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley, parsnip, and Queen Anne's lace, as well as poisonous plants such as cowbane and water hemlock.
  • performability — the quality of being performable
  • petty criminal — someone who commits petty crime or a petty crime
  • plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
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