14-letter words containing a, n, o, i, t, e
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
- line of attack — a line of attack to a problem or situation is how you approach it
- line of battle — a line formed by troops or ships for delivering or receiving an attack.
- linkage editor — linker
- linkage-editor — a system program that combines independently compiled object modules or load modules into a single load module.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- literalization — The act or process of literalizing.
- local election — an election to select members for a local council
- lothian region — a former local government region in SE central Scotland, formed in 1975 from East Lothian, most of Midlothian, and West Lothian; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian, and Edinburgh
- love-in-a-mist — a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers.
- lysogenization — the process of a bacterium becoming lysogenic
- macaroni wheat — durum wheat.
- machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- macromarketing — marketing concerning all marketing as a whole, marketing systems, and the mutual effect that society and marketing systems have on each other
- macronutrients — Plural form of macronutrient.
- magnetic epoch — a geologically long period of time during which the magnetic field of the earth retains the same polarity. The magnetic field may reverse during such a period for a geologically short period of time (a magnetic event)
- magnetic force — the repelling or attracting force between a magnet and a ferromagnetic material, between a magnet and a current-carrying conductor, etc.
- magnetic north — north as indicated by a magnetic compass, differing in most places from true north.
- magnetic storm — a temporary disturbance of the earth's magnetic field, induced by radiation and streams of charged particles from the sun.
- magnetooptical — Having both magnetic and optical elements.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- magnetostatics — the branch of magnetics that deals with magnetic fields that do not vary with time (magnetostatic fields)
- 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).
- maine coon cat — one of an American breed of large semi-longhaired domestic cats with a shaggy ruff and a long, bushy tail.
- maine-et-loire — a department in W France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Angers.
- 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.
- male-dominated — with men in control
- malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
- man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- manifestations — An event, action, or object that clearly shows or embodies something, esp. a theory or an abstract idea.
- manitoba maple — a Canadian fast-growing variety of maple
- manometrically — Using a manometer.
- map projection — a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
- maternity home — a house in which a pregnant woman can live until her baby is born, esp one for women who became pregnant out of wedlock and whose baby is going to be put up for adoption
- matrimony vine — any plant belonging to the genus Lycium, of the nightshade family, species of which are cultivated for their foliage, flowers, and berries.
- mean deviation — a measure of dispersion, computed by taking the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of the deviations of the functional values from some central value, usually the mean or median.
- mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
- medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
- medicalization — The act or process of medicalizing.
- menage a trois — a domestic arrangement in which three people having sexual relations occupy the same household.
- mental lexicon — the store of words in a person's mind
- mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
- meta-cognitive — higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
- metafictionist — A writer of metafiction.
- metallogenetic — metallogenic