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15-letter words containing a, p, l, m, e

  • multiple access — multiplexing
  • multiple allele — any one of a series of three or more alternative or allelic forms of a gene, only two of which can exist in any normal, diploid individual.
  • multiple factor — polygene.
  • multiple master — (text, tool, software)   (Or "Multiple Master Font") A font that is a mixture of two or more other fonts. A Multiple Master font is a single font containing from two to sixteen master designs (the current implementation limit). A weight factor specifies the contribution of each master design for the creation of a multiple master font instance. A Multiple Master instance is a single interpolation of a multiple master font as created by a user or application.
  • multiple-valued — many-valued.
  • multispeciality — Alternative form of multispecialty.
  • mustard plaster — a black mixture of mustard and rubber placed on a cloth and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
  • myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
  • native compiler — (programming, tool)   A compiler which runs on the computer for which it is producing machine code, in contrast to a cross-compiler, which produces code for a different computer.
  • neural computer — a computer or a software program that uses a neural network simulating the human brain and can be trained to perform specific tasks, as pattern recognition.
  • nil desperandum — never despair
  • non-compensable — eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.
  • non-complacency — Archaic. friendly civility; inclination to please; complaisance. a civil act.
  • nondepartmental — not limited to or related to a specific department
  • nonexperimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
  • nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
  • nonmetropolitan — Not metropolitan.
  • ophthalmoplegia — Paralysis of the muscles within or surrounding the eye.
  • ophthalmoscopes — Plural form of ophthalmoscope.
  • over-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • palaeolimnology — the study of ancient lake ecologies
  • palaeomagnetism — the study of the fossil magnetism in rocks, used to determine the past configurations of the continents and to investigate the past shape and magnitude of the earth's magnetic field
  • palaeomagnetist — a student of or expert in palaeomagnetism
  • paleolithic man — any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro-Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.
  • paperbark maple — a shrub or tree, Acer griseum, native to China, cultivated for its attractive papery brownish bark.
  • parallel motion — a mechanism arranged so as to impart rectilinear motion to a rod connected to a lever that moves through an arc.
  • parliamentarian — a person who is expert in the formal rules and procedures of deliberative assemblies and other formal organizations.
  • parliamentarily — in a parliamentary manner
  • paurometabolous — designating or of a group of insect orders, as orthopterans or hemipterans, in which metamorphosis to the adult state from the juvenile state is gradual and without any sudden, radical change of body form
  • payment holiday — a break taken from paying ( a debt etc) back
  • pectoral muscle — muscle of the chest
  • pedestrian mall — A pedestrian mall is the same as a pedestrian precinct.
  • personal column — The personal column in a newspaper or magazine contains messages for individual people and advertisements of a private nature.
  • peruvian balsam — Peru balsam.
  • pessimistically — pertaining to or characterized by pessimism or the tendency to expect only bad outcomes; gloomy; joyless; unhopeful: His pessimistic outlook kept him from applying for jobs for which he was perfectly qualified.
  • phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
  • photomechanical — noting or pertaining to any of various processes for printing from plates or surfaces prepared by the aid of photography.
  • physical memory — (memory management)   The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
  • physicochemical — physical and chemical: the physicochemical properties of an isomer.
  • phytochemically — in a phytochemical manner
  • pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
  • pilgrimage site — a shrine or other sacred place that people travel to as an act of religious devotion
  • pinball machine — the tablelike, usually coin-operated machine on which pinball is played.
  • plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
  • planimetrically — in a planimetric manner
  • planned economy — an economic system in which the government controls and regulates production, distribution, prices, etc.
  • plant agreement — a collective agreement at plant level within industry
  • plant-hire firm — a company that hires out mobile mechanical equipment for construction, road-making, etc
  • plasma membrane — cell membrane.
  • platform rocker — a rocking chair supported on a stationary base
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