14-letter words containing c, a, l, n, d
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- lacrimal gland — either of two tear-secreting glands situated in the upper outer angle of the orbit.
- ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
- landing beacon — a radio transmitter that emits a landing beam
- landscape mode — a wide exposure suitable for photographing landscapes
- langue de chat — a flat sweet finger-shaped biscuit
- larixinic acid — maltol.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
- lattice window — a window formed of an open framework of wood, metal, etc, arranged to form an ornamental pattern
- lead carbonate — a white crystalline compound, PbCO 3 , toxic when inhaled, insoluble in water and alcohol: used as an exterior paint pigment.
- legal document — a document concerning a legal matter; a document drawn up by a lawyer
- legal medicine — the application of medical knowledge to questions of civil and criminal law, especially in court proceedings.
- lend-lease act — the matériel and services supplied by the U.S. to its allies during World War II under an act of Congress (Lend-Lease Act) passed in 1941: such aid was to be repaid in kind after the war.
- levulinic acid — a white or colorless, water-soluble solid, C 5 H 8 O 3 , produced by the hydrolysis of cane sugar, starch, or cellulose; used chiefly in the organic synthesis of nylon, plastics, and pharmaceuticals.
- lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- linolenic acid — colourless unsaturated essential fatty acid
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- llano estacado — a large plateau in the SW United States, in W Texas and SE New Mexico: cattle-grazing region. About 1000–5000 feet (300–1500 meters) above sea level.
- load balancing — (operating system, parallel) Techniques which aim to spread tasks among the processors in a parallel processor to avoid some processors being idle while others have tasks queueing for execution. Load balancing may be performed either by heavily loaded processors (with many tasks in their queues) sending tasks to other processors; by idle processors requesting work from others; by some centralised task distribution mechanism; or some combination of these. Some systems allow tasks to be moved after they have started executing ("task migration") others do not. It is important that the overhead of executing the load balancing algorithm does not contribute significantly to the overall processing or communications load. Distributed scheduling algorithms may be static, dynamic or preemptive. Static algorithms allocate processes to processors at run time while taking no account of current network load. Dynamic algorithms are more flexible, though more computationally expensive, and give some consideration to the network load before allocating the new process to a processor. Preemptive algorithms are more expensive and flexible still, and may migrate running processes from one host to another if deemed beneficial. Research to date indicates that dynamic algorithms yield significant performance benefits, but that further (though lesser) gains may be had through the addition of process migration facilities.
- london company — a company, chartered in England in 1606 to establish colonies in America, that founded Jamestown, Va., in 1607.
- loud and clear — loudly and clearly
- lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
- 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.
- mainland china — the People's Republic of China, as distinguished from Taiwan.
- malcontentedly — in a discontented manner
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
- medicalization — The act or process of medicalizing.
- medicamentally — in a manner that relates to medicaments
- melamine-faced — having a thin melamine layer on one or more faces
- merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
- merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
- methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
- michael jordan — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
- midwall column — a column or the like carrying a wall overhanging it on both sides.
- minicoy island — a small island in the S Laccadive Islands, off the SW coast of India. 1.25 sq. mi. (3.24 sq. km).
- misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
- mobile command — the Canadian army and other land forces
- modelling clay — mouldable substance fixed in a kiln
- multinucleated — Having multiple nuclei; multinucleate.
- municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- nacreous cloud — a rarely seen, luminous, iridescent cloud shaped like a cirrus or altocumulus, approximately 15 miles (24 km) above the earth, and of unknown composition.
- nalidixic acid — a substance, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , that has antibacterial activity against many susceptible Gram-negative organisms, especially used in the treatment of urinary tract infections.
- naval dockyard — a place where a Navy's ships are kept
- new caledonian — of, from, or relating to New Caledonia
- non-accidental — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
- non-classified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- non-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.