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15-letter words containing c, h, e, l

  • lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
  • liechtensteiner — a small principality in central Europe between Austria and Switzerland: economically linked with Switzerland. 65 sq. mi. (168 sq. km). Capital: Vaduz.
  • lightning chess — rapid chess in which either each move has a fixed time allowed (usually 10 seconds) or each player is allotted a fixed time (often 5 minutes) for all his moves
  • lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
  • lithium citrate — a white crystalline solid sometimes used in the treatment of manic-depressive illness and mania. Formula: Li3C6H5O7
  • locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
  • longhorn cattle — cattle of a long-horned breed, usually red or variegated, formerly common in SW US
  • loose chippings — pieces of gravel spread on the top of tarmac that fail to stick to it
  • lord chancellor — the highest judicial officer of the British crown: law adviser of the ministry, keeper of the great seal, presiding officer in the House of Lords, etc.
  • low archipelago — a group of French islands in the S Pacific. 332 sq. mi. (860 sq. km).
  • low-cholesterol — containing little dietary cholesterol
  • luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
  • lymphadenectomy — the excision of one or more lymph nodes, usually as a procedure in the surgical removal or destruction of a cancer.
  • lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
  • lzh compression — (algorithm)   (After Lempel-Ziv and Haruyasu, the inventors) A compression algorithm derived from the LZSS scheme with a sliding window and additional compression applied to the output of the LZSS compressor by dynamic Huffman coding.
  • machinery steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
  • mailing machine — a machine that prepares mail for sending, as by addressing, stamping, weighing, etc.
  • make a horlicks — to make a mistake or a mess
  • male chauvinism — the beliefs, attitudes, or behavior of male chauvinists (men who patronize, disparage, or otherwise denigrate females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit).
  • male chauvinist — a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
  • manasseh cutler — Manasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.
  • mannheim school — a group of musicians of the mid-18th century in Mannheim, Germany, notable for developing a style of orchestral composition and performance directly antecedent to and influential on the classical style of Haydn and Mozart.
  • masculine rhyme — a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
  • mechanic's lien — a lien secured on property, as an automobile, building, or the like, by the contractor who has repaired or built it, in order to ensure payment for labor and materials.
  • mechanical bank — a toy bank in which a coin is deposited by a mechanical process that is usually activated by pushing a lever.
  • mechanical pulp — groundwood pulp.
  • mechanical twin — a crystalline twin formed by the strain set up by an applied force.
  • mechanistically — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
  • mechanochemical — involving the conversion of chemical energy into mechanical energy
  • mechlorethamine — a nitrogen mustard, C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, used in combination with other drugs in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other cancers.
  • medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
  • medicinal leech — a bloodsucking leech, Hirudo medicinalis, of Europe, introduced into the northeastern U.S., usually green with brown stripes, up to 4 inches (10 cm) long: once used by physicians to bleed patients.
  • megalithic tomb — a burial chamber constructed of large stones, either underground or covered by a mound and usually consisting of long transepted corridors (gallery graves) or of a distinct chamber and passage (passage graves). The tombs may date from the 4th millennium bc
  • melancholically — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
  • mental handicap — learning disability
  • merchantability — The state of being merchantable.
  • metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
  • metatarsal arch — the short lateral arch of the foot formed by the heads of the metatarsal bones.
  • methyl chloride — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Cl, used chiefly as a refrigerant, as a local anesthetic, and as a methylating agent in organic synthesis.
  • methylcellulose — a grayish-white powder prepared from cellulose that swells to a highly viscous colloidal solution in water: used as a food additive and in water paints, leather tanning, and cosmetics.
  • methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
  • michael faraday — Michael, 1791–1867, English physicist and chemist: discoverer of electromagnetic induction.
  • michaelmas term — the autumn term at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
  • microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
  • microaerophilic — Of, or relating to a microaerophile.
  • microtechnology — technology that uses microelectronics
  • milking machine — an electric machine for milking cows.
  • milling machine — a machine tool for rotating a cutter (milling cutter) to produce plane or formed surfaces on a workpiece, usually by moving the work past the cutter.
  • monchengladbach — a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
  • monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
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