16-letter words containing c, l, o, y
- intramolecularly — In an intramolecular manner; within a molecule.
- journalistically — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- karyokinetically — In a karyokinetic manner; by means of karyokinesis.
- kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
- laparoscopically — By means of laparoscopy.
- legal dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the various branches of the legal profession, as civil law, criminal law, and corporate law. A comprehensive legal dictionary adds to its body of standard English entries many words and phrases that have made their way into modern legal practice from law French and Latin and are rarely found in a general English monolingual dictionary. Such a specialized dictionary is useful not only for law students and for attorneys themselves, but for members of the lay public who require legal services. Legal dictionaries published in print follow the normal practice of sorting entry terms alphabetically, while electronic dictionaries, such as the online Dictionary of Law on Dictionary.com, allow direct, immediate access to a search term.
- lick observatory — the astronomical observatory of the University of California, situated on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California, and having a 120-inch (3-meter) reflecting telescope and a 36-inch (91-cm) refracting telescope.
- limited monarchy — a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.
- limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
- literacy project — a project, plan or scheme to increase literacy in a country, area, etc
- lithographically — In the manner of lithography.
- luminosity class — a classification of stars of a given spectral type according to their luminosity, breaking them down into dwarfs, giants, and supergiants.
- macapagal arroyo — Gloria
- macroclimatology — the study of the climatic conditions of a large area.
- macrometeorology — the study of large-scale atmospheric phenomena, as the general circulation of the air or global weather conditions.
- magnetic anomaly — a departure from the normal magnetic field of the earth.
- malacostracology — (obsolete) carcinology, the study of crustaceans.
- malchus-porphyry — (Malchus) a.d. c233–c304, Greek philosopher.
- mammographically — Using a mammograph, by means of mammograph.
- matter-of-factly — adhering strictly to fact; not imaginative; prosaic; dry; commonplace: a matter-of-fact account of the political rally.
- mauchly, john w. — John Mauchly
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- megalomaniacally — In a megalomaniacal manner.
- melodramatically — In a melodramatic manner.
- meningomyelocele — (medicine) A congenital defect of the central nervous system of infants in which membranes and the spinal cord protrude through an opening or defect in the vertebral column.
- mercury chloride — mercuric chloride
- meritocratically — In a meritocratic way.
- meteorologically — In meteorological terms; in the context of weather.
- methodologically — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- methyl cellulose — 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.
- microclimatology — the study of a microclimate.
- microcrystalline — minutely crystalline; composed of microscopic crystals.
- micrometeorology — the study of local and small-scale atmospheric phenomena, usually confined to the physical and dynamic occurrences within a shallow stratum of air adjacent to the ground.
- microsporophylls — Plural form of microsporophyll.
- migratory locust — any of several locusts that migrate in great swarms, especially Locusta migratoria, of Africa and Asia.
- misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
- misogynistically — In a misogynistic manner.
- mnemotechnically — In a mnemotechnic manner; using mnemotechny.
- modacrylic fiber — any of various synthetic copolymer textile fibers, as Dynel, containing less than 85 percent but more than 35 percent of acrylonitrile.
- mongolian idiocy — (no longer in technical use) Down syndrome.
- monkey-faced owl — barn owl.
- monocotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the monocotyledons.
- monopolistically — In a monopolistic manner.
- monosyllabically — In single syllables.
- monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
- montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
- myelomeningocele — (pathology) A form of spina bifida characterized by protrusion of the spinal meninges.
- new haven colony — a settlement founded in 1638 by John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton at Quinnipiac (now New Haven, Conn.).
- nicoya peninsula — a peninsula in NW Costa Rica, on the Pacific Ocean.