15-letter words containing c, o, d, e
- little colorado — a river flowing NW from E Arizona to the E edge of the Grand Canyon, where it flows into the Colorado River. 315 miles (507 km) long.
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
- lodgepole creek — a river in SE Wyoming, SW Nebraska, and NE Colorado, flowing E to the South Platte River. 212 miles (341 km) long.
- logical address — virtual address
- 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.
- lymphadenectomy — the excision of one or more lymph nodes, usually as a procedure in the surgical removal or destruction of a cancer.
- macroaggregated — in the form of a macroaggregate
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- mad cow disease — BSE: bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- magnetic domain — a portion of a ferromagnetic material where the magnetic moments are aligned with one another because of interactions between molecules or atoms.
- managed economy — an economy in which the government allocates prices of goods and resources
- marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- mastoid process — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- mastoidectomies — Plural form of mastoidectomy.
- matrix bar code — a type of 2D bar code that stores data in a matrix of geometrically shaped dark and light cells that represent bits. See also QR code.
- media converter — (networking) A component used in Ethernet, although it is not part of the IEEE standard. The IEEE standard states that all segments must be linked with repeaters. Media converters were developed as a simpler, cheaper alternative to repeaters. However, in the 1990s the cost difference between the two is negligible.
- mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- medical officer — a doctor of medicine who serves in the armed forces in a medical capacity
- medical records — written information about a person's health during their life to date
- medical tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- medicine bottle — a small bottle used to hold medicine
- melamine-coated — covered with an outer layer of melamine
- 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.
- microdiscectomy — (surgery) microdecompression.
- microdissection — dissection performed under a microscope.
- micrometeoroids — Plural form of micrometeoroid.
- mid-ocean ridge — any of several seismically active submarine mountain ranges that extend through the Atlantic, Indian, and South Pacific oceans: each is hypothesized to be the locus of seafloor spreading.
- mis-categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- miscommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscommunicate.
- miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
- mitotic spindle — spindle (def 11).
- moderate-income — of or relating to those with a close-to-average income within the overall population.
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- mogi das cruzes — a city in SE Brazil, E of São Paulo.
- molecular cloud — a cool dense interstellar region composed of a wide variety of molecules, mainly hydrogen, plus some dust, in which stars are forming
- 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
- mononucleotides — Plural form of mononucleotide.
- monosaccharides — Plural form of monosaccharide.
- monospaced type — a typeface in which the width of all letters, including the space around them, is the same
- monroe doctrine — the policy, as stated by President Monroe in 1823, that the U.S. opposed further European colonization of and interference with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere.
- morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
- myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
- napoleonic code — Code Napoléon
- neuroectodermal — Of or pertaining to the neuroectoderm.
- newton's cradle — an ornamental puzzle consisting of a frame in which five metal balls are suspended in such a way that when one is moved it sets all the others in motion in turn
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.