14-letter words containing d, o, t, l
- leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
- leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
- liberty bodice — a sleeveless vest-like undergarment made from thick cotton and covering the upper part of the body, formerly worn esp by young children
- light-coloured — having a light colour
- limited policy — a policy that covers only certain types of losses within an area of risks.
- line of credit — credit line (def 2).
- linkage editor — linker
- linkage-editor — a system program that combines independently compiled object modules or load modules into a single load module.
- liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
- liquidationist — pertaining to or promoting a theory of economics which holds that governments should not interfere in a recession
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- little diomede — See under Diomede Islands.
- 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.
- lombard street — a street in London, England: a financial center.
- long drawn out — A long drawn out process or conflict lasts an unnecessarily long time or an unpleasantly long time.
- long-drawn-out — lasting a very long time; protracted: a long-drawn-out story.
- longitudinally — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
- lord baltimore — David, born 1938, U.S. microbiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
- lord protector — protector (def 2b).
- lord spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- lords temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
- lost and found — a room in a public place for items left behind and from which the owners may retrieve them.
- lost for words — If someone is lost for words, they cannot think of anything to say, especially because they are very surprised by something.
- lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
- macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
- main door flat — a flat in a tenement that can be accessed directly from outside rather than one which can only be accessed via a communal stairwell
- maitre d'hotel — a headwaiter.
- malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
- malcontentedly — in a discontented manner
- maldevelopment — malformation
- male-dominated — with men in control
- mandelbrot set — (mathematics, graphics) (After its discoverer, Benoit Mandelbrot) The set of all complex numbers c such that | z[N] | < 2 for arbitrarily large values of N, where z[0] = 0 z[n+1] = z[n]^2 + c The Mandelbrot set is usually displayed as an Argand diagram, giving each point a colour which depends on the largest N for which | z[N] | < 2, up to some maximum N which is used for the points in the set (for which N is infinite). These points are traditionally coloured black. The Mandelbrot set is the best known example of a fractal - it includes smaller versions of itself which can be explored to arbitrary levels of detail.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- mater dolorosa — the sorrowful mother.
- medical doctor — a doctor of medicine, as opposed to the holder of a doctorate in any other field
- medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
- medicalization — The act or process of medicalizing.
- melodramatized — Simple past tense and past participle of melodramatize.
- metal detector — an electronic device for detecting the presence of metal objects, as one used as a portable sweeping unit or one emplaced in an archway at an airport terminal to detect concealed weapons, explosives, etc.
- methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
- methodological — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- methodologists — Plural form of methodologist.
- methyl bromide — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Br, used chiefly as a solvent, refrigerant, and fumigant and in organic synthesis.
- metoclopramide — a white crystalline substance, C 1 4 H 2 2 ClN 3 O 2 , used primarily in the symptomatic treatment of certain upper gastrointestinal tract problems, and as an antiemetic.
- microelectrode — a very small electrode
- misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
- mistletoe bird — a small Australian flower-pecker, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, that feeds on mistletoe berries
- modestly sized — moderately sized; not very large, but not small
- modularization — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- molded breadth — the extreme breadth of the framing of a vessel, excluding the thickness of the plating or planking.