16-letter words containing e, c, l
- multi-discipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- multicellularity — The condition of being multicellular.
- multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
- multidisciplined — composed of or combining several usually separate branches of learning or fields of expertise: a multidisciplinary study of the 18th century.
- multiple factors — polygene.
- multiplicatively — tending to multiply or increase.
- multituberculate — a rodentlike mammal of the extinct order Multituberculata, which lived from the late Jurassic Period to the Oligocene Epoch, reaching the size of a woodchuck and having molars with two or three rows of simple pointed cusps.
- munchen-gladbach — former name of Mönchengladbach.
- musculocutaneous — of, relating to, or supplying the muscles and skin
- musical director — A musical director is the same as a music director.
- mustard-coloured — of a brownish-yellow colour
- mutual exclusion — (parallel, operating system) (Or "mutex", plural: "mutexes") A collection of techniques for sharing resources so that different uses do not conflict and cause unwanted interactions. One of the most commonly used techniques for mutual exclusion is the semaphore.
- mutual impedance — the ratio of the potential difference between either of two pairs of terminals to the current applied at the other pair of terminals when the circuit is open.
- mutual insurance — insurance in which those insured become members of a company who reciprocally engage, by payment of certain amounts into a common fund, to indemnify one another against loss.
- mutual recursion — recursion
- myelomeningocele — (pathology) A form of spina bifida characterized by protrusion of the spinal meninges.
- nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
- nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
- nassella tussock — type of tussock grass
- national charter — the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
- national costume — traditional dress
- national service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
- natural resource — a naturally occurring source of wealth, as land or water.
- nature-identical — manufactured to be identical to a natural substance
- near the knuckle — risqué
- necklace killing — an instance in which someone is killed by a burning tyre that has been placed around his or her neck.
- nephrocalcinosis — (medicine) The deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism.
- neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
- neurolinguistics — the study of the neurological processes underlying the development and use of language.
- nevado de colima — a volcano in SW Mexico, in Jalisco state. Height: 4339 m (14 235 ft)
- nevado de toluca — a volcano in central Mexico, in Mexico state near Toluca: crater partly filled by a lake. Height: 4577 m (15 017 ft)
- new commonwealth — a term used esp in the latter part of the 20th century in Britain to describe countries in the British Commonwealth that became independent after World War II
- new haven colony — a settlement founded in 1638 by John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton at Quinnipiac (now New Haven, Conn.).
- niche publishing — publishing books that are intended for a very specialized market
- nicoya peninsula — a peninsula in NW Costa Rica, on the Pacific Ocean.
- nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
- no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
- nominal sentence — a sentence consisting of a subject and complement without a linking verb, as Very interesting, those books.
- non-accumulative — tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
- non-alphabetical — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- non-coincidental — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
- non-compressible — to press together; force into less space.
- non-confidential — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
- non-contingently — dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often followed by on or upon): Our plans are contingent on the weather.
- non-conventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
- non-genealogical — the study of family ancestries and histories.
- non-geographical — of or relating to geography.
- non-hierarchical — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy.
- non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- non-reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.