14-letter words containing e, m, u, l
- milieu therapy — a type of inpatient therapy, used in psychiatric hospitals, involving prescription of particular activities and social interactions according to a patient's emotional and interpersonal needs.
- millennium bug — Year 2000
- miller's thumb — any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
- miller's-thumb — any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
- milling cutter — any of various rotating toothed cutters used in a milling machine to cut or shape metal parts
- miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
- minucius felix — Marcus, Roman writer of the 2nd century a.d. whose dialogue Octavius is the earliest known work of Latin-Christian literature.
- mirabile dictu — wonderful to relate; amazing to say
- miraculousness — performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency: a miraculous cure.
- miscounselling — the act of giving bad or incorrect counselling
- mixed language — any language containing items of vocabulary or other linguistic characteristics borrowed from two or more existing languages
- molecular beam — a stream of molecules freed from a substance, usually a salt, by evaporation and then passed through a narrow slit for focusing, for investigating the properties of nuclei, atoms, and molecules.
- molecular film — a film or layer one molecule thick.
- molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
- mononucleotide — (genetics) A single nucleotide.
- monumentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of monumentalize.
- mosquito fleet — a group or fleet of PT boats or other small, armed boats.
- mother-out-law — the mother of one's ex-husband or ex-wife
- mound builders — a member of any of the early American Indian peoples who built the burial mounds, fortifications, and other earthworks found in the Midwest and the Southwest
- mount mckinley — a mountain in S central Alaska: highest peak in North America, 20,310 feet (6190 meters).
- mount pleasant — a city in central Michigan.
- mount wrangell — a mountain in S Alaska, in the W Wrangell Mountains. Height: 4269 m (14 005 ft)
- mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
- much-travelled — A much-travelled person has travelled a lot in foreign countries.
- muddle through — to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
- muddleheadedly — In a muddleheaded manner.
- mulching mower — a lawn mower that shreds blades of grass into very small pieces that are left on the lawn to decay and return moisture and nutrients to the soil
- multarticulate — having multiple joints
- multi-cultures — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- multi-part key — compound key
- multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- multi-talented — having talent or special ability; gifted.
- multibarrelled — (of a gun) having more than one barrel
- multichambered — comprising or involving several chambers
- multicharacter — (of a book, play, film, etc) involving or relating to several characters
- multicollinear — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting multicollinearity.
- multicomponent — Having, or affecting, multiple components.
- multidialectal — encompassing or involving several dialects
- multielectrode — having or involving several electrodes
- multiethnicity — The state of being multiethnic.
- multifrequency — Of or pertaining to multiple frequencies.
- multigrade oil — Multigrade oil is engine or gear oil which works well at both low and high temperatures.
- multilaterally — In a multilateral manner.
- multimolecular — (chemistry, physics) Involving multiple molecules.
- multinucleated — Having multiple nuclei; multinucleate.
- multiparameter — Having, or employing multiple parameters.
- multiple birth — a birth at which two or more children are born at the same time
- multiple drill — a drilling machine having a number of vertical spindles for drilling several holes in a piece simultaneously.
- multiple fruit — a fruit, such as a pineapple, formed from the ovaries of individual flowers in an inflorescence
- multiple store — chain store.