14-letter words containing e, n, d, o, c
- knotted clover — a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum, an annual clover with pale pink flowers
- labradorescent — (of minerals) displaying a brilliant play of colours, as that shown by some forms of labradorite
- ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
- landing beacon — a radio transmitter that emits a landing beam
- landscape mode — a wide exposure suitable for photographing landscapes
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
- lattice window — a window formed of an open framework of wood, metal, etc, arranged to form an ornamental pattern
- lead carbonate — a white crystalline compound, PbCO 3 , toxic when inhaled, insoluble in water and alcohol: used as an exterior paint pigment.
- legal document — a document concerning a legal matter; a document drawn up by a lawyer
- lending policy — a set of guidelines and criteria developed by a bank and used by its employees to determine whether an applicant for a loan should be granted or refused the loan
- lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
- line of credit — credit line (def 2).
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- linolenic acid — colourless unsaturated essential fatty acid
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- 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.
- loud and clear — loudly and clearly
- malcontentedly — in a discontented manner
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- manic disorder — a type of affective disorder characterized by euphoric mood, excessive activity and talkativeness, impaired judgment, and sometimes psychotic symptoms, as grandiose delusions.
- medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
- medicalization — The act or process of medicalizing.
- medicine lodge — a structure used for various ceremonials of North American Indians.
- medicine woman — (among North American Indians and some other aboriginal peoples) a woman believed to possess magical or supernatural powers; a female shaman.
- mendaciousness — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- methanoic acid — systematic name for formic acid
- methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
- michael jordan — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
- microdetection — the measurement of small quantities
- mis-coordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- misconstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstruct.
- misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
- misdescription — an incorrect or misleading description
- mobile command — the Canadian army and other land forces
- model checking — (theory, algorithm, testing) To algorithmically check whether a program (the model) satisfies a specification. The model is usually expressed as a directed graph consisting of nodes (or vertices) and edges. A set of atomic propositions is associated with each node. The nodes represents states of a program, the edges represent possible executions which alters the state, while the atomic propositions represent the basic properties that hold at a point of execution. A specification language, usually some kind of temporal logic, is used to express properties. The problem can be expressed mathematically as: given a temporal logic formula p and a model M with initial state s, decide if M,s \models p.
- modelling clay — mouldable substance fixed in a kiln
- monocotyledons — Plural form of monocotyledon.
- monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
- mononucleotide — (genetics) A single nucleotide.
- monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
- mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
- nacreous cloud — a rarely seen, luminous, iridescent cloud shaped like a cirrus or altocumulus, approximately 15 miles (24 km) above the earth, and of unknown composition.
- nanostructured — Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on the nano scale.
- nephrectomized — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
- neuroendocrine — of or relating to the interactions between the nervous and endocrine systems, especially in relation to hormones.
- new caledonian — of, from, or relating to New Caledonia
- new providence — an island in the N Bahamas. 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).
- news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
- nice/good work — You can say to someone 'nice work' or 'good work' in order to thank or praise them for doing something well or quickly.
- nile crocodile — the common African crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, sometimes growing to a length of 20 feet (6.1 meter): in some areas it is greatly reduced in number and now rare.