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14-letter words containing e, p, l, u

  • marmalade plum — sapote.
  • marsupial bone — epipubis.
  • marsupial mole — a burrowing Australian marsupial of the genus Notoryctes, resembling a common mole in form and behavior.
  • marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
  • melanospermous — having dark spores, as certain seaweeds.
  • metal paste-up — a method for making up a form for printing in which engravings mounted on blocks are positioned on and pasted to a metal base.
  • microcephalous — Microcephalic.
  • micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
  • 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.
  • mount pleasant — a city in central Michigan.
  • mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
  • multi-part key — compound key
  • multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
  • multicomponent — Having, or affecting, multiple components.
  • 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.
  • multiple value — (database)   (MU) A one-to-many relationship between entries in a database, for example a person may have an address field which spanned multiple records (with different indexes). Multiple values are a non-relational technique. MUs have recently been made available in DB2, despite the product being so heavily influenced by Codd's Laws of relational databases.
  • multiplicative — tending to multiply or increase.
  • multiplicities — Plural form of multiplicity.
  • multipotential — able to differentiate along several lines
  • multiprocessor — parallel processing
  • multispecialty — (US) Exhibiting or possessing multiple specialties (especially medical specialties).
  • muscle spindle — Cell Biology. a proprioceptor in skeletal muscle, composed of striated muscle fibers and sensory nerve endings in a connective tissue sheath, that conveys information via the spinal nerves on the state of muscle stretch, important in the reflex mechanism that maintains body posture.
  • musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
  • myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
  • natural parent — biological parent.
  • natural person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
  • neurohypnology — a name given to hypnosis by the Scottish physician Braid
  • neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
  • nolle prosequi — an entry made upon the records of a court when the plaintiff or prosecutor will proceed no further in a suit or action. Abbreviation: nol. pros.
  • non-conceptual — pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.
  • non-recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
  • non-repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
  • nonparticulate — Not particulate.
  • nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • nonspectacular — not spectacular
  • nonspeculative — not speculative
  • nonsuch palace — a former royal palace in Cuddington in London: built in 1538 for Henry VIII; later visited by Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II; demolished (1682–1702)
  • nuclear option — the use of or power to use nuclear weapons
  • nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei.
  • nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
  • nursery slopes — gentle slopes used by beginners in skiing
  • obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
  • octave coupler — a mechanism on an organ and on some harpsichords that enables keys or pedals an octave apart to be played simultaneously
  • old portuguese — the language of Portugal as spoken and written from the 14th to the middle of the 16th centuries.
  • opisthocoelous — relating to vertebrae in which the centrum is convex and the posterior is concave
  • opt-out clause — a clause that permits signatories to a contract to opt out of particular provisions, or to terminate the contract early
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