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15-letter words containing i, d, o, l, e

  • meibomian gland — any of the small sebaceous glands in the eyelid, beneath the conjunctiva
  • melamine-coated — covered with an outer layer of melamine
  • mental disorder — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
  • methyl chloride — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Cl, used chiefly as a refrigerant, as a local anesthetic, and as a methylating agent in organic synthesis.
  • mineral kingdom — minerals collectively.
  • minority leader — the party member who directs the activities of the minority party on the floor of a legislative body, as of the U.S. Congress.
  • mitotic spindle — spindle (def 11).
  • mixolydian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from G to G.
  • modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
  • mollier diagram — a graph showing the enthalpy of a substance as a function of its entropy when some physical property of the substance, as temperature or pressure, is kept at a specified constant value.
  • mononucleotides — Plural form of mononucleotide.
  • moral turpitude — conduct that is regarded as immoral.
  • morbidity table — A morbidity table is a statistical table that shows the proportion of people that are expected to become sick or injured at each age.
  • moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
  • multihomed host — A host which has more than one connection to a network. The host may send and receive data over any of the links but will not route traffic for other nodes.
  • murder will out — Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
  • myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
  • napoleonic code — Code Napoléon
  • nevado del ruiz — a volcano in W central Colombia, in the Andes: eruption 1985. 17,720 feet (5401 meters).
  • newtonian fluid — any fluid exhibiting a linear relation between the applied shear stress and the rate of deformation.
  • nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
  • non-adversarial — a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe.
  • non-alliterated — to show alliteration: In “Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran,” the “r” alliterates.
  • non-capitalized — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
  • non-declarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
  • non-depreciable — capable of depreciating or being depreciated in value.
  • non-detrimental — causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.
  • non-dialectical — dialectic.
  • non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
  • non-educational — pertaining to education.
  • non-residential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
  • nonconfidential — not confidential
  • nonconsolidated — (financial) Including the financial data of only the parent company.
  • noncredentialed — not credentialed or lacking credentials
  • nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
  • noninsecticidal — absent or free of insecticide
  • nonmatriculated — not matriculated, not enrolled in an institution, esp a college or university
  • nonmelodramatic — Not melodramatic.
  • nonprecedential — Not precedential.
  • nonreproducible — Unable to be reproduced; not reproducible.
  • nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
  • nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
  • obedience trial — a competitive event at which a dog can progress toward a degree in obedience by demonstrating its ability to follow a prescribed series of commands.
  • oedipus complex — the unresolved desire of a child for sexual gratification through the parent of the opposite sex, especially the desire of a son for his mother. This involves, first, identification with and, later, hatred for the parent of the same sex, who is considered by the child as a rival.
  • office building — building containing offices
  • oil of lavender — an essential oil distilled from lavender flowers, especially Lavandula angustifolia and L. stoechas, and used in perfumery.
  • oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
  • old age pension — An old age pension is a regular amount of money that people receive from the government when they have retired from work.
  • old father time — time personified
  • old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
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