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15-letter words containing i, n, t, a, l, m

  • laminated glass — Laminated glass is safety glass in which a transparent plastic film is placed between plates of glass.
  • laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
  • lateral moraine — a moraine formed at the side of a glacier.
  • latino-american — an American who is of Latin-American or Spanish origin
  • leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
  • lethal mutation — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
  • levi-montalcini — Rita, 1909–2012, U.S. neurologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize 1986.
  • limited company — a company in which the shareholders cannot be assessed for debts of the company beyond the sum they still have invested in the company.
  • limited partner — special partner.
  • limiting factor — Physiology. the slowest, therefore rate-limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps.
  • line management — those managers in an organization who are responsible for the main activity or product of the organization, as distinct from those, such as transport, accounting, or personnel, who provide services to the line management
  • linear argument — (theory)   A function argument which is used exactly once by the function. If the argument is used at most once then it is safe to inline the function and replace the single occurrence of the formal parameter with the actual argument expression. If the argument was used more than once this transformation would duplicate the argument expression, causing it to be evaluated more than once. If the argument is sure to be used at least once then it is safe to evaluate it in advance (see strictness analysis) whereas if the argument was not used then this would waste work and might prevent the program from terminating.
  • linear momentum — force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events: The car gained momentum going downhill. Her career lost momentum after two unsuccessful films.
  • little magazine — a magazine, usually small in format and of limited circulation, that publishes literary works.
  • liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
  • loan investment — a loan made as an investment
  • long parliament — the Parliament that assembled November 3, 1640, was expelled by Cromwell in 1653, reconvened in 1659, and was dissolved in 1660.
  • low-maintenance — requiring little attention or upkeep
  • lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
  • machinery steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
  • macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
  • magnesium light — the strongly actinic white light produced when magnesium is burned: used in photography, signaling, pyrotechnics, etc.
  • magnetic bottle — Physics. a magnetic field so shaped that it can confine a plasma: used in a proposed design for fusion reactors.
  • magnetic bubble — a tiny mobile magnetized area within a magnetic material, the basis of one type of solid-state storage medium (magnetic bubble memory)
  • magnetic needle — a slender magnetized steel rod that, when adjusted to swing in a horizontal plane, as in a compass, indicates the direction of the earth's magnetic fields or the approximate position of north and south.
  • magnetic pulley — a magnetic device for separating metal from sand, refuse, etc.
  • magnetoelectric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
  • mail user agent — (messaging)   (MUA) The program that allows the user to compose and read electronic mail messages. The MUA provides the interface between the user and the Message Transfer Agent. Outgoing mail is eventually handed over to an MTA for delivery while the incoming messages are picked up from where the MTA left it (although MUA's running on single-user machines may pick up mail using POP). Popular MUAs for Unix include elm, mush, pine, and RMAIL.
  • main royal mast — the part of the mainmast situated immediately above, and generally formed as a single spar with, the main topgallantmast.
  • main-topgallant — the main-topgallantmast, its sail, or its yard.
  • maintainability — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
  • malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
  • maladaptiveness — The quality of being maladaptive.
  • malassimilation — imperfect incorporation of nutrients into body tissue.
  • malconformation — Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; disproportion of parts.
  • maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
  • male chauvinist — a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
  • malpighian tube — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
  • malpighian tuft — glomerulus (def 2).
  • malpresentation — Abnormal positioning of a fetus at the time of delivery.
  • maneuverability — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
  • manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
  • manorial system — manorialism.
  • manual steering — Manual steering is steering in which the driver does all the work, without the help of mechanical power.
  • manual training — training in the various manual arts and crafts, as woodworking.
  • māori battalion — the Māori unit of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II
  • marginalisation — (British) alternative spelling of marginalization.
  • marginalization — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
  • market analysis — the process of determining factors, conditions, and characteristics of a market.
  • martensitically — in a martensitic manner
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