16-letter words containing l, a, d, e, r, t
- medium artillery — guns and howitzers of more than 105mm and less than 155mm caliber, sometimes including the 155mm howitzers. Compare heavy artillery (def 2), light artillery (def 2).
- medullary sheath — Botany. a narrow zone made up of the innermost layer of woody tissue immediately surrounding the pith in plants.
- melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- melodramatically — In a melodramatic manner.
- menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
- methacrylic acid — a colorless, liquid acid, C 4 H 6 O 2 , produced synthetically, whose methyl ester, methyl methacrylate, polymerizes to yield a clear plastic.
- microlepidoptera — a collector's name for the smaller moths: a term without taxonomic significance
- military academy — a private school organized somewhat along the lines of and following some of the procedures of military life.
- mineral deposits — amounts of minerals that occur naturally in particular areas
- miniature poodle — a breed of poodle, bred to be much smaller than standard poodles
- molybdate orange — a pigment consisting of a solid solution of sulfate, molybdate, and chromate compounds of lead.
- multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
- musical director — A musical director is the same as a music director.
- mustard-coloured — of a brownish-yellow colour
- natural disaster — meteorological or geological catastrophe
- nature-identical — manufactured to be identical to a natural substance
- nightingale ward — a long hospital ward with beds on either side and the nurses' station in the middle
- no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
- non-extraditable — capable of being extradited; subject to extradition: an extraditable person.
- north battleford — a city in W central Saskatchewan, in central Canada.
- north lauderdale — a city in SE Florida.
- north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
- northern ireland — a political division of the United Kingdom, in the NE part of the island of Ireland. 5238 sq. mi. (13,565 sq. km). Capital: Belfast.
- nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
- ocellated turkey — a wild turkey, Agriocharis ocellata, of Yucatán, Belize, and Guatemala, typically having green, blue, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and eyelike spots on the tail.
- on the breadline — impoverished; living at subsistence level
- oriental emerald — a green variety of corundum used as a gemstone
- outboard profile — an exterior side elevation of a vessel, showing all deck structures, rigging, fittings, etc.
- overdramatically — In an overdramatic manner.
- painted trillium — a North American trillium, Trillium undulatum, having white flowers streaked with pink or purple.
- partial ordering — a relation defined on a set, having the properties that each element is in relation to itself, the relation is transitive, and if two elements are in relation to each other, the two elements are equal.
- parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
- pass-band filter — band-pass filter
- perforated ulcer — an ulcer that bursts through the stomach wall and leaks food and gastric juices into the abdominal cavity
- perpendicularity — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- personal details — details about a person such as their name and address
- pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).
- polar coordinate — Usually, polar coordinates. one of two coordinates used to locate a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)
- predispositional — the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically.
- privileged altar — an altar at which a plenary indulgence for a departed soul may be granted upon celebration of a Mass.
- prolonged-action — sustained-release.
- promotional code — A promotional code is a code offered by retailers to customers who can use it to receive a discounted price when buying products online.
- pseudo-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- pseudo-spiritual — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- pseudohistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- pseudoperipteral — having a freestanding colonnade at each end, with engaged columns at the sides.
- quadricentennial — of, relating to, or marking the completion of a period of four hundred years.
- radiation levels — the levels of the emission or transfer of radiant energy or the levels of the particles emitted in the transfer of radiant energy, esp the particles and gamma rays emitted in nuclear decay
- radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
- radio-controlled — A radio-controlled device works by receiving radio signals which operate it.