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14-letter words containing l, a, m, i, n, o

  • journal intime — a personal or private diary.
  • kleptomaniacal — Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
  • lap microphone — a small microphone that may be clipped to the speaker's lapel, pocket, or the like.
  • laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
  • le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
  • leamington spa — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
  • legitimisation — (British) alternative spelling of legitimization.
  • legitimization — to make legitimate.
  • lemon geranium — a garden geranium, Pelargonium crispum, having lemon-scented leaves.
  • lemongrass oil — an aromatic oil made from lemon grass and used in aromatherapy, as a pesticide, and as a preservative
  • leptomeningeal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the leptomeninges.
  • light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
  • load-line mark — any of various marks by which the allowable loading and the load line at load displacement are established for a merchant vessel; a load line.
  • lobotomization — to perform a lobotomy on.
  • logania family — the plant family Loganiaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs of warm regions having usually opposite leaves, clusters of regular flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or fleshy fruit, and including the butterfly bush, Carolina jessamine, logania, and trees of the genus Strychnos, which are the source of curare, nux vomica, and strychnine.
  • love-in-a-mist — a plant, Nigella damascena, of the buttercup family, having feathery dissected leaves and whitish or blue flowers.
  • lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
  • luminous paint — paint containing a phosphor that emits visible light when irradiated with ultraviolet light.
  • luminous range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible in clear weather, disregarding interference from obstructions and from the curvature of the earth and depending on the power of the light.
  • lymphangiogram — an X-ray of the lymphatic system taken after a contrast agent has been injected, often used to diagnose lymphoma
  • machicolations — Plural form of machicolation.
  • machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
  • macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
  • macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
  • magnetooptical — Having both magnetic and optical elements.
  • magniloquently — In a magniloquent manner.
  • magnolia metal — an alloy used for bearings, consisting largely of lead (up to 80 per cent) and antimony, with the addition of smaller quantities of iron and tin
  • magnolia state — Mississippi (used as a nickname).
  • main door flat — a flat in a tenement that can be accessed directly from outside rather than one which can only be accessed via a communal stairwell
  • maine-et-loire — a department in W France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Angers.
  • make a hole in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
  • malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
  • male-dominated — with men in control
  • malfunctioning — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
  • malleable iron — malleable cast iron.
  • malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
  • man of galilee — Jesus.
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • mandibulohyoid — (anatomy) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch.
  • manitoba maple — a Canadian fast-growing variety of maple
  • manometrically — Using a manometer.
  • manuel noriegaManuel Antonio, born 1934, military leader of Panama 1983–89: captured by U.S. forces and sentenced to prison for drug trafficking 1992.
  • marine biology — science of sea life
  • marine geology — the branch of geology dealing with the rocks, sediments, and processes of the floors and margins of the oceans.
  • marsupial bone — epipubis.
  • mayonnaiselike — Resembling mayonnaise.
  • medial moraine — a ridge of glacial drift formed by the junction of two converging valley glaciers.
  • medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
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